A new independent record label is helping homegrown local talent like M101 and The Beaus to break into the charts.

The team behind Doncaster’s Higher Rhythm studios launched Circuit Records this summer to release material recorded by local musicians as digital downloads. “We provide a platform for artists to sell their music and get a fair return,” said Higher Rhythm Senior Manager Steve Mundin. “The split from sales is in favour of the artist, keeping the revenue in the local area, and Circuit Records is run on a not-for-profit basis; everything we earn is invested back into the label to support more artists.”

Frank Wilkes, Artist Development . . . Read More

Saucer – 5:58

Available on the _DbR_ Jukebox

“I remember every word…
every minute…
every day…”

_DbR_ welcomes old friends Saucer… With seering highs and devastating lows their songs tore clean through the be-quiffed, gold larme arrogance of the early-00s era. In their short lifetime they wrote enormous songs that carried more weight in substance than many of their out-spoken peers. Verse-Chorus-Verse-Repeat-to-fade they were not.

This song constantly sounds on edge. Like walking . . . Read More

Copycat Vigilante – Kill My Ambition

Available on the _DbR_ Jukebox

For what feels like the umpteenth time, Doncaster mainstays Geoff Rogers and Mark West, both formerly of feedback merchants Bright Paper Werewolves and the blink-and-you-missed-it Self Destruct Sequence, have reunited.

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sine fm, Doncaster’s first FM licensed community radio station, was launched in January 2007. We held RSL broadcasts in June 2007 and were awarded a full FM community broadcasting license by OFCOM in December 2007.

sine fm was created to provide a platform for creative expression and… . . . Read More

Inhaler records is a Doncaster based independent record label dealing in the best of upcoming local and national indie-rock.

Our releases are distributed pysically by Code 7, and digitally by Plastic Head Media, and can be found in all major and indie record stores nationally, as well as internationally via itunes, emusic etc… . . . Read More

Higher Rhythm is a not-for-profit company based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, with a mission to provide access to high-quality creative services for all. We provide professional industry-level recording for clients at all levels, investing in high-end equipment over many years at our spacious town centre facility.

We also offer a range of … . . . Read More

Tape runs out for analogue recordings as studio shuts its doors.

Analogue, the Doncaster studio with a firm DIY, anti-digital ethos, closed this autumn after two years recording many of the area’s best bands.

Its founders, recording engineer Darren Feris (ex-Beachbuggy) and keen music enthusiast Jamie Little, recorded exclusively with vintage equipment onto tape. “We are both very passionate about music,” said Feris, “and wanted to give Doncaster an all-analogue studio, recording bands live with the minimum of overdubs and effects.”

Since summer 2006… . . . Read More

Vintage Rockbar, Doncaster, Fri 3rd October 2008

* St Deluxe *

Wielding riffs that Queens of the Stone Age would shop their dealers for, 3-piece noiseniks Walker deserve to be heard in an aircraft hangar rather than this tiny bar. Opening with “Hollow Planet”, an urgent slice of controlled feedback, they pretty much lay waste to the audience from there. “1976” is immense while “The Letter” is an ace pounding tune o’ doom. While there’s . . . Read More

Your questions answered:

• What is the jukebox?
• Can I join in?
• Can I download the songs?
• Can I contribute?

What is the jukebox?

It’s just a catalogue of songs to listen to… All tracks that are sent to us are reviewed and, if we like them, we’ll add them to the jukebox_!

Some songs are from bands that are no longer around but we think you should hear, some are from projects that will never see release… either way, have a listen, if you like something let us know!

!_Can I join in?

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!_Can I download the songs?

Yes, well most of them. if we like a song enough to add it to the player and the band are happy for it to be downloaded we’ll make sure it’s available for you. Click here…

PLEASE NOTE: The recordings remain the intellectual property of the respective artists and should be treated as copyright protected unless otherwise stated.

!_Can I Contribute?

YES PLEASE! If you’re not in a band you can still be part of the show. We’re always looking for reviewers (tracks, albums, gigs or anything newsworthy), photographers and contributors… Thanks. Click here for more info