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From Friday 02 December 2016

LIVE: Owen @ St Pancras Old Church, London

It’s strange to think that Mike Kinsella has so much to offer one of the oldest sites of Christian worship in dusty old England. Tonight, the first of two insanely intimate performances inside St Pancras Old Church, a building in existence since the start of the 9th Century, promises

LIVE: Biffy Clyro / Brand New @ SSE Hydro, Glasgow

“Home sweet home.” That’s how Biffy’s Simon Neil described the SSE Hydro on a Baltic Tuesday night. Surprisingly, considering they’ve been well and truly adopted by the city (although originally from Kilmarnock), Biffy Clyro have never played the SSE Hydro in Glasgow before. Settling in to the latest venue

Thursday 24 November 2016

LIVE: Jimmy Eat World @ O2 Forum Kentish Town, London

Jimmy Eat World don’t really do bad gigs. Not anymore. Fifteen years of persistent touring since the release of global-breakout record Bleed American has transformed the Arizona quartet into an enviably polished live proposition. Really, your opinion of their shows in 2016 will be informed by two things: sound

Wednesday 23 November 2016

LIVE: Architects / Bury Tomorrow @ O2 Academy Brixton, London

Over the course of the summer, the UK metal world suffered a huge shock; Tom Searle, one of the most talented guitarists that the music scene had, passed away after years of battling cancer. When the news was announced, it came as a surprise to some that Architects informed

Monday 21 November 2016

LIVE: Brain Fallon / Chris Farren @ Kentish Town Forum, London

It’s a miserable autumn evening; it’s been raining for most of the evening, it’s already dark by 4PM, and it’s only halfway through the week. However, within London, New Jersey singer-songwriter Brian Fallon gets ready to treat the capital with his ‘Painkillers’ tour. From what’s caught of his

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