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From Tuesday 24 April 2018

Bearfoot Beware’s Guide to Long Division Festival

LIVE: Pillow Queens / Ganglions @ CHUNK, Leeds

Not much should come as a surprise to Pillow Queens anymore. Being name-dropped by Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6 Music off the back of their first EP? No problem. Headlining a UK tour? Yeh, of course. Selling out a hometown show? Sure, why not. So, when

Monday 23 April 2018

Blaspherion – ‘Restus Corpus’

When most people picture Rio de Janeiro, they probably think of flawless beaches, joyful people dancing in brightly coloured carnival costumes, or massive statues of Jesus. They probably don’t think of  blistering old-school death metal. But, if four piece Blaspherion have anything to say about it with their debut

LIVE: Shame / Gurr @ The Haunt, Brighton

It starts like a faint rumble under your feet, but as Shame front man Charlie Steen repeatedly screams “closer to me”, several feet deep into a fervent Haunt crowd, the room bursts with an intensity that can almost be tasted. Released at the turn of 2018, ‘Songs Of Praise’

LIVE: IDLES / LICE @ Heaven, London

“Well this is a beautiful sight my friends” sighed IDLES front man Joe Talbot at one point, fondly beating his chest as 1,600 true believers roared their admiration back at him. ‘All Is Love’ is the IDLES mantra, and that never rang truer than this evening. A DIY band

Exclusive Stream of Black Anchors new EP

3 piece punk rock band Black Anchors release their Self Titled EP on Friday 27th April. Check out our exclusive stream of all 4 tracks below. You can also catch the band at the following shows: APRIL 27 PENZANCE, Studio Bar MAY 4 PLYMOUTH, The Junction 5 KINGSBRIDGE, Hermatige Kings 17

Friday 20 April 2018

Møl – ‘Jord’

For a hot minute back in 2013, it really looked like ‘blackgaze’ was about to take over the entire world. Though the mixture of dreamy, ethereal shoegaze and harsh, uncompromising black metal doesn’t sound like the kind of music the mainstream rock world would ever

Nosebleed – ‘Scratching Circles on the Dancefloor’

Wrapped up in the finest tailored suits, Leeds three-piece Nosebleed lay the gauntlet down in their breathless debut album ‘Scratching Circles on the Dancefloor’. They’re here to demonstrate the pure ethos of a Nosebleed party – to which anyone who has witnessed them in the flesh can

Tiny Moving Parts, Orchards, Atlas : Empire @ Stereo, Glasgow

Coldbones – ‘Where It All Began’

Post-rock, beautiful and captivating though it may be, can be a bit predictable. The earth will always travel round the sun, metal fans will always love arguing on the internet, and post-rock bands will always have long songs with drawn out, gently-drummed quiet sections that gradually build into massive