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Welcome to Beyond the Grooves, an independently run music site celebrating music past and present.
Founded on Instagram in September 2019, Beyond the Grooves expanded into a full website in January 2023. Expect album and concert reviews, music news, long-form features, Song Stories, festival coverage and deep dives into the artists, records and scenes that matter.
Along the way, Beyond the Grooves has been viewed and shared by artists including Jamie Webster, Liam Fray, Gerry Cinnamon, Blossoms, Young Fathers, Rick Astley, Wolf Alice, Fatboy Slim and Elton John.
What started in a student-house bedroom has grown considerably, but the idea remains the same: writing about music because I genuinely love it.
Founded on Instagram in September 2019, Beyond the Grooves expanded into a full website in January 2023. Expect album and concert reviews, music news, long-form features, Song Stories, festival coverage and deep dives into the artists, records and scenes that matter.
Along the way, Beyond the Grooves has been viewed and shared by artists including Jamie Webster, Liam Fray, Gerry Cinnamon, Blossoms, Young Fathers, Rick Astley, Wolf Alice, Fatboy Slim and Elton John.
What started in a student-house bedroom has grown considerably, but the idea remains the same: writing about music because I genuinely love it.
News
Oasis have expanded Live ’27 with two more Knebworth shows and extra dates in Munich and Rome, taking their 2027 tour to 42 concerts.
Read MoreJamie T shares reflective new single ‘Tallahassee’, written hours before his huge Finsbury Park show and set to close ‘Ghosts (100 Days of Morning)’.
Read MoreEmily Eavis has ruled out Oasis appearing at Glastonbury 2027 despite a gap in the band’s Live ’27 schedule
Read MoreOasis Live ’27 ticket registration has officially closed. Here’s when successful fans will receive codes, when tickets go on sale and what happens next.
Read MoreJohnny Marr’s historic guitar collection has sold for more than £3.6m at Christie’s, led by his Smiths-era Rickenbacker at £358,400
Read MoreOasis have confirmed their 42-date Live ’27 tour, including huge runs at Celtic Park, the Etihad Stadium and Knebworth, plus shows across Europe, Ireland and the US.
Read MoreCharli XCX has announced a UK and European arena tour for 2027.
Read MoreOasis look set to announce Live 27 on Monday, 14th September 2026.
Read MoreHarry Styles has expanded his 2027 ‘Together Together’ tour with more stadium dates across North America and Europe, including three Wembley shows with Tears for Fears.
Read MoreOasis appear to be teasing European Tour shows in the latest video, with an audio snippet from their 1997 Munich Show.
Read MoreOasis appear to be teasing the Etihad Stadium in their latest mysterious video, with football, 11 goals, a blue moon and Manchester City colours among the clues. But could a Knebworth T-shirt be pointing towards the next teaser?
Read MoreBlog
Long-form stories and personal essays on the artists, albums, songs and scenes that have shaped my listening. British and Irish music runs through the blog, alongside stories on Tame Impala, The Strokes, The Killers and artists from across the world
Mike Pickering’s untold story, from Factory Records and The Haçienda to M People, acid house and the rise of British dance music.
Read MoreRichard Ashcroft is confirmed for Oasis Live ’27, but who should join him? From Courteeners and Gerry Cinnamon to Arctic Monkeys, Pulp and rising bands, these are the support acts we want to see.
Read MoreHow six lads from Hoylake mixed psychedelia, Merseybeat, ska, sea shanties and pop into one of the most distinctive British debut albums of the 2000s.
Read MoreA review on the Oasis reunion documentary, spoilers ahead.
Read MoreThirty years on, revisit Oasis’s two nights at Knebworth: 250,000 fans, a remarkable support bill and the moment Britpop reached its peak before everything began to change.
Read MoreA song that sums up what it's like to be a football fan.
Read MoreHow Kevin Parker became the most important artist of the 2010s
Read MoreHistory
Oasis, Gorillaz, Mani, Sam Fender hits stadiums, The Maccabees. Olivia conquers the pyramid. The 1975 from the internet, and the next generation emerges.
Read MoreBlur and Pulp reunite. The Beatles release new music. Blossoms, Wolf Alice, Sam Fender, Sleep Token, Fontaines D.C., Wunderhorse. Rocket Man's Final Flight. The 20s Part 2.
Read MoreArctic Monkeys hit Stadiums, Sam Fender releases a masterpiece, Young Fathers and Jungle emerge and Wolf Alice take us on a 'Blue Weekend' the 20s Part 1
Read MoreWe lost Bowie, Prince and Viola Beach. Liam Gallagher's comeback, Blossoms, Circa Waves, Noel Gallagher goes cosmic pop, Arctic Monkeys divide their fanbase, The 1975 release a masterpiece. The 2010s Part 2
Read More'AM', Tame Impala, The 1975, Florence at Glastonbury, The Death of Amy Winehouse, Wolf Alice, Pulp return, Gorillaz. The 2010s Part 1
Read MoreThe biggest band of the 00s emerge, the biggest band of the 90s break up. Blur reunite. Indie Landfill (really), Florence, Amy Winehouse, New Rave and Legends at Glastonbury. The 00s Part 2
Read More9/11, war in Iraq, Coldplay, The Strokes, The Libertines, Damon Albarn's other band, Lime Wire, iTunes, Stereophonics hit Number One, Bloc Party sound the Silent Alarm, the 2000s Pt 1
Read MoreBlur, Pulp & Oasis Kill Britpop, The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Robbie Williams, New Labour, The Stone Roses Collapse, Radiohead emerge, and The Verve. The end of the 90s
Read MoreBlair, Blur, Oasis, Girl Power, Knebworth, Big Beat, Kurt Cobain's Death Rave, Britpop, and the 'Help' album. Britpop's Peak. The Mid 90s
Read MoreSpike Island, Acid House, Nirvana, MTV Unplugged, The La's, Massive Attack, Freddie Mercury, The KLF and Shoegaze
Read MoreTwo Tone, The Jam, Bowie, Berlin Wall, The Fall of the USSR, Thatcher gone, Rave. The End of the 80s
Read MoreLennon Dead, MTV, Live Aid, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Synth Pop, Queen, U2, Tears for Fears, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, and Brothers in Arms. The 1980s
Read MoreAlbum Reviews
Gurriers expand the fury of ‘Come and See’ on a bigger, darker second album full of political anger, huge choruses and controlled chaos.
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Keo's Bruised, Brutal and Brilliant debut album
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Blur at the height of Britpop, captured in Tokyo on the ‘Great Escape’ tour and finally given the wider release it deserves for its 30th anniversary.
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Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, Pulp, Fontaines D.C. and more come together for a remarkable sequel to War Child’s landmark 1995 compilation
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Grief, India and 25 years of Gorillaz collide on one of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s richest and most focused records in years
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A review of the band-approved compilation that brought together some of The Stone Roses’ greatest songs.
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Before the stadium spectacle took over, Coldplay made their boldest record, embracing Brian Eno, strange instruments and some of their most adventurous songwriting
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Former Palma Violets frontman Chilli Jesson turns grief, fatherhood and two decades of buried emotion into a raw and cathartic debut.
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Twenty years on, Bloc Party’s debut still sounds thrilling, built from jagged guitars, relentless drums and songs that helped define British indie in the mid-2000s
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The Clause, deliver their debut after years on the road, turning friendship, heartbreak, youthful chaos and huge choruses into a record built for bigger rooms
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Top 10s
From the bright indie-pop of their self-titled debut to ‘Ribbon Around the Bomb’ and ‘Songs From the Wedding Cake’, these are my 10 favourite Blossoms songs.
Read MoreFrom ‘Panic Prevention’ to ‘The Theory of Whatever’, these are my 10 favourite Jamie T songs
Read MoreFrom ‘The Messenger’ to the forthcoming ‘The Age of Everything’, these are my 10 favourite Johnny Marr solo songs
Read MoreFrom the swagger of ‘Definitely Maybe’ to the songs reborn on Live ’25, these are my 10 favourite Oasis songs.
Read MoreFrom the raw urgency of ‘Dogrel’ to the widescreen ambition of ‘Romance’, these are my 10 favourite Fontaines D.C. songs
Read MoreFrom the frantic rush of their debut to the bigger melodies that followed, these are my 10 favourite songs by The Vaccines
Read MoreFrom the raw storytelling of ‘Erratic Cinematic’ to the anthems that took him from pubs to stadiums, these are my 10 favourite Gerry Cinnamon songs
Read MoreFrom the psychedelic haze of ‘Innerspeaker’ to the immaculate pop of ‘Currents’ and beyond, these are my 10 favourite Tame Impala songs
Read MoreFrom the youthful charm of ‘Colour It In’ to the scale and beauty of ‘Marks to Prove It’, these are my 10 favourite Maccabees songs
Read MoreFrom post-punk darkness and gothic melancholy to some of the greatest pop songs ever written, these are my 10 favourite songs by The Cure
Read MoreFrom the youthful rush of ‘Young Chasers’ to the darker and more ambitious records that followed, these are my 10 favourite Circa Waves songs
Read MoreFrom the shadows of Joy Division to euphoric synth-pop and dancefloor classics, these are my 10 favourite New Order songs
Read MoreSong Stories
Every song has a story. Song Stories explores the meaning, writing and history behind great songs, from iconic classics to the tracks defining a new generation. Discover how songs were written, what inspired their lyrics, how they were recorded and why they continue to matter, with stories spanning indie, rock, pop, electronic music and beyond.
A shimmering collision of melancholy and euphoria, ‘When the Sun Hits’ became Slowdive’s defining song. Explore its meaning, sound and journey from shoegaze backlash to modern classic.
Read MoreA flood of headlines, tragedy and modern anxiety held together by one stubborn piece of hope. Explore the meaning and story behind The 1975’s ‘Love It If We Made It’.
Read MoreMGMT wrote ‘Time to Pretend’ while joking about becoming rock stars. Then it helped make them famous. Explore the meaning and strange story behind their defining anthem.
Read MoreJoy Division still echoes beneath it, but ‘Age of Consent’ is the sound of New Order finding their own identity. Explore the meaning and story behind my favourite song by the band
Read MoreHow one of Oasis’ simplest songs became one of the most recognisable British songs ever written
Read MoreInside one of Jarvis Cocker’s darkest songs, where fame, paranoia and the comedown from Britpop collide
Read MoreAlex Turner turns infatuation into one of his most theatrical and romantic songs
Read MoreThe song Caleb Followill nearly dismissed became Kings of Leon’s defining anthem, transforming a throwaway idea into one of the biggest rock songs of its era.
Read MoreHow Daft Punk turned disco samples, filtered house and pure euphoria into a song that helped define ‘Discovery’ and changed electronic pop forever
Read MoreA song built around memory, nostalgia and letting go became Jungle’s breakthrough moment, turning the hazy world of ‘Volcano’ into a global hit.
Read MoreFour simple chords became one of Tom Petty’s most enduring songs, using flight as a metaphor for uncertainty, grief, recovery and learning how to keep going.
Read MoreJarvis Cocker turned class tourism, privilege and frustration into one of Britpop’s defining songs and one of the sharpest British pop records of the 1990s
Read MoreConcert Reviews
Vinyl List
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ABBA Greatest Hits Vol 2
Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I am That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare
Arctic Monkeys- Humbug
Arctic Monkeys- Suck It & See
Arctic Monkeys- AM
Arctic Monkeys- Live at the Albert Hall
Arctic Monkeys- The Car
B-
The Beatles- Help
The Beatles- Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles- Red Album
The Beatles- Blue Album
Bee Gees- Greatest
Blondie- Parallel Lines
Blossoms- Blossoms
Blossoms- Cool Like You
Blossoms- Foolish Loving Spaces
Blossoms- Ribbon Around the Bomb
Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
Blur- Modern Life is Rubbish
Blur- Parklife
Blur- The Great Escape
Blur-The Ballad of Darren
Blur- Live at Wembley Stadium
Blur- Live at the Budokan (RSD 2026)
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Legend
C-
Catfish & The Bottlemen- The Balcony
Catfish & The Bottlemen- The Ride
Catfish & The Bottlemen- The Balance
Circa Waves- Different Creatures
Circa Waves- Sad Happy
Circa Waves- Never Going Under
Coldplay- A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay- Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Courteeners- Greatest Hits (Special One of a Kind Album)
Courteeners- Falcon
Courteeners- St Jude (Blood Records Zoertrope Vinyl)
Courteeners- St Jude Rewired
Courteeners- Mapping the Rendezvous
Courteeners- More. Again. Forever
Courteeners- Pink Cactus Cafe
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David Bowie- Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
David Bowie- Legacy
Dead Dads Club- Self Titled
DMA's- Hills End
DMA's- The Glow
DMA's- Live at Brixton
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Electric Light Orchestra- Discovery
Electric Light Orchestra- Out of the Blue
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Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
Fleetwood Mac- Tango in the Night
Foals- Part 2 Everything Not Saved Will be Lost
Foals-Life is Yours
Foo Fighters-Greatest Hits
Fontianes DC- Dogrel
Franz Ferdinand- Franz Ferdinand
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Geese- Getting Killed
Gerry Cinnamon- Erratic Cinematic
Gerry Cinnamon- The Bonny
Gerry Cinnamon- Live at Hampden Park
Gorillaz- Cracker Island
Gorillaz- The Mountain
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Haim- Women in Music PT III
Harry Styles- Harry's House
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Inhaler- It Won't Always Be Like This
Inhaler- Cuts & Bruises
Inhaler- Open Wide
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Jamie T- The Theory of Whatever
Johnny Marr- Call the Comet
Johnny Marr- Fever Dreams Pts 1-4
K-
Kasabian- For Crying Out Loud
The Killers- Sam's Town
The Killers-Direct Hits
Kings of Leon- Walls
The Kooks- Inside In Inside Out
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The La's- The La's
Liam Gallagher- As You Were
Liam Gallagher- Why Me Why Not
Liam Gallagher- MTV Unplugged
M-
Morrissey- Viva Hate
N-
NewDad- Madra
New Order- Power, Corruption & Lies
New Order- TOTAL
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds- Chasing Yesterday
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds- Who Built the Moon
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds- Back the Way We Came Vol 1
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds- Council Skies
O-
Oasis- Definitely Maybe
Oasis- What's The Story Morning Glory
Oasis- The Masterplan
Oasis- Knebworth 1996
Oasis- Time Flies 1994...2009 (RSD 2025)
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Peter Gabriel- So
Peter Gabriel- Live in Athens 1987
Pin Floyd- Los Angeles Sports Arena 1975 (RSD 2026)
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
The Police-Greatest Hits
Pulp- Different Class
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Queen- A Night at the Opera
Queen- Greatest Hits
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Red Rum Club- Matafor
Red Rum Club- The Hollow of Humdrum
Red Rum Club- How to Steal the World
The Rolling Stones- Story of the Stones
Royal Blood- How Did We Get So Dark
Royal Blood- Typhoons
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Sam Fender- Hypersonic Missiles
Sam Fender- Seventeen Going Under
Sam Fender- People Watching
Sam Fender- Me & the Dog (RSD 2025)
The Stranglers- Greatest Hits 1977-1990
Sex Pistols- Nevermind the Bollocks
The Sherlocks- Live for the Moment
Shack- HMS Fable
Simon & Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Smiths- Hatful of Hollow
The Smiths- The Queen is Dead
The Smiths- Rank
Stereophonics-Performance & Cocktails
Stereophonics- Decade in the Sun
Stereophonics- Scream Above the Sounds
Stereophonics- Kind
The Stone Roses- Self Titled
The Stone Roses- The Very Best of The Stone Roses
Supertramp- Breakfast in America
The Sundays-Reading Writing and Arithmetic
Styx-Pieces of Eight
T-
Tame Impala- Lonerism
Tame Impala-Currents
Tame Impala- The Slow Rush
Tears for Fears- Songs From the Big Chair
The 1975- The 1975
The 1975- I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
The 1975-Being Funny in a Foreign Language
The 1975- At Their Very Best Live in New York
Thin Lizzy- The Hit Singles Collection
U-
U2- The Joshua Tree
V-
The Verve- Urban Hymns
The Verve- This is Music
Viola Beach- Viola Beach
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War Child Records- Help(2)
The Who- Who Are You
Wolf Alice- My Love is Cool
Wolf Alice- Visions of a Life
Wolf Alice- Blue Weekend
Wolf Alice- The Clearing
The Wombats-Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
Wunderhorse- Cub
Wunderhorse- Midas
Y-
Young Fathers- Heavy Heavy
Concert List
Below is a list of the Artists and Bands I have seen. The list is ever growing. Music is my hobby, and going to gigs is my favourite thing in the world. The feeling of being stood in a room, or a field waiting for the band to come on stage is something I cannot describe. I guess if I had to try to, it's where I feel most at home.
Stereophonics x9
Oasis
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds x6
Liam Gallagher x3
Arctic Monkeys
The 1975 x2
Blur
Tame Impala
The Killers
Blossoms x10
Courteeners x7
Gerry Cinnamon x5
Catfish & The Bottlemen x3
Wolf Alice
Richard Ashcroft
Royal Blood x2
The Coral x3
Circa Waves x2
James x2
Red Rum Club x5
Sam Fender x2
The Wombats x2
Inhaler x3
Johnny Marr x3
Scouting for Girls
New Order
Kasabian
The K’s
Peace
Bloc Party
Sleep Token
Travis
Razorlight
The Hives
DMA's
The Kooks
Jake Bugg x2
The Sherlocks x2
Jordan Allen
Pale Waves
Fuzzy Sun
The Bootleg Beatles
The Lightning Seeds
Milburn
Jade Bird
Orla Gartland
Shed Seven x2
Sports Team
Wet Leg
The Magic Gang
The Lathums
Gayle
Example
Cast x2
The Reytons
Confidence Man
Black Honey x2
The Mysterines
Zuzu
Thank You
So you have made it this far down. First of all well done!
This part of the website is reserved for a few thank you messages. Although I write all of the content myself there is a number of people who have helped along the way. A few who deserve some special thank yous!
So here goes
I'd like to thank:
Dan: My unbelievable graphic designer. Without him the Instagram side of Beyond the Grooves would look nowhere near as professional
Archie Liv and Katie: Three of my university friends, who have been supportive of both me and the page since the very beginning. Who have given me ideas, and constantly been there throughout the whole process
My Mum, Dad and younger sister: Who have facilitated and supported the whole process. From buying me vinyl records, created backdrops, read and helped write posts.
Sean for being one of the first to tell me to run with the idea!!
All those at FP 190 past and present, you all know who you are!
Finally anyone who has ever, read, liked, commented, viewed, or shared any of the content I have ever made it means a lot. Some of you have been there from the beginning and others are just joining the party but you’re all heroes.
Jack x