Author: Gareth Reading Indie Life

  • A fine evening of free rock at the Purple Turtle! Reading Indie Life are starting to get twitchy about all these amazing free gigs at the Purple Turtle. We get to see really good bands… and we don’t have to…

    Alffa Review: Welsh Rockers Live at The Purple Turtle March 10th.
  • With two great albums already under their belts, and a stunning live presence, this young Welsh band are ready for greater things. Despite a five-year gap between their first and second albums these young talents are still in their early…

    Exclusive Interview with the Rising Welsh Rock Duo Alffa
  • Courting return with a short but lively album. With just eight tracks on this album, three of them already released as singles and the first track being a forty-eight second intro of off-kilter violin it doesn’t leave a whole lot…

    Courting: Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’ 
  • Great new tracks from Reading Indie Life favourites The Certs and Baby Said this week along with locals The Dazed Minded. Single of the week: SOFIA ISELLA – Josephine Sofia Isella catches the eye and the ear more with every…

    Single Reviews 08/03/2025
  • Another great free gig! A quality line-up tomorrow, Monday the 10th of March, at The Purple Turtle in Reading. Pluto The Rich, Alphaline and headliners Alffa bringing some seriously good heavy rock. Reading Indie Life will see you there.

    Alffa at the Purple Turtle
  • Visiting The Face Bar in Reading on the 31st of March, dropping their debut album today the 7th of March. It was about 8 years ago guitarists Tallulah and Lola were put together in a music lesson at secondary school…

    Hotwax: Hot Shock
  • The lead Singer of The Walkmen continues to turn-out fascinating and layered solo-material. ‘The Rat’ was one of those genre defining moments back in 2004 that grabbed the heads of many, seemed to be all over the radio – yet…

    Hamilton Leithauser: This Side of the Island
  • An album full of stripped-back singer songwriter goodness. Some albums are loud and noisy, others quiet and intimate. This glorious debut falls firmly into the latter camp. Clara Mann is a multi-disciplinary artist who enjoys painting and works in a…

    Exploring Clara Mann’s Captivating Debut Album ‘Rift’
  • It’s The Ting Tings Jim, but not as we know them… The Ting Tings in a delightful 450-capacity venue in Shepherds Bush, yes please. Only £20 a ticket, hell yeah! However, in their long absence they have been reincarnated as…

    Inside The Ting Tings’ 2025 Comeback Concerts: Bush Hall March 2nd