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From Thursday 17 March 2016

LIVE: Deafheaven / Voices @ Heaven, London

There’s no question that over the last few years, Deafheaven have probably been the most divisive band of our time. Metal purists loathe them, critics love them, and their die-hard fans worship them. With last years stunning album, ‘New Bermuda’, things really began to change for the Californian band.

Thursday 10 March 2016

LIVE: City and Colour / Lucy Rose @ Troxy, London

Even now, despite the fact that Dallas Green has been going strong with his acoustic act City and Colour, it’s still amazing to realise just how different this group is compared to his old outfit Alexisonfire. But no matter; tonight is a celebration of City and Colour’s wonderful music

LIVE: The Used / The New Regime @ The Forum, London

It’s becoming the norm for a band to perform an album in its entirety, but who? That’s what The Used have based this whole tour around. A few days ago was the turn of their self-titled album, now fans gather eagerly to hear ‘In Love and Death’ played from

Monday 07 March 2016

Live: SayWeCanFly @ Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

Since creating the SayWeCanFly YouTube channel in 2011, Canadian musician Braden Barrie has been successfully building a passionate fan-base and giving them at least one new record a year in return. His latest EP ‘Darling’, his first since signing to Epitaph Records, features a number of full band songs

Friday 04 March 2016

LIVE: Creeper / Grader / Blood Youth @ Underworld, London

We have our suspicions that many of the reviews for tonight’s sold-out show, upgraded from a sold-even-more-outier Barfly, were written before the venue’s doors even opened. Not literally, of course, but there’s been an undeniable hype machine behind Southampton sextet, Creeper, and an associated narrative which logically leads to

LIVE: Enter Shikari / The Wonder Years / The King Blues / Arcane Roots @ Alexandra Palace, London

Well that wasn’t a show you’ll see every day. While those of us who went are still pulling ourselves off the ceiling, Enter Shikari are feeling on top of the world right now, and rightfully so. It was a night to remember at Alexandra Palace and the culmination of

Thursday 03 March 2016

LIVE: Slipknot / Suicidal Tendancies/ Sikth @ Alexandra Palace

This show is about celebrating bands that have been around since at least 1999, and in today’s throw away world, both materialistically and conceptually, is quite some feat. Tonight is all about Slipknot, who return to London for a two night slot at Alexandra Palace – not bad for a band

Wednesday 02 March 2016

LIVE: Fatherson / Boy Jumps Ship @ The Hope, Brighton

For many years now Scotland has consistently delivered high class acts, both in the mainstream and within the alternative genres, with the likes of Twin Atlantic, Prides and The Xcerts (to name a few) doing incredibly well for themselves. Despite releasing their debut album ‘I Am An Island’ in

LIVE: Allison Weiss / Jenny Owen Youngs / Yellowbirdd @ Barfly, London

As main support Jenny Owen Youngs joins Allison Weiss on stage for a full band rendition of ‘Good Way’, it feels like we are part of the clique. Not an elitist one, but rather the one that would sit around a campfire on the beach drinking a few cold

Tuesday 01 March 2016

Live: Snuff / Bad Cop Bad Cop / Spoilers @ Academy 3, Manchester

UK punk pioneers Snuff have been unassumingly plugging away for three decades and this tour marks 30 years since the original trio formed in a London café. Do they still have it in them to go full pelt and put on a proper show? Absolutely. Kent-based Spoilers open the evening