ookHookworms – Virginia Wings – Nottingham Rescue Rooms – 22nd March 2015 Fighting Boredom continue to post up old reviews of gigs we think deserve airing again, this time around, Hookworms from 2015, Adrian Bloxham wrote the review, all photo’s… Continue Reading
Chicken Diamond The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Beast Records CD/LP Chicken Diamond is a one man band hailing from France, his last two albums have been wonderful collections of insane distorted blues, with ‘The Night Has A Thousand Eyes’… Continue Reading
General Goji MainSpikeRecords CD/DL Coventry Rockers General released their second album late last year. Fighting Boredom are big fans, Adrian Bloxham reviews below. General are that band that your mate plays you and you can’t work them out. They could… Continue Reading
Blown Out – Rainbow Grave – Mothwasp – Birmingham Sunflower Lounge – 6th of August 2015 Newcastle’s Blown Out features members of BONG, Drunk In Hell, Haikai No Ku, 11Paranoias, Khunnt. Birmingham’s Rainbow Grave features members of Napalm Death, Scorn,… Continue Reading
Bob Mould – Nottingham Rescue Rooms – February 6th 2016 Alternative Rock Icon and Fighting Boredom favourite Bob Mould has so far this year released an excellent new album and he and his band toured the UK. Back in February… Continue Reading
With The Dead – Manchester Deaf Institute – April 11 2016 The pedigree of Doom messiahs With The Dead is impeccable. With roots in Electric Wizard, Cathedral, Bolthrower and the mighty Napalm Death. The album is essential listening for Fighting… Continue Reading
Eric Bachmann Eric Bachmann Merge Records – LP-CD-DL Fighting Boredom’s Adrian Bloxham reviews the new album by the Archers of Loaf front man, it’s a starkly honest raw record and we liked it a lot. The thing that gets you… Continue Reading
whenyoung See How They Run Self Release – Download Fighting Boredom review the new single from the wonderful whenyoung. The debut single by whenyoung is a little slice of snotty teenage attitude. It’s self-released just as it should be and… Continue Reading
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