LIVE: Refused @ O2 Academy Brixton

Refused, as they so eloquently put it, are fucking dead.  Tonight might be their final UK show of their farewell tour, but this no solemn evening. Rather, this is a celebration of musical lives lived without compromise, a punk gig in a huge former theatre that feels like

Eville – ‘BRAT METAL’

Think back to last year, when Charli XCX released ‘BRAT’ and unleashed the cultural event known as ‘Brat Summer’. For those of you who missed it, the album’s plain green cover and attitude became a meme, then an adjective – This was BRAT, that was BRAT, it

Smote – ‘SONGS FROM THE FREE HOUSE’

Daniel Foggin aka Smote holds the unlikely dual-vocation of landscape gardener and purveyor of imperious drones. While these two professions may appear to be wholly disparate, it is his pursuit of the former – which has seen Foggin “more often covered in mud than not” – that has directly

H_ngm_n – ‘Paper Street’

H_ngm_n have been peddling their own take on emo for several years now; stripped back, two-piece and contemporary, yet capable of reaching anthemic highs that evoke mid-2000s pop punk bands like Motion City Soundtrack and Fall Out Boy. ‘Paper Street’ is their debut album – released almost a

LIVE: Blood Incantation @ Albert Hall Manchester

Blood Incantation take to a stage that is bookended by large obelisks. These frame a neat arrangement of beefy amplifiers, synthesisers and, amongst other assortments, a gong. Behind them are the Albert Hall’s non-operational organ pipes. They remain from when the venue was once a Wesleyan chapel, adding to

Parkway Drive @ OVO Wembley Arena

LIVE: Parkway Drive @ OVO Wembley Arena

The last time we saw Parkway Drive in the UK, they were squashed into a corner of Download 2024 as the secret band that sparked a stampede up the slippery hill. Eighteen months later and they’re back in their natural habitat, filling the vastness that is Wembley Arena. While

Murder By Death @ Islington Assembly Hall

Live: Murder By Death @ Islington Assembly Hall

It’s a bittersweet night at Islington Assembly Hall. After all, it’s always a joyous occasion to see your favourite band play live, right?  Unfortunately, everyone in the room knows that, unless they plan to travel to the US to catch any other shows on this tour, it’s going

PERTURBATOR – ‘Age Of Aquarius’

If there’s anything we know about Perturbator, it’s that the French musician knows how to transport us to a cyber-punkesque land, not too dissimilar from the likes of Tron or Blade Runner. Perturbator is a master at treading a path between an 80s past and a dystopian future; are