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From 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,

Monday 17 October 2016

LIVE: Emarosa / Sykes / Grumble Bee @ O2 Institute, Birmingham

It’s been five years since Emarosa played a show in the UK and over that time a lot has changed. Only two members of the current line-up were present back then and the band’s sound has inevitably been through as big a shake-up as their personnel list.

Sunday 16 October 2016

LIVE: Lonely the Brave @ Electric Ballroom, London

When looking around the comfortably full Electric Ballroom for tonight’s show, it slowly becomes clear that Lonely the Brave aren’t a band who merely cater to one specific age range. Down the front, teens and young adults are on the barrier, desperately excited to see one of their

Tuesday 11 October 2016

LIVE: Moose Blood / Turnover / Boston Manor @ KOKO, London

Almost exactly two years to the day since Moose Blood released the introspective ‘I’ll Keep You In Mind From Time To Time’, they appear in front of an adoring sell-out crowd at London’s KOKO. Having cemented their rise with the recent release of sophomore album ‘Blush’, frontman Eddy Brewerton breaks

Thursday 06 October 2016

LIVE: Festivile 2016 @ The Leadmill, Sheffield

A heavy all-dayer at The Leadmill in Sheffield, Festivile pulls fans of metal, punk and alternative rock from all over the UK. Festivile is a fantastic event because of its outlook. It gathers together and gets behind local talent. It lets artists from Yorkshire share a stage with household names.

LIVE: You Me At Six @ Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone

You Me At Six have spent the last year holed up in Nashville, Tennessee recording their recently announced ‘Night People’ LP, the band’s fourth including the breakthrough ‘Take Off Your Colours’. Marking their second date on a somewhat understated jaunt across the UK, taking to venues and cities otherwise