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From Friday 18 November 2016

LIVE: Mono / Alcest @ Electric Brixton, London

Two of the most interesting, and indeed, moving albums to be released this year have come from tonight’s line up. Mono’s ‘Requiem For Hell’ was a thunderous body of work, while ‘Kodama’ from Alcest was a reinvention of post-black metal. It makes tonight’s double headline show in London particularly

Thursday 17 November 2016

LIVE: Being as an Ocean / Burning Down Alaska / Capsize / Casey @ Mama Roux’s, Birmingham

It’s been 18 months since Being as an Ocean released their previous, self-titled album and with a follow-up on the horizon, this UK tour lands at the right time to generate a buzz. Welsh melodic hardcore newcomers Casey open the bill and though they may have their manager (Being

Sunday 06 November 2016

LIVE: Alien Ant Farm / hed(p.e.) / Sumo Cyco @ Sub 89, Reading

It’s a freezing cold Thursday night, and we’re stood in a dingy club in Reading town centre watching a 52-year-old man sing a version of ‘Oops Upside Your Head’, its lyrics ‘hilariously’ altered to refer to fellatio. Although to describe the man in question, Jahred – the

Wednesday 02 November 2016

LIVE: Billy Talent / Young Guns / Say Yes @ The Roundhouse, London

Fellow Canadians Say Yes (featuring Jordan Hastings of Alexisonfire, and touring drummer for Billy Talent) opened the night’s proceedings adequately. Their style of loud, indie-ish rock was played to a fairly luke-warm reception from the London crowd, it was played well nonetheless. Say Yes’ greatest enemy was unfamiliarity, and

Tuesday 01 November 2016

LIVE: Nai Harvest @ Kamio, London

Despite having played South By Southwest and releasing another set of singles this year, seminal emo two piece Nai Harvest announced in July that they were breaking up. This came as somewhat of a surprise to fans considering the busy touring schedule up until that month but as they

Sunday 23 October 2016

LIVE: Wovenhand / Emma Ruth Rundle @ The Dome, London

Californian label, Sargent House has been responsible for a lot of things over the last few years, but mainly, for discovering and pushing some of the most innovative and talented artists. More often than not, the bands on the label will tour together, and when they come to town,

Thursday 20 October 2016

LIVE: Trap Them / Okkultokrati / Venom Prison / Employed To Serve @ Boston Music Room, London

Sometimes gigs on a Monday night can end up being involuntarily intimate. Especially when it’s been pissing down with rain for the past few hours, fighting the rush hour traffic to get to a gig is not often the top of people’s ‘to do’ lists. Tonight however is the

Wednesday 19 October 2016

LIVE: Less Than Jake / The Skints / Maricahi El Bronx @ O2 Academy, Brixton

You know what they say about Thursdays being the new Fridays? Well Less Than Jake and Fireball are about to team up and show us exactly why that’s the case. We headed down to Brixton Academy to check out the inaugural Fuelling the Fire Tour and here’s how it

LIVE: Youth Code / Shallow Sanction @ Electrowerkz, London

Over the course of the last four years, Youth Code have grown from a cut and paste EBM project to a full on industrial force. Since forming, the Los Angeles-based duo of Sara Taylor and Ryan George have honed their craft, gained the respect of the pioneers of the

Tuesday 18 October 2016

LIVE: Self Defense Family / Creative Adult / Cassels @ Moth Club, London

Self Defense Family are interesting band. Their relentless, often overwhelming back catalogue of releases and countless line up variations have earned them a cult like status. With a sound that veers from punk to alternative rock, ran through a “revolution summer” post-hardcore filter, fronted by the ever-vocal Patrick Kindlon,