The Artisan Tap is fast becoming one of Staffordshire’s hottest music venues. In 2023, the small Hartshill watering hole is establishing a name for itself as a go-to grassroots venue in the county, hosting some of the best intimate gigs…
I love an unconventional gig, and what’s more non-conformist than a pub decorated with dismembered dolls, a spoken word poet and an eight-piece Irish/Americana indie rock supergroup? On Thursday evening, I headed back to Artisan Tap following a stellar Camp…
It was standing room only in Hartshill’s Artisan Tap for the long-awaited live return of Camp Stag. Over the last decade, the band has fostered a loyal and dedicated fanbase who have followed them from their debut single Sirens, all…
“All of my favourite bands have played in HMV at one time or another,so this feels really cool,” Olly Murphy-Tinsley, the vocal half of Bentilee-based duo Bathtub, tells the Saturday shoppers that have gathered inside The Potteries Centre store. He…
Stoke-based alternative rock band Souza have released their 10th standalone single ‘Backroads’ this week – and to celebrate they set up at Hanley’s HMV store for a 45 minute stripped-back set as part of the retailer’s Live and Local project.…
Following an eight-year hiatus, a rambunctious and explosive live performance at Stoke-on-Trent’s The Sugarmill has proven that noughties rockers The Subways are still alive, kicking and crowd surfing more than 20 years since their inception. Warming up what would become…
