Independent Venue Week 2022 in Northampton
Independent Venue Week is an important milestone on the gig calendar, where non-corporate grassroots music venues get a moment in the sun.... Read More
NMF21 – New Boots Stage
For the second successive year New Boots had a stage at the Northampton Music Festival. Last year we were in the (now)... Read More
slowthai announces huge ‘Happyland’ show at County Cricket Ground
Northampton grime rapper slowthai has announced a hometown show at the 10,000 capacity Northamptonshire County Cricket Ground on September 25th. slowthai invites... Read More
Step On: the week’s best new music tracks [Feb 26th]
New Boots editor Phil Moore takes you through the best new tracks this week. Billy Lockett ‘Talk’The third single from next month’s... Read More
The New Boots Year In Review 2020
It’s been a weird year for obvious reasons, but once again there’s a lot to celebrate when it comes to the NN... Read More
Billy Lockett’s Wasting Time tops the New Boots ‘Best NN Single 2020’ poll
For the second year running, we asked you to vote in the Best NN Single category of the New Boots annual Year... Read More
Watch the alternative version of the ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ video, where The Verve singer Richard Ashcroft gets beaten up
It was considered too extreme in 1997, but finally all these years later we get the chance to see the OTHER version... Read More
New slowthai single ‘ENEMY’ out now
“We all make mistakes”. The Prince of Northampton slowthai is back with a bang, releasing his new single ‘ENEMY’ at exactly the... Read More
Bauhaus play Northampton [sort of…]
Pete Dennis previews The Teenage Werewolves / She’s in Bauhaus show RESCHEDULED FOR JAN 3RD Unlike Liverpool and Coventry who honour their... Read More