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From Wednesday 04 February 2015

LIVE: Slipknot @ Manchester Arena

Fresh off of their Grammy nomination for best metal performance and a six year dry spell, long standing metal giants Slipknot are out to prove to Manchester that they’re as powerful as they ever were in the metal scene. If the masks aren’t enough in showing the bands fierce

LIVE: Funeral for a Friend / No Bragging Rights / Creeper @ Electric Ballroom

Fourteen years as a band is an achievement on many levels and being known as one of the most hard-working and honest bands the UK has to offer is a reputation not many are lucky to be labelled with. But, that’s what you get when you’re Funeral for

Friday 30 January 2015

LIVE: Moose Blood / Choir Vandals / Boston Manor @ The Borderline, London

When Moose Blood frontman Eddy Brewerton revealed his plans to make emo outfit Moose Blood a full-time venture, the reaction was equally as trepidatious as it was excited. With his recent marriage and simultaneous acquisition of a step-daughter (both of whom receive an acknowledgement from tonight’s stage), it

Thursday 29 January 2015

LIVE: Milk Teeth / Hindsights / Eat Me / and more @ West Track Studios, Canterbury

When a promoter advertises an event as limited capacity and suggests early attendance to avoid disappointment, there is usually an ulterior motive. The suggestion of limited capacity aims to bring the hordes flooding in early, spending their hard earned cash at an overpriced bar housed within the venue

Tuesday 27 January 2015

LIVE: Enter Shikari / ROAM @ The Rose Theatre, Kingston

Enter Shikari have been about for 12 years, bothering the charts with all three of their previous albums. Tonight marks the start of the 4th phase of their band. Normally, The Rose Theatre in Kingston is used to host children’s plays and serious theatre shows. Tonight it’s invaded by

Monday 19 January 2015

LIVE: Lost Years, Still Alive, La Armada, A Wilhelm Scream @ Subterranean, Chicago

When I heard that one of my favorite local bands (Lost Years) was opening for one of my favorite national bands (A Wilhelm Scream)–around New Year’s, no less–I was severely stoked. So, I saved some New Year’s cheer, put it in my back pocket, and patiently waited to

Thursday 15 January 2015

LIVE: Fall Out Boy @ Islington Assembly Hall, London [14/01/15]

I just witnessed Patrick Stump faux-rapping. Those are the thoughts commanding my mind as I leave through the understated Islington Assembly Hall foyer following tonight’s ridiculously intimate Fall Out Boy album launch show. No, Stump isn’t channelling his inner hip-hop persona – one which I assume he does

Wednesday 07 January 2015

LIVE: Pop Punk’s Not Dead Tour (New Found Glory / The Story So Far / etc.) @ Forum, London

The 28th November marks the first night of the ‘Pop Punk’s Not Dead’ tour stint in London. With all the talk of rock music being dead, this sub-genre has proved that it isn’t dead at all. Opening proceedings were the excellent Dublin 4 Piece, Only Rivals. Arriving on stage

Tuesday 06 January 2015

LIVE: The Xcerts / Kagoule @ Boston Music Rooms, London

Rescheduled from mid-November due to their European Tour with fellow Scots Twin Atlantic, The Xcerts are preparing to showcase material from the third, and critically acclaimed full-length, ‘There Is Only You’. The album, in frontman Murray Macleod’s point of view, is their pop-opus – removed from the more

Monday 05 January 2015

LIVE: Gnarwolves / Prawn @ Underworld, London

2014 has been one hell of a year for Brighton based punk trio Gnarwolves. Not simply content with releasing their well-received debut full-length proper, the band also enjoyed a mammoth slot on the main stage at Reading and Leeds Festival as well as finishing the year with their