Joint review by Lee Barber and Bethan Shuff Formal Sppeedwear are a band who consider every detail, attention to which cannot be understated and must not be underestimated. They know what they want and they will achieve greatness in the…
There are so many bands from Stoke-on-Trent’s music scene’s past that we continue to mourn, from the shoegazey soundscapes of Rinse, to the alt-rock tones of Agent Blue. But there’s one band who really captured the hearts of the masses…
Review by Lee Barber, The Underground Venue Manager, Co-Producer of The Honey Box and Honey Box Hive project lead It doesn’t take long for the noise to erupt from Big Problem’s debut. Four seconds to be precise. ‘Oh God I…
Guest review by Captain’s Bar events manager, Say Something Music label owner and promoter Scott Evans Olivia Miceli has been busy. She released her second album Nostalgic Heartbreak back in October – a gorgeous collection of songs all about nostalgia…
As the year draws to a close, The Leopheard team has taken a look back over the records and releases that emerged from Staffordshire and Cheshire’s homegrown artists in 2023. It’s been a huge year for local music, and one…
Guest review by Captain’s Bar events manager, Say Something Music label owner and promoter Scott Evans Earlier this year, Seemingly out of nowhere, a mysterious new artist appeared in Stoke. One of the wonderful things about being the promoter for…
The World Will Open Up and Swallow You Whole is the brand new EP from Northwich’s enigmatic trio, Myria. Blending rock with shoegaze, the four-track record showcases either end of the Myria spectrum, balancing melodic interludes with textured chaos. Comprising…
Pop music has a new star in the making as Mara Liddle’s debut five-track EP continues to justify her title as one of BBC Radio Stoke’s ‘Big in 2023’ artists. Stalemate, out Friday, November 17, blends hyperpop sounds and UK…
In her latest musical endeavour, Nantwich’s Cathy Jain has ditched the ‘big, produced tracks’ in favour of an intimate and raw collection of self-written and self-produced acoustic songs and packaged them as the Gentle, Hot and Godless mixtape. Released on…
When Bob Moston announced that he was going to ‘stick the Merrym’n costume in the loft’, I pondered what this would mean for our quintessentially Stokie songwriter. The talented local musician had made a moniker for himself writing love letters…
Guest review by The Underground venue manager Lee Barber There’s an atmospheric rise that comes with Yearn (An Introduction) which builds with emotional intrigue, before a heartstopping silence is followed by the distinctive punch of second track Halo, and the…
Unrepentant Stoke-on-Trent trio The Revenants carry the torch of classic rock while infusing it with a punk spirit in their latest two-track EP 124 + Delta Down. Written pre-Covid, the band has sat on these songs for some time, but…
