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From Fall To Spring – ‘RISE’

In a move that may be unprecedented, the worlds of Eurovision and Punktastic have collided in the form of From Fall To Spring. The top of the contenders for Germany’s Eurovision entry for this year’s contest are a world away from ABBA and far closer to Limp Bizkit and

Thursday 06 April 2023

Ruston Kelly – ‘The Weakness’

Imagine a world where Brian Fallon gave up on trying to be Springsteen and instead filled his head with Van Morrison and the National. The album he’d produce in these circumstances would be ‘The Weakness’. It’s intensely personal and the pain he shares is the kind of pain we’ve

Wednesday 05 April 2023

Covet – ‘Catharsis’

Over the past decade, Yvette Young has firmly carved her face into the Mount Rushmore of modern guitar heroes. The Californian has gone from posting solo videos to a niche group of fans to releasing a bunch of albums both on her own and, as frontwoman of

Friday 31 March 2023

Bury Tomorrow – ‘The Seventh Sun’

A few years ago, the Bury Tomorrow camp was rocked when founding member and singer Jason Cameron announced he was stepping back from the band. Losing members is tough for any band to endure, but when that person has been there’s from the very beginning and is

City And Colour – ‘The Love Still Held Me Near’

Dallas Green is a man of great experience. A founding member of post-hardcore legends Alexisonfire and performing under the moniker City And Colour since 2005, he has a spectacular catalogue of work to his name. But in a career that has entered its third decade, he has

Wednesday 29 March 2023

Samiam – ‘Stowaway’

Don’t call it a comeback. Call it an evolution, a rebirth, a continuation after twelve years of absence for the mostly forgotten cousins of the Gilman Street family, Samiam. After signing to a major in the nineties and touring across every inhabited continent with just about every big alt

Tuesday 28 March 2023

Punk Rock Factory – ‘It’s Just A Stage We’re Going Through’

There’s always room in the punk scene for a little bit of silliness, be it Me First and The Gimme Gimmes belting out ‘Sweet Caroline’ to, well, anything P Paul Fenech from the Meteors has ever released in his solo career. Punk Rock Factory fits perfectly into this tradition,

Friday 24 March 2023

Fall Out Boy – ‘So Much (For) Stardust’

There are few bands that have such a huge grasp on an entire generational movement quite like Fall Out Boy does. If you were ever an emo kid, either way back in the 00’s or in the last decade, the likelihood of this band having been an uncontrollable obsession

BABYMETAL – ‘The Other One’

Since their inception, duo Su-Metal and Moametal, along with producer Kobametal and the ‘Kamiband’, have strived to meld the worlds of idol pop and metal into a glitter bomb of a genre. As a result, they’ve perhaps had to fight harder than most international acts to find

Thursday 23 March 2023

Bouncing Souls – ‘Ten Stories High’

Most bands pride themselves on a personal connection with their fans, but no-one can be closer to their supporters than the Bouncing Souls. During the dark and tedious pandemic years, the band started a Patreon, and the top tier reward for subscribers: a custom song written just for them.