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From Tuesday 03 December 2013

LIVE: Warped Tour UK @ Alexandra Palace [Saturday – 16/11/13]

With the iconic Warped Tour now spanning two days at London’s historic Alexandra Palace, we find ourselves dividing our time between top quality bands, joining the relaxation at our very own Punktastic Acoustic Basement, and catching up with some specially selected bands for our video interviews and documentary. Although

Thursday 28 November 2013

LIVE: Jimmy Eat World / Rival Schools @ O2 Brixton Academy, London [19/11/13]

Jimmy Eat World have been no strangers to the UK during 2013, with tonight’s show in Brixton’s O2 Academy marking their fourth trip proper to the nation’s capital in almost as many months. Despite having only played the Kentish Town Forum some two weeks earlier they return to

Tuesday 29 October 2013

LIVE: Lonely The Brave / Moose Blood @ The Lexington, London [15/10/13]

The fact that The Lexington is a neigh-on comprehensive list of who’s who in the music industry tonight provides a concrete indication of how far Lonely The Brave have come in the past 12 months, and indeed where they are heading. Already being relished with praise from all

Monday 28 October 2013

LIVE: letlive. / Night Verses @ Electric Ballroom, London [17/10/13]

Earlier this year, LA’s energetic mad-ball rockers letlive. released the follow-up to 2010 (or 2011’s depending on how you want to look at it) seminal record, ‘Fake History’. ‘The Blackest Beautiful’ achieved all it needed to –honing the relationship between the convulsive off-kilter moments and the melody driven

Wednesday 09 October 2013

LIVE: Funeral For A Friend / Gnarwolves / Polar. @ Electric Ballroom, London [03/10/13]

Photo by Warren Miller Everything about tonight’s Funeral For A Friend set screams nostalgia. Substantiated rumours that the Welsh wonders are playing ‘Four Ways To Scream Your Name’ in full are rife, despite being half-heartedly discouraged by frontman Matt Davies some way through the set. With that in

Friday 04 October 2013

LIVE: Layers @ Birmingham Academy 3 [20/09/2013]

When bands manage to generate an air of excitement around them prior to any official release, it is normally a good sign. Drawing influences from a wide range of artists and styles, Birmingham based Layers attract this attention through their distinct amalgamation of soul and rock and their incessant

Sunday 29 September 2013

LIVE: The Front Bottoms / Allison Weiss @ Dingwalls, London [24/09/2013]

The Front Bottoms – Photo Gallery by Maryam Hassan Other than possessing one of those names that you might mutter in the office to your forty-something year old boss without truly thinking about the connotations, The Front Bottoms are rapidly developing into one of the most exciting bands

Friday 30 August 2013

LIVE: Reading Festival 2013 Sunday

Right, Sunday. Last night’s party was fucking insane and we’re all feeling it, the weather isn’t superb either, but tonight see’s Biffy Clyro bring a headline set to Reading and the full on return of Fall Out Boy, so we are PUMPED. Let’s get to it shall we? SUNDAY Faced with

Live: Reading 2013 Saturday

So the first of the weekend’s hangovers is here, and yeah, it hurts but fuck it. There’s a whole day of awesomeness ahead of us so let’s get going. SATURDAY Opening up the lock up stage and hoping to dust off some Saturday hangovers is Decade who have managed to get

Live: Reading Festival 2013 Friday

It’s that time of year again, that traditional end of Summer festival that is Reading. We’re more than excited to bring you our biggest coverage yet and below is our review of the event. We had a fucking brilliant time this year in what was one of the best