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From Wednesday 20 May 2015

Interview: Social Distortion [May 2015]

Celebrating 25 years since the release of their self-tiled album, Social Distortion headed up the bill on the Friday of Groezrock 2015. With a huge amount of experience under their belt, we caught up with Jonny Wickersham (who arrived on a spectacularly decorated buggy following a creative prank

Monday 18 May 2015

Interview: The Smith Street Band [April 2015]

Melbourne, Australia’s The Smith Street Band have always proved difficult to classify. With gruff punk undertones and a folk inspired penchant for story-telling, their increasingly unique sound has seen them traverse the globe in recent months, cementing them as stalwarts on the European festival circuit. As they prepared to

Thursday 30 April 2015

Interview: Modern Life Is War [April 2015]

Veteran hardcore outfit Modern Life Is War headed over to the UK for a short run alongside French hardcore duo Birds In Row and Swedish rockers Terrible Feelings. Before laying waste to Camden’s Underworld, we caught up with Modern Life Is War to discuss today’s hardcore scene, their

Thursday 16 April 2015

Palm Reader review their new record, ‘Beside The Ones We Love’

Woking five-piece Palm Reader released their thunderous sophomore album, ‘Beside The Ones We Love’ earlier this month. Dominated by complex time-signatures, a heavier sound and some unexpected twists and turns, the record has been turning plenty of heads, and lighting a fire underneath the British hardcore scene. With

Wednesday 21 January 2015

Video Interview: Roam (Part 2)

At the end of 2014, we met up with ROAM to have a chat about their year in 2014, what’s coming up in 2015, and how they feel about releasing their new EP next week. Here’s the second and final instalment of our video interviews with them, focusing on what

Friday 16 January 2015

VIDEO INTERVIEW: ROAM (PART 1)

At the end of 2014, we met up with ROAM to have a chat about their year in 2014, what’s coming up in 2015, and how they feel about releasing their new EP at the end of this month. Here’s part one of two video interviews, focusing on how 2014

Tuesday 11 November 2014

Interview: Cancer Bats [November 2014]

Having just announced their fifth studio album, ‘Searching For Zero’, and confirmed they will be embarking on a UK tour with hardcore pals While She Sleeps, we caught up with Cancer Bats at the relatively new House of Vans in London to get the lowdown on the record,

Friday 29 August 2014

Interview: ’68 @ Hevy [August 2014]

With their debut album, ‘In Humor And Sadness’, gathering critical acclaim, and one hell of a live show in their arsenal, we caught up with noise duo ’68 shortly before they took to the Punktastic Stage at Hevy Festival this summer.

Interview: The Murderburgers @ Hevy [August 2014]

After they opened the main stage at Hevy Festival this year, The Murderburgers caught up with our writer, and their friend, Sam Kanal outside their tent.

Interview: Empress AD @ Hevy [August 2014]

As they prepare to release their new album, ‘Still Life Moving Fast’, we caught up with Empress AD frontman Ollie Loring ahead of their performance at this year’s Hevy Festival to discuss the record, festivals and album art.