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From Thursday 07 December 2017

LIVE: PVRIS @ O2 Academy, Birmingham

Receiving widespread appreciation for your debut album must be a fantastic feeling. That is, until you have to try and follow it with a second album. The superb ‘White Noise’ gave PVRIS a perfect start to their alternative-pop journey and after setting such a high bar, follow-up

Wednesday 06 December 2017

LIVE: Every Time I Die / Comeback Kid / Knocked Loose / Higher Power @ KOKO, London

Just in time for the inevitable ‘gig of the year’ debate, comes this absolutely insane show headed by Buffalo hardcore heavyweights Every Time I Die. If you’ve been to an Every Time I Die show before you’ll know just how crazy things can get and this time around they’ve

Friday 01 December 2017

LIVE: Single Mothers / Cassels – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

“What do you get if you cross a dog with a telephone? A golden retriever! Wait, damn, that’s not right,” Single Mothers front man Drew Thomson laments. “We’ll try this a few more times throughout the night and eventually we’ll get it right,” he triumphantly adds.

Wednesday 29 November 2017

LIVE: Royal Blood / At The Drive-In / Black Honey @ First Direct Arena, Leeds

Tonight’s headliners, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood, are something of a success story. They only formed in 2013 and yet here they are, a mere four years later, selling out multiple shows at some of the largest venues in the UK. They’ve done it the right way, starting at

Thursday 23 November 2017

LIVE: Mount Eerie @ St John on Bethnal Green, London

On July 6 2016 prolific indie singer-songwriter Phil Elverum lost his wife, Geneviève Castrée, to a year-long battle with cancer. Roughly eight months later, Elverum released his eighth studio album ‘A Crow Looked At Me’, and decided to start playing shows again after a three-year hiatus. To call this album

Wednesday 22 November 2017

LIVE: Damnation Festival @ Leeds University Student’s Union

You can always tell when it’s Damnation weekend in Leeds because the streets are positively awash with battle jackets, camo trousers and band shirts with illegible logos. You’d be forgiven for assuming it was an event purely about ‘METAAALLLL’, but actually Damnation is a celebration of all facets of

Monday 20 November 2017

LIVE: Employed To Serve / Ithaca / Watchcries @ Sanctuary LIVE!, Basingstoke

Halloween might be a few days away, but the spooks and scares are out in force on the streets of Basingstoke (which to an extent, they are most nights). There might be lots of folks thronging to the Halloween parade dressed in all sorts of costumes, but

Thursday 16 November 2017

LIVE: Pears / Fair Do’s / Ariel Salad @ The Parish, Huddersfield

The Parish in Huddersfield is one of the UK music scene’s best kept secrets. Despite it being essentially a barn behind a pub, it regularly gets big name bands stopping off for one-offs, and has started to become a regular touring spot even though Leeds and Manchester are both

Wednesday 15 November 2017

LIVE: The Flatliners @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Rancid famously wrote “if I fall back down/you’re gonna help me back up again” in an ode to friendship and camaraderie that only messrs Armstrong and Fredriksen could pen. It’s the notion of grasping at that outstretched hand to haul you back to your feet and carry on as

Thursday 09 November 2017

LIVE: Svalbard / The Tidal Sleep / Maths / Fall of Minerva / Earth Moves @ Birthdays

Tonight’s eclectic evening of bands, sponsored by Holy Roar Records and delivered through Justine Jones of Employed To Serve, whips up a tasty menu of acts that personify the hard work required to be successful in the scene. It is a an absolute tour-de-force, and showcases the very best