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From Tuesday 06 June 2023

LIVE: Stillbust Secret Show @ Out of Key Studio, Gloucester

Where did you spend your Saturday night? We spent ours on an industrial estate in Gloucester watching the return of local heavy punk misfits Stillbust. It’s been a decade since their last show and in line with their DIY attitude they decided that rather than playing a standard venue,

Wednesday 31 May 2023

LIVE: Spanish Love Songs / SUDS @ The Lexington, London

Between the pandemic lockdowns and subsequent tours being nixed by multiple band members contracting Covid-19 itself, it’s been three years and an entire album cycle since Spanish Love Songs last played in the UK. Actually, it’s more like three years, three months, one week and four days.

Friday 26 May 2023

LIVE: Steel Panther @ O2 Kentish Town Forum, London

There’s one question that pounces to mind before seeing controversial eighties larpers Steel Panther live: while their lyrics are comic, are they now a bit of a joke? They’ve won Loudwire’s ‘Live Act Of The Year’ award twice, but recent reviews have suggested that their whole ‘excessively crude’ schtick

Friday 12 May 2023

LIVE: Electric Callboy @ Eventim Apollo, London

May 1st, 2023. Fade in, and cut to the head shot of the Eventim Apollo sign, in bold red letters reads: Electric Callboy. This would explain why some are dressed in vibrant 80s sportswear that came directly from their merch store, why there appeared to be tiny

Tuesday 02 May 2023

LIVE: The Damned @ Alexandra Palace, London

“The good news is we’re still alive, the bad news is it’s quite loud and you might lose your hearing…but who cares? It’s rock n roll!” Captain Sensible, clad in his trademark red beret, smiles triumphantly as he almost apologises for The Damned’s presence. But, for this crowd at

Thursday 27 April 2023

LIVE: Paramore @ The o2, London

From behind the barriers to high up in the gods, anticipation builds in the depths of the o2 as a sea of hair dye and band tees fills the room. The crowd spans generations, but their smiles and emphatic sense of excitement have brought them together to create an

Wednesday 26 April 2023

LIVE: Skillet @ Academy, Manchester

Tonight marks the first of only two dates in the UK on Skillet’s 2023 ‘Day Of Destiny’ tour before the band continues into Europe and it’s no surprise that both are sold out, as evidenced by the snaking queue outside with the room full before the support

Friday 21 April 2023

LIVE: Manchester Punk Festival 2023 – Saturday

After the giddiness of the first day of Manchester Punk Festival, we spend Saturday morning trying to work out how you watch three bands at the same time. Not unlike every year, the line up Manchester Punk Festival have put together is a vast and exciting combination of bands

LIVE: Manchester Punk Festival 2023 – Friday

Some weekends are better than others and if you’re lucky enough to have bank holidays away from the daily grind, Easter is one of the better, or at least longer, of these extended weekends. If you can spend three days watching the finest punk and punk adjacent music within

Thursday 20 April 2023

LIVE: The Hara / Snayx / Call Me Amour @ The Garage, London

Two themes united the three bands on the bill on this springtime evening in North London.  Firstly, there was no ‘lead in’, no weaker or gentler act or even song to give you a momentary pause in emotion. You walk through the door and get slammed with the