Quicksand: getting familiar with the post hardcore titans

Watchcries – ‘Wraith’

The tale of Brighton’s Watchcries is one of momentum. Forming in 2016, comprising former members of acts like Torpor, Dopefight, War Wolf and TEEF, they quickly laid down a self-titled EP and made their live debut supporting mighty doom-mongers Conan. 2017 sees them maintain this pace with the release

Shopping announce new album, ‘The Official Body’, plus UK shows with Gauche

London/Glasgow post punks Shopping have announced the release of their upcoming third album, ‘The Official Body’. It will be released on the 19th January via FatCat Records. You can watch the video for the first single, ‘The Hype’, below. The band will also be playing some UK shows with Gauche,

LIVE: The Picturebooks @ The Lexington, London

German alternative rockers The Picturebooks return to the capital to play a sold out show upstairs at The Lexington, and as always they don’t disappoint. The two piece are no strangers to the UK, having supported American heavy hitters Monster Truck earlier in the year, along with playing Camden’s Desertfest,

Talons, Alpha Male Tea Party and more to play StrangeForms Festival 2018

StrangeForms Festival have announced the first batch of bands for their 2018 edition. Talons, Alpha Male Tea Party, Poly-Math, Vasa, Jo Quail, A Sudden Burst of Colour, Big Lad, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster, Sœur, Wot Gorilla?, Chiyoda Ku, and Vogons will play the Leeds based math and post rock fest

Soft Issues unleash debut EP

Featuring members of Cattle and Human Certainty, Leeds noise duo Soft Issues have unleashed their debut self-titled EP. This five track cut of blistering carcophony is available for PWYW download on bandcamp. It will be available soon on cassette via Concrete Block Records.

Amplifier announce UK tour

Manchester alt/prog rockers Amplifier have announced that they will be going on a UK at our next year. In June the band released their sixth album ‘Trippin’ With Dr. Faustus’ on Rockosmos. FEBRUARY 2018 28 NEWCASTLE O2 Academy 2 MARCH 01 GLASGOW O2 ABC 03 LONDON O2 Islington Academy 2 24 MANCHESTER Academy 3 25 SHEFFIELD O2

Big Business to play UK shows

Seattle, WA sludge/stoner metallers Big Business will be playing some UK shows in November. Last year the band released their fifth album ‘Command Your Weather’ on Joyful Noise Recordings and Gold Metal Records. NOVEMBER 04 LEEDS Damnation Festival 05 EDINBURGH Opium 06 GLASGOW Audio 08 LONDON The Underworld w/ Ghold, The Fierce & the Dead

James & The Blood Elevator (Murderhouse’s James Hunt) shares video for ‘Pumpkin Selfie’

James & the Blood Elevator, aka Murderhouse’s James Hunt, has recently shared a video for the song ‘Halloween Selfie’. It is taken from his self-titled EP, which you can also check out below. It is available to purchase for £2 on bandcamp, with all the proceeds going towards Papyrus,

Slowdive unveil video for ‘Don’t Know Why’

Slowdive have shared their new video for ‘Don’t Know Why’. The song is taken from their fourth self-titled album, which was released earlier this year via Dead Oceans.