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17/11/2022

Review of A. A. Williams and Karin Park

And so it was that on a grisly, dark Sunday evening in Leeds that the latest tour of the phenomenal A.A. Williams kicked off. Despite the grim weather, a decent crowd turned out to the Brudenell and were rewarded with an awesome evening of music.

16/11/2022

Latest issue of HRH Mag is out now. Grab your free digital copy here

Read HRH Mag Issue XVIII - November 2022 by Hard Rock Hell Magazine on Issuu and browse thousands of other publications on our platform. Start here!

09/11/2022

HRH 15 review.

On a weekend that celebrated the 15th anniversary of HRH, this was actually my first time attending it in any capacity. Despite being a massive music fan and gig-goer I've never managed to get to an HRH weekend so far. Only really being aware of the headline bands and a couple of others further down...

15/11/2021

The latest issue of HRH Magazine is out now.

Features on The Darkness, Jerry Cantrell, The Quireboys, Of Mice and Men and more. It's free.... So, go read it!

https://issuu.com/chicfestivals/docs/issuexvii

Contains a couple of reviews from Simon 'Spindles' Potthast: the latest album from The Darkness and Epica's Omega Alive.

HRH Mag Issue XVII featuring Massive Wagons, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Bonamassa, Of Mice & Men, The Quireboys, Dream Theater, Whitechapel, When Rivers Meet and many many more

08/05/2021

Spindles joined Doctor Squee to chat Oscars and Falcon & Winter Soldier https://www.facebook.com/100158314972609/posts/303634537958318/?d=n

Our friend Spindles joins us for a round up of the Oscars, which he attended online as press and we then talk Falcon and the Winter Soldier. You can catch the Doctor Squee radio show live with music, Thursdays, 8pm - 10pm GMT, at the TheBear.Live or on the Get Me Radio app. Subscribe to the Doctor S...

28/04/2021

Oscars Roundup and Highlights.

Spindles managed to get Press Credentials for this year's event, so this is his round up of the ceremony and backstage interview footage with some of the winners.

So, here we are... A couple of month's later than usual and a very different ceremony to normal. But it is Oscar time once again.On a personal note, this year is very different for me, as I was given authorised press credentials for the first time ever and given access to the Virtual Media Center. S...

05/11/2020

WonkyFM is live now, 24/7 with the very best tunes for the apocalypse.

https://wonkyfm.wonkyspanner.com/public/wonkyfm

Schedule info is available here:

https://www.wonkyspanner.com/content/wonky-fm-live

But please use the top link if you want to request songs.

11/09/2020

Kingy braves the cinema to give us his thoughts on Christopher Nolan's latest film, Tenet:

When 2020 began the slate of film releases was looking impressive. As well as the usual franchise entries (Fast and Furious, DC, Marvel), there were also a few returning favourites (Bill and Ted, Halloween) but the one that had me most excited was an original concept by Christopher Nolan. Beyond the...

14/07/2020

The Wonky Gamers are back, talking about their lockdown picks, forthcoming releases and more:

Welcome back to The Wonky Gamer Season 2, Episode 1. The boys are all back with what they've been playing over lockdown and musing over forthcoming releases.

26/06/2020

Fittingly, as the apocalyptic storm rages outside, we are getting ready to broadcast the finalé of Pandora's Box.

Pre-show tunes start at 6:15pm, followed by another chance to hear James King's selection of tunes.

Then, at 8pm, the tables are turned and guest host Brendan from NerdVsWorld takes over to hear Simon 'Spindles' Potthast's selections.

Been an interesting experiment, so thank you to everyone who got involved and those who listened.

19/06/2020

Tonight on WonkyFM there's another chance to hear Rammy's musical choices at 6:30pm followed by a new episode with Re:Trek co-host Jim King at 8pm.

Pre-show tunes start at 6:15pm