I had wanted to go to Download ever since the spectacular 2012 line up. I was excited to finally see the UK’s second biggest festival, which is also one of the biggest rock and metal festivals in Europe. In the build-up to the weekend, there had been numerous reports of “biblical rain” and “people leaving […]

The alternative music genre was defined when Radiohead came on the scene (unbelievably) formed back in 1985. My first introduction to their music was when I was given a mixtape by the brother of a school friend in 1994. It was full of Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam, but the song that stuck […]