Mayhem is 17 years old today. Thank you to every single one of you who has visited, supported, commented and been there for me! Keep on rocking! wp.me/pqlQV-7sJ

Last week I saw the Silhouettes headline the Fulford Arms backed up by some excellent support acts. Check out my review! @fulfordarms.bsky.social @simonpattinson.bsky.social @callitvain.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7sx

Lost Trends are back and the new track is fucking awesome! Check out my review of "Interest Free". #losttrends wp.me/pqlQV-7sl

Springsteen's new song "Streets of Minneapolis" is the protest song the world and particularly the USA needed. Check out my thoughts on this angry epic! @brucespringsteen.net wp.me/pqlQV-7sb

Last Friday I was witness to the magnificent Vagabond headlining in York. Check out my review! wp.me/pqlQV-7rO

"Ghost Within" is the phenomenal new single from The Fair attempts. Check out my review. #thefairattempts @mooncoilmedia.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7rD

It is time for the 27th entry in our Mayhem Virgins series where we showcase artists we have never featured before, This time it is the turn of uber talented Cornish singer songwriter and punky troubadour Nell Davies. #nelldavies wp.me/pqlQV-7rd

Have you heard tiLLie's new EP 'i miss when monsters were only shadows'? You need to hear it, check out my review. @whoistillie.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7r1

Sweden's Sunnan have just released a gorgeous new song, "Sail (Lady In Waiting)". Check out my review. #sunnan #mysticsons wp.me/pqlQV-7qR

Last night I had the pleasure of seeing the Bowie Experience in my adopted home city of York. Check out my review. #thebowieexperience #grandoperahouseyork wp.me/pqlQV-7qG

This is my review of a rather disappointing evening at the magnificent Ripon Cathedral. #riponcathedral #concertsbycandlelight wp.me/pqlQV-7qw

This review was stuck in my drafts folder since early December! But it is finally unleashed, I hope you like it! @fulfordarms.bsky.social #theapocalypsedisco wp.me/pqlQV-7qi

On This Day, 4th January, Barry Turned Johnny's House Into A Ring Of Fire! #johnnycash #barrygibb #beegees wp.me/pqlQV-7qa

After six fab messages from artists and bands this is a brief Christmas message to all you wonderful people from me :-) wp.me/pqlQV-7q0

Here comes the end. Not quite Armageddon, but the end of Mayhem's end of the world themed 12 days of Christmas. Day 12 features "World Hold On (Children Of The Sky)" by Bob Sinclair. It contains a playlist and a surprise too :-) @bosscaine.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7pS

Day 11 of Mayhem's 12 days of Christmas with an end of the world theme features REM with "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I feel Fine). @remhq.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7pK

Here is our sixth Christmas message from those artists and bands that we love here at Mayhem Towers. This one is from Turn Smith, Skylights ace guitarist! @skylightsyra.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7px

Day 10 of Mayhem's 12 Days of Christmas with an end of the world theme is here. Today's song is the epic "The End" from the Doors! #thedoors wp.me/pqlQV-7pn

Here comes our fifth Christmas message and this time it is from the wonderful Strip! #strip wp.me/pqlQV-7pe

Here is the fourth of our Christmas messages from bands and artists we have featured during the year. This time it is the delightful and immensely talented Pennine Suite. #penninesuite wp.me/pqlQV-7p2

We are at day 9 of Mayhem's end of the world themed 12 days of Christmas series. Today it is the turn of Muse with "We Are Fucking Fucked" #muse wp.me/pqlQV-7oR

Are you ready? Here is the final instalment of Mayhem's Top 50 albums of 2025, the top ten! Did any of your favourites make the list? @avalancheparty.bsky.social @altblkera.bsky.social @lambrinigirls.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7oB

Here comes day 8 of Mayhem's end of the world themed 12 days of Christmas. Today it is "Parasite Eve" from the mighty Bring Me The Horizon. #bringmethehorizon wp.me/pqlQV-7ov

Here comes another Christmas message from an artist that Mayhem is a huge fan of, Molly Rymer! #mollyrymer wp.me/pqlQV-7ok

Day 7 of the end of the world themed Mayhem's 12 Days Of Christmas brings you "The Man Comes Around" from Johnny Cash. #johnnycash wp.me/pqlQV-7od

Mayhem's 12 Days Of Christmas series theme for 2025 is the end of the world. We are now halfway through and the song for day 6 is "Earth Died Screaming" by the legend that is Tom Waits. #tomwaits wp.me/pqlQV-7o5

Here comes day 5 of Mayhem's 12 days of Christmas series themed as the end of the world. Today's song is "We Will Become Silhouettes" by Seattle's The Postal service. @thepostalservice.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7nW

I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Chloe Munt a.k.a. Pick The Flowers last week. Take a listen. #picktheflowers wp.me/pqlQV-7nP

It's day 4 of Mayhem's 12 days of Christmas for 2025. The theme is the end of the world and here we feature Shrub from Columbus. Ohio with "Dying Like Some Dinosaurs" wp.me/pqlQV-7nE

We are nearly there! Here is part 4 of Mayhem's top 50 albums of 2025 counting down positions 11 to 20. @wolfalicefans.bsky.social @littlesimzfans.bsky.social @suedehq.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7nk

Day 3 of Mayhem's 12 Days of Christmas series is here. The theme for 2025 is the end of the world and today's entry is from Black Box Recorder. #blackboxrecorder wp.me/pqlQV-7ns

Party Nails has released a fab new Christmas song called "Christmas Is The Deadline". Check out my review. #partynails wp.me/pqlQV-7na

Here comes Day 2 of Mayhem's 12 Days of Christmas. This time it is Radiohead with "Idioteque". In case you missed yesterdays post, the theme for 2025 is the end of the world. @radiohead.wastehq.social wp.me/pqlQV-7n3

Here comes the second Mayhem Christmas message, This one is brought to you by the Expression! wp.me/pqlQV-7mU

It is time to kick off Mayhem's 12 Days Of Christmas 2025. The theme this year is the end of the world. The track for day 1 is by the Apocalypse Disco! #theapocalypsedisco wp.me/pqlQV-7mK

"Peace" is the new single from Pick The Flowers and it is rather splendid! Check out my review. #picktheflowers wp.me/pqlQV-7mz

Grape have released a great original Christmas song in aid of homelessness charity St Mungo's. Check out my review. @stmungos.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7mm

Are you ready for part 3 of Mayhem's top 50 albums of 2025? You are? Well here it is! #nourishedbytime #annieandthecaldwells #MIKE #davidbyrne #geese #yhwhnailgun #rosalia #billywoods @backxwash.bsky.social @lornashore.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7m7

Christmas messages from the bands on Mayhem are back baby! Kicking off with a fun dispatch from one of York's best young bands, Vagabond! #vagabond wp.me/pqlQV-7lG

It's that time! Time for Mayhem's top 50 albums of 2025 the second instalment. Part two features numbers 31 to 40. Check it out! @yazzahmed.bsky.social @fkatwigs.music-social.com @brainsweeties.bsky.social @selfesteem.music-social.com wp.me/pqlQV-7lT

Another stunning performance from Absolute Bowie at the Crescent in York last night! Check out my review. #absolutebowie @thecrescentyork.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7lK

On This Day, 28th November, Dame David Gets Cursive For Ziggy's Suicide Song! @davidbowiereal.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7lw

Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025) - RIP #jimmycliff wp.me/pqlQV-7lh

On This Day, 26th November, The Pistols Asked For Anarchy! @sexpistolsofficial.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7l8

It's that time! Time for Mayhem's top 50 albums of 2025. Part one features numbers 41 to 50. Check it out! @onusound.bsky.social @fish4compliments.bsky.social @thejellybricks.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7kW

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of seeing Dead Space Chamber Music. Check out my review. #deadspacechambermusic #lunacultclub #eldermother @fulfordarms.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7kC

It is time for another artist in our Mayhem Virgins series where we feature artists that have not appeared on our pages before. The 26th entry in the series is the supremely talented Matilda Florence. wp.me/pqlQV-7ku

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing one of York's best young bands, The Expression. Take a listen! wp.me/pqlQV-7ko

A couple of days ago I had an absolute blast interviewing one of York's finest young bands, Strip. Take a listen! wp.me/pqlQV-7ki

UK dark pop duo Palindrones have released a stupendous new video for their forthcoming single "Abraxas". Check out my review. @palindrones.bsky.social @mooncoilmedia.bsky.social wp.me/pqlQV-7k7