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From Tuesday 13 February 2018

LIVE: Canvas / Body Hound / xServitudex / Lugubrious Children / Underdark @ Temple Of Boom, Leeds

Much like the influences of the headlining act, the support bill for the last ever performance from Canvas (that’s the UKHC one from the late 90s, not the current band for sad lads) is a bit of a mixed bag. Openers Underdark cross the bleak cacophony of Deafheaven with

LIVE: Black Veil Brides / Asking Alexandria @ Brixton Academy, London

Although Brixton Academy has seen both of tonight’s bands headline in their own right, tonight it’s treated to a co-headlining show. Asking Alexandria are the first band on stage and with the electronic wobbles of ‘Into The Fire’ playing over the PA, the band explode into the

Monday 12 February 2018

LIVE: The Menzingers / PUP @ Whelan’s, Dublin

“Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?”, has been the question The Menzingers have been posing to their audience for the best part of the last 12 months. For those whose answer to this is simply “I don’t really know”, then this is

Wednesday 31 January 2018

LIVE: Jonah Matranga / Non-Canon / Phil Steadman & The Spectacles / Arms & Hearts @ The Parish, Huddersfield

It must be absolutely nerve-wracking to be a solo acoustic performer. No band to hide amongst, no backing track to disguise your fluffed notes. More power to anyone brave enough to get up there and do it, even more so when you’re opening for one of the most influential

LIVE: The Bronx @ The Key Club, Leeds

If there was any lingering doubt that The Bronx were back to their swaggering, rampant best with the release of ‘V’, there was one simply way to dispel it: play it in full, live. Back in the UK for a brief sojourn around these snow-covered streets,

Monday 22 January 2018

LIVE: Paramore @ The o2 Arena, London

The o2 has never been so colourful. Whether it’s the sea of multi-coloured hair, the visually extravagant light show, Hayley Williams’ encapsulating lyrics or the pre show bar 2 for 1 cocktails, nothing about Paramore’s return to London is dull. Last year saw the band return with a re-imagined aesthetic

Friday 05 January 2018

LIVE: Apologies I Have None/Kamikaze Girls/Last Hounds/Super Lemon Days @ The Asylum, Birmingham

It’s a bitter Friday night in Birmingham, but thankfully we have two of the finest ‘always on tour’ punk bands to untap our emotions, in a season where it’s frowned upon to be unhappy.  The truth is, it’s always okay to not be okay, and given that Apologies, I

LIVE: ROAM / WSTR / Stand Atlantic @ The Key Club, Leeds

It may be freezing outside but in the basement of a Yorkshire shopping centre there’s a party ready to warm the cockles of your heart. Bring your dancing shoes because we’ve got an evening in store that’s dripping in pop punk positivity, with three emerging stars of

Friday 22 December 2017

LIVE: Oathbreaker / Syndrome / Coilguns @ Scala, London

If there is a rule that support bands should “behave themselves” at other bands’ shows then no one told openers Coilguns, as it takes literally seconds from starting their set for vocalist Louis Jucker to hurl himself on top of the unsuspecting, yet receptive, audience. The steadily-growing Scala crowd

Thursday 21 December 2017

LIVE: Stone Sour / The Pretty Reckless @ Brixton Academy, London

As far as 21st century metal icons go, there’s not many bigger than Corey Taylor. He’s gained worldwide success in his batshit insane Slipknot outfit, and now his more personal, melodic, but no less in-your-face, project Stone Sour is reaping critical acclaim and fandom. A sold out Brixton Academy