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From Monday 13 February 2017

LIVE: Black Peaks @ Rock City (Basement), Nottingham

It’s been almost a year since Black Peaks released ‘Statues’ and judging by the number of people crammed shoulder to shoulder inside the Basement of Nottingham’s Rock City, their phenomenal debut album did not go unnoticed. Those who own a copy have obviously heard Black Peaks, but

Tuesday 07 February 2017

LIVE: Hotel Books @ The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham

When the first thing a headlining band does is ask some of their audience to leave, you already know it won’t be a traditional performance. If you’ve ever been to an acoustic show, you’ll know who the message is aimed at: those who are more interested in

Monday 06 February 2017

LIVE: Suicidal Tendencies / Agnostic Front / Municipal Waste and more @ The Persistence Tour, London

There’s very little difference between attending The Persistence Tour and a hardcore all-dayer at your local village hall or club. Apart from the venue being the Kentish Town Forum, and the line-up featuring a bill of hardcore royalty, the premise is much the same; a place for hardcore kids

LIVE: The Dillinger Escape Plan / Ho99o9 @ Concorde 2, Brighton

Twenty chaotic years: that’s how long The Dillinger Escape Plan have been pushing the boundaries of heavy music. It’s almost hard to believe when you think about it, and feels criminal that the band have decided to call time on their illustrious career. After bookending their catalogue last year

Friday 03 February 2017

LIVE: A Day To Remember / New Found Glory / Neck Deep / Moose Blood @ The SSE Arena, Wembley

It would be fair to say that the last 12 months have been fairly eventful for A Day To Remember. In the last year they released their latest album ‘Bad Vibrations’ and were successful in their ongoing court case against former label Victory Records. The Florida rockers have come

LIVE: Beach Slang/Cassels, Scala, London

It might be easy to label the Philadelphia’s Beach Slang as “scuzzy/fuzzy/sloppy punk” and fawn them off as a band who “do that sound well”. You could, but it would take away all the charm and lovability that James Alex and co bring to the table. Despite having to kick

Tuesday 31 January 2017

LIVE: The Hotelier @ The Dome, London

There was such intrusive emotiveness to The Hotelier’s second album ‘Home, Like Noplace Is There’, that when the band began playing songs from it live, they took an absolute hold of their audience in a way that only happen with a certain kind of band. ‘Goodness’ was more positively a slow burner. It was

Monday 30 January 2017

LIVE: The Pretty Reckless @ o2 Forum, Kentish Town

It might only have been three short months since New York heavy rockers The Pretty Reckless played the intimate venue that is London’s Scala but Taylor Momsen & co return to UK shores to appease their fans with a much bigger show in support of latest album ‘Who You

Thursday 26 January 2017

LIVE: Oathbreaker / Svalbard @ The Underworld, London

When Oathbreaker released the emotionally jarring ‘Rheia’ last year, nobody was prepared for the impact it would have. It showed a huge progression for the Belgian metal band, received critical acclaim across the board, and we named it as our album of the year. Even though people throw the

Wednesday 25 January 2017

LIVE: Cassels / The New Tusk @ The Waiting Room, London

Nestled below an unassuming pub in London’s almost-trendy Stoke Newington, The Waiting Room’s dark and rustic interior provides a suitable backdrop to two of the UK underground’s most intriguing bands. Brighton’s The New Tusk, mirror the bleak environment with their endearingly withdrawn stage presence, awkwardly addressing the crowd with monosyllabic