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From Monday 31 July 2017

LIVE: Tramlines Fringe Festival – Sheffield

Tramlines festival in Sheffield is a multi venue music festival displaying the best in pretty much every genre going, with the Saturday lineup giving punters the option of All Saints on one stage or Oathbreaker on another. Sadly our pass didn’t allow us entry to watch All Saints, so

Friday 28 July 2017

LIVE: Obey The Brave / Polar / Counting Days @ Boston Music Room, London

Hardcore like just about every other style of music has itself got a set of further sub-genres these days but despite the musical differences the core values tend to be very much the same. Tonight sees the London’s Boston Music Room playing host to a selection of hardcore bands

Thursday 27 July 2017

LIVE: Full Of Hell / Unyielding Love / Grief Tourist / Weeping / Working Men’s Club @ Kamio, London

London’s extreme music fans are obviously a keen bunch because, despite an early billing, relative newcomers Working Men’s Club play to a sizeable crowd and their hardcore punk / thrash crossover wastes no time waking everyone up. Equal parts All Pigs Must Die and Cursed, their energy and aggression

Wednesday 26 July 2017

LIVE: 2000 Trees Festival 2017 – Saturday

2000 Trees is now in its second decade as a festival and as the event continues to impress year after year, it happily shows no sign of slowing down. As an alternative festival that focuses on celebrating UK acts both new and old, there aren’t many line-ups that can

Tuesday 25 July 2017

LIVE: 2000 Trees Festival 2017 – Friday

2000 Trees is now in its second decade as a festival and as the event continues to impress year after year, it happily shows no sign of slowing down. As an alternative festival that focuses on celebrating UK acts both new and old, there aren’t many line-ups that can

Monday 24 July 2017

LIVE: 2000 Trees Festival 2017 – Thursday

2000 Trees is now in its second decade as a festival and as the event continues to impress year after year, it happily shows no sign of slowing down. As an alternative festival that focuses on celebrating UK acts both new and old, there aren’t many line-ups that can

Friday 21 July 2017

LIVE: The Wonder Years / Muncie Girls / The Dirty Nil @ The Hippodrome, Kingston

Pop punk shows are an equaliser. It’s impossible to judge anyone based on superficial things like social status when you’re four beers deep, arm around a stranger screaming your favourite band’s lyrics right back at them. These shows are communal therapy of sorts, but due to the unshakeable stigma

Tuesday 18 July 2017

LIVE: Linkin Park @ The o2, London

Californian rockers Linkin Park return to London for the first time in three years and as we’re about to find out, things have changed in that time. Whether or not that change is for the better will depend on how long you’ve been a fan of the band. Linkin Park

Friday 07 July 2017

LIVE: ’68 / 100% Beefcock And The Tits Burster @ Old Blue Last, London

Josh Scogin has proven time and time again that he thinks outside of almost every box imaginable. Thriving on chaos throughout his career, most notably with Norma Jean and The Chariot, Scogin isn’t just a force to reckoned with but one with something of a Midas touch. ’68 is

LIVE: Pup / The Tuts @ Old Blue Last, London

When you think of Canada, what’s the first thing that pops into your head? Maple leaves? Alexisonfire? Tim Hortons? Well if it doesn’t already, Toronto-based punk outfit Pup should also come to mind. Having ventured to our shores countless times since their inception in 2013, today they are hauled