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From Thursday 06 August 2026

Electric Callboy – ‘Tanzneid’

If you’ve got a friend who’s still on the fence about whether Electric Callboy are genius or trash, all you need to do is silently hand them a copy of ‘Tanzneid’ and they’ll be converted. Well, okay: if they haven’t already been convinced by a live show, then this

Tuesday 04 August 2026

Cancer Bats – ‘Give Me Dirt’

What do you do after seven albums as Canada’s hardest band? Take a break of course, and after two decades of head-banging, Cancer Bats surely deserved their time off. ‘Give Me Dirt’, their latest album, is supposedly inspired by nature and travel, but that’s like saying ‘Blood Meridian’ is

Friday 24 July 2026

Retrospective: Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American

At the turn of the millennium, Jimmy Eat World were finished. Their third album, ‘Clarity’, was a commercial disaster, despite great reviews, and Capitol promptly dropped them in 1999. Through returning to the world of regular jobs, releasing a singles compilation, buying copies of ‘Clarity’ at cost to shift

Thursday 23 July 2026

LIVE: 2000Trees 2026 – Saturday

And now, the end is near, and so we face the final day of 2000Trees 2026. It’s been beyond a blast, but it’s not over yet: we’ve got new favourites, old friends and one heck of a headliner to mark the close of the biggest little festival in the

Wednesday 22 July 2026

LIVE: 2000Trees 2026 – Friday

It’s even hotter today, but we’re not throwing in the towel yet. 2000Trees Friday sees the return of the mighty Arcane Roots, gives us a chance to release our Cancer Bats, and kicks us into the heaviest day of the weekend! Words: Kate Allvey // Photos: Penny Bennett and Paul

Monday 20 July 2026

LIVE: 2000Trees 2026 – Thursday

2000Trees weekend only comes once a year, and nothing as trifling as a heatwave is going to hold us back from the (other) Happiest Place On Earth. Today brings up last-minute line-up changes, a crowd of thousands who never knew they could love Mariachi music, and a whole lot

Wednesday 15 July 2026

The Menzingers – ‘Everything I Ever Saw’

There’s a good chance a lot of reviews are going to slate the new Menzingers record. ‘Everything I Ever Saw’ is so different from their raging punk past, and that’s going to alienate the folk who want to slam their feelings away. With respect, those reviews are going to

Tuesday 14 July 2026

LIVE: My Chemical Romance @ Wembley Stadium

It’s Gerard Way’s World, and we just happen to live in it. Why else would ninety thousand of us be attempting to decipher cryptic messages flashed across the screens of Wembley Stadium in order to try and extract secret messages from our emo prophets mere hours before My Chemical

Friday 03 July 2026

Retrospective: Rise Against – ‘The Sufferer & The Witness’

Some bands thrive on having “That Song”. You know, the one mega-hit with the intro that pops into your head the second someone says their name. The problem is, “That Song” is often the one that doesn’t represent a band’s sound as a whole – think The Stranglers ‘Golden

Thursday 02 July 2026

LIVE: The Offspring @ Crystal Palace Park

Shows from older punks are a risky prospect. Will it be a nostalgia-fest, re-living the days when they could lace their boots without lower back pain, or will it be a chance to light the flame of rebellion once again? Our experience at the leafy, historic Crystal Palace Park