LIVE: Download Festival 2025 – Friday

Twenty two summers in, and Download shows no sign of ever slowing down. With a lineup to thrill everyone from hardcore slammers through to pop punk kids, the biggest weekend of the year channels the spirit of independence from the get go. By the time Friday closes, we’ll have

Royale Lynn – ‘BLACK MAGIC’

Royale Lynn is a solo artist and the thing about art, real art, is that only the artist knows what they are aiming for, and what they want. The audience doesn’t know what to expect. Music is art, but it’s not pure art. A musician has to

Hot Milk – ‘Corporation Pop’

“Listen mate, it’s a social commentary, calm down…but it’s kinda true,” reassures vocalist Han Mee halfway through ‘Insubordinate Ingerland’, the second track on Hot Milk’s latest studio album. Her line is the perfect summary for where ‘Corporation Pop’ is coming from. We all know that “Hot Milk is an

LIVE: Teen Mortgage, Gallus, Knives @ The Garage, London

Teen Mortgage have had a busy eight years. Since their inception in 2017, their music has been used by Vans, they have toured with Weezer twice, and they have drip fed the world a series of frenetic garage punk songs that culminated in April’s debut album release, ‘Devil

LIVE: Outbreak Fest @ Victoria Park, London

The sun is relentless, a boot holding a sea of dad caps underfoot. The promise of a storm hangs low in the air. Thankfully the line up at Outbreak Fest in London, organised as part of the Lido Festival at Victoria Park, is stacked enough to make a

Malevolence – ‘Where Only The Truth Is Spoken’

Born in Sheffield in 2010, Malevolence began as a group of childhood friends (Josh Baines and Konan Hall on guitars, Alex Taylor on vocals, Wilkie Robinson on bass, and Charlie Thorpe on drums), cutting their teeth on the UK hardcore circuit with feral energy and DIY grit.

INTERVIEW: The Ataris

The Young Hearts – ‘THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE REST OF US’

Age, like many things, creeps up on you. According to Spotify, The Young Hearts’ first release is a decade old. Slowly, they’ve grown into their band name, quietly doing their thing until they realised one thing, they were “never going to make it.” As the sadness of

Interview: Heart Attack Man

LIVE: Himalayas @ The Garage, London

The Garage always feels like a bit of a hidden gem; big enough to feel like a proper gig, small enough to feel like you’re in on something. It suits Himalayas perfectly. By the time they hit the stage just after 9:15, the place has filled out