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From Thursday 16 February 2017

LIVE: Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band / Laura Stevenson / Lion & The Wolf @ The Dome, London

Ever since playing his first UK show, supporting a death metal band above a tiny pub way back in 2002, Kevin Devine has carved out the kind of dedicated audience, only the most prolific, sincere of songwriters manage to. A lot has happened since then too. In 2007 Devine signed with Capitol

Monday 13 February 2017

LIVE: The Wonder Years / PUP / Trash Boat / Tiny Moving Parts @ KOKO, London

Tiny Moving Parts began the night with a tight set that sounded incredibly full for a three piece, with the band combining their math and emo sound with their pop-punk infused sing-along choruses seamlessly. Lead guitarist Dylan Mattheisen exuded a clear sense of joy as he played

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