Hell’s Belles Roller Girls

Hertfordshire’s female Roller Derby team on recruitment drive Hell’s Belles Roller Girls, Hertfordshire’s first flat track roller derby team, are on the lookout for new members, with a new training course starting on May 27th. If you’re over 18, have skating ability or an interest in learning, then they would like to hear from you. [...]

Rhythms Of The World announced in Top 10 Best UK Festivals

Songlines magazine has named Hitchin’s Rhythms Of the World Festival as one of the top UK festivals this Summer. This is fantastic news for ROTW and the local community. http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2012/03/announcing-the-best-of-the-summer-festivals/ Click here to find out more about Rhythms, which is entirely run by volunteers: http://rotw.org.uk/

Aghast! – New EP out now!

New EP from rising UKDM crew. London/Hitchin-based metallers Aghast! released their new EP ‘Live Dangerously’ digitally on March 1st, and on March 30th you’ll get your first chance to purchase a physical copy of the CD, when they headline at Club 85 in Hitchin. They’ll be supported by Brave The Moment, This Means War and [...]

Frog Stupid’s Farewell Party

Hitchin favourites announce their final gig and release. Local ska-punk group Frog Stupid will be playing their last ever gig at Club 85 in Hitchin on April 14th, at which they will also be releasing their final CD, ‘Lessons In Forgetting Punk Rock’. Since forming back in 2003, Frog Stupid have gathered a strong local [...]

NEWS | Martell to play ROTW

WINNERS OF THE 2010 Rogue Performers’ Poll, indie rockers Martell have been selected to play the BBC Introducing stage at Rhythms Of The World festival in Hitchin. Just before Christmas we asked you to vote for your favourite local act. It was a tight heat but the Hitchin hopefuls won out, and now you can [...]

NEWS | Aghast – Free New Track

LONDON/HERTFORDSHIRE-based extreme metal crew Aghast have posted a new track online, taken from their forthcoming EP, downloadable for free. You can get the new track here: http://soundcloud.com/aghastkvlt/we-fear-silence Watch this space for further news regarding the forthcoming new Aghast CD. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aghast/16955594455 http://www.myspace.com/aghastuk

NEWS | Scream! Shout! Say Nothing – New Track For Charity

LOCAL POST-HARDCORE supergroup Scream! Shout! Say Nothing (featuring members of Frog Stupid, Spandex Ballet, Arms & The Man, The Waterfront, among others) have recorded a special version of ‘Conductor, Conduct’ to help raise money for The British Red Cross and their Japan Tsunami Appeal. It’s available on a ‘Pay What You Like’ basis, from this [...]

NEWS | Knox & the Trailer Trash Orchestra release ‘The Knoxville Boy’

WHAT WITH CC SMUGGLERS currently beavering away in the studio, along with news of a brand new Trailer Trash Orchestra album, it looks like 2011 is set to be the year of country-punk in North Herts. ‘The Knoxville Boy’ is a collaboration between the Rogue faves and Vibrators’ frontman Knox and is available from Rough [...]

NEWS | CC Smugglers on Radio 1

LOCAL COUNTRY-PUNK faves and runners up in the Rogue Performers’ Poll, the CC Smugglers, got their jingle played on national radio. Here, DJ Fearne Cotton explains how they did it…