LIVE: 2000trees Festival 2019 – Friday

2000trees is advertised as being a ‘medium’ sized festival, but while medium can suggest mediocrity be misconstrued as ‘average’, nothing about the scorching weekend feels mediocre. With alternative fans from all of the country coming together to celebrate our special scene, 2000trees pens itself as one of the best

Gaffa Tape Sandy – ‘Family Mammal’

Bury St Edmunds via Brighton outfit Gaffa Tape Sandy are flying. One of NME’s 100 Essential Acts for 2018, they’ve supported the likes of Indoor Pets, IDLES, and Peace, as well as having played numerous festivals to critical acclaim. Gaffa Tape Sandy have produced just two short EPs to

nothing, nowhere. & Travis Barker announce collaborative ‘Bloodlust’ EP

The members of Blink 182 seem to be all over the scene at the moment, with the latest collaboration coming between drummer Travis Barker and nothing, nowhere. in their upcoming EP ‘Bloodlust’. The pair have just today dropped the news, and with it the first single from that EP, ‘destruction’. The

Russian Circles – ‘Blood Year’

Russian Circles appeared on the post-rock/metal scene in 2006 with their superb debut ‘Enter’ and the genre-bending power-trio have been making ambitious, challenging and innovative instrumental music ever since. You’d maybe wonder how fresh a sound can be created by just three people, with zero vocals, 13 years into

Bloodstock 2019 Festival Preview

It’s almost time for a festival that’s not only one of the very best medium-sized festivals in the UK, but also the best weekend dedicated to all things metal. Showcasing a wide range of artists, from the darkest and heaviest of black and doom, to the most uplifting of

Funeral For A Friend return for two benefit shows

Funeral For A Friend are back – for two nights only, in aid of a particular cause they deeply care about. Taking place at The Globe, Cardiff and Shepherd’s Bush on the 28 and 29 October respectively, it’ll be two exciting nights for fans of the Welsh group, but

GroundCulture release new video

Melodic hardcore fans rejoice – your new favourite band (and trust us, if they aren’t yet, they will be) have just released the first new single since their self-titled debut EP was unleashed last year, and it is a beauty. The band have been busy in the studio this year,

The Contortionist – ‘Our Bones’

There are bands littered throughout metal’s sub-genres that continuously evolve, forever developing and moulding their sound into something new, never alienating their previous material. The Contortionist are one of those bands, sitting atop a varied yet fluid discography of music that could only have been composed by them. 2019

Midnight Track, Lightweight, Sad Girlz Club, Delma @ Tower Bar, San Diego

San Diego local ska punks were kicking off a West Coast tour. Sacramento pop punk bands Lightweight and Sad Girlz Club were nearing the end of a West Coast tour of their own. And opening the night were local hardcore heroes, Delma. They all came together at The Tower

2000Trees Festival 2019 – Thursday