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From Tuesday 13 November 2018

LIVE: Anti-Flag / Cancer Bats @ Academy 2, Manchester

Navigating Manchester on a Friday night is one of the most hellish things you can imagine, as drunk students and office workers clog the streets and everyone tries to drive around the city like the layout makes any sort of sense whatsoever. Unfortunately this combination of traffic issues and

Tuesday 06 November 2018

LIVE: State Champs / Seaway / Stand Atlantic / Woes @ O2 Academy, Leeds

It may not always seem like it, going by the inevitable social media complaints after every tour announcement, but we have it pretty lucky in the UK. Despite being a relatively small island, we’re regularly treated to tours by just about every band going– and compared to the epic

LIVE: Turnstile / Wicca Phase Springs Eternal / Big Cheese @ Rebellion, Manchester

You know you’re in for a solid hardcore show when the venue has the security barriers removed especially for the occasion. Walking in to the venue, Leeds hardcore mob Big Cheese have already started proceedings and their straight-up, no frills hardcore has several bodies moving in the thickening crowd.

LIVE: IDLES @ Rock City, Nottingham

There have been few bands more talked about this year than Bristolian quintet IDLES. Fresh off the back of releasing their sophomore album, ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’, they’ve toured across the US before returning to the UK alongside fellow Bristol-based post-punk group Heavy Lungs.

Friday 02 November 2018

LIVE: Hands Like Houses / Normandie / Jule Vera @ Academy 3, Manchester

In what’s become a fairly regular churn of Manchester venues over the years, the university’s Academy 3– hidden away on the top floor of the Student Union building– has stood strong. Fortunately, it’s also long been one of the best, and tonight this small room is playing host to a pleasingly

Wednesday 24 October 2018

LIVE: Black Peaks / Bossk / Gold Key @ The Key Club, Leeds

Brighton’s Black Peaks are something of a success story. Their debut album ‘Statues’ was released in 2016 and in the short period of time since then they’ve played Download Festival, 2000 Trees, and ArcTanGent, made several successful headline trips up and down the UK and even supported Deftones at

LIVE: Three Days Grace / Bad Wolves @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire

The night’s opening act was US rock band Bad Wolves, and it would appear that they were almost equally as popular as Three Days Grace among those in attendance. Despite only forming in 2017, and having just released their debut album earlier this year, with each song

Tuesday 23 October 2018

LIVE: Arcane Roots / Bryde / Emily Denton @ Hoxton Hall, London

There isn’t anything that feels quite as bittersweet as seeing a band on tour for the final time. First, there’s the air of exclusivity that runs through the evening. An unmistakable feeling that you’re among a select few, witnessing something for the last time. There’s the joy of the

LIVE: Coheed & Cambria / Chon @ Academy 1, Manchester

Coheed & Cambria shows always draw such an eclectic mix of people. On this Saturday night in Manchester, the Academy is a melting pot of emo kids, full on metalheads, dads in Rush tees, normal looking ‘trendy’ folk and people who DEFINITELY work in CEX; all hoping to embark

Wednesday 17 October 2018

LIVE: Halestorm / Avatar @ Brixton Academy, London

Having sold out months in advance, Brixton Academy is filled to the rafters with 5000 eagerly excited fans, ready to celebrate Halestorm’s latest triumph. Following the release of their epic new album, ‘Vicious’, earlier this year, the American rock heavyweights return to London to deliver their biggest show yet.