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From Saturday 24 December 2016

LIVE: Wonk Unit / A Fish Called Bastard / The Crash Mats / Aerial Salad @ Retro Bar, Manchester

In support of their new album, ‘Mr Splashy’, Wonk Unit spread their blend of organised chaos across Europe, the USA and finished in dear old Blighty. Supporting them on the bill of their Manchester gig was a trio of local bands. Aerial Salad kicked things off

Friday 23 December 2016

LIVE: Clutch / Valient Thorr @ Camden Roundhouse, London

As 2016 draws to a close, a lot of people are more than happy to say goodbye to what has been a year of mixed emotions and shocking surprises. Not tonight though, everyone is in high spirits as US mountain rockers Clutch bring their electrifying live show to the Roundhouse

Thursday 22 December 2016

LIVE: Every Time I Die / ’68 @ Brooklyn Bowl, London

For the second time this year Buffalo’s finest hardcore band Every Time I Die roll through London Town demolishing yet another venue in their wake. Having taken up residency for a week earlier in the year Keith Buckley & co return to play… a bowling alley because who doesn’t

Sunday 18 December 2016

LIVE: Minor Victories / Ulrika Spacek @ O2 Academy, Oxford

When Minor Victories first came together through various Skype jams due to geographical restrictions,  it seemed like a rather odd parring. Given how vastly different Editors, Mogwai, and Slowdive are sonically and stylistically their fanbases and critics alike had no idea what to expect. Thankfully the end product of their

Wednesday 14 December 2016

LIVE: Pierce The Veil / letlive. / Creeper @ O2 Brixton Academy, London

Pierce The Veil seem to be getting bigger by the day. The product of extreme promotion from all the typical rock outlets; they’ve been canonised by the media and tonight they play their largest show in London to-date. Filled with screeching fans, this is a chance for the Californian

Tuesday 13 December 2016

LIVE: Dance Gavin Dance / Good Tiger / Jonny Craig @ The Underworld, Camden

Dance Gavin Dance have been around for over 10 years and have seen their fare share of members come and go. On top of that, they haven’t played a UK show since 2013 so you might have been forgiven for wondering if we’d ever see them again. This tour

LIVE: Against Me! / Milk Teeth / Mobina Galore @ Manchester Academy, Manchester

As she stands before the vocal diehards at the front of the stage, grinning with a mile-wide smile on her face, Laura Jane Grace is in her element. “You know, my favourite thing about touring the UK right now is that I can say with 100% certainty

Sunday 11 December 2016

LIVE: Counterparts / Expire / Landscapes @ The Underworld, London

Coming up to their 9th year as a band, Counterparts have fine tuned their melodic hardcore sound and recently, have started to flirt with 90’s metalcore. On the whole, they still stand tall as pioneers of their scene. Their worldwide influence has particularly struck a chord with European fans,

Friday 09 December 2016

LIVE: Newmoon / Rain @ Upstairs at The Garage, London

The whole ‘shoegaze revival’ of the last few years is in strange place. It has almost become an easy cop out to slap the tag on any band that knows their way around a reverb pedal. However, there are a few who nail the sound; embracing it

LIVE: Jaws @ The Warehouse, Birmingham

Despite the fact that various indie acts blend over into other genres,  fanbase divides in music genres are still very much alive in 2016. While Jaws’ brand of emo influenced synth pop could quite easily be enjoyed by your average Turnover or Title Fight fan, the atmosphere for tonight is clearly