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From Wednesday 18 March 2015

LIVE: Takedown 2015 @ University of Southampton

Spread across various venues at the University of Southampton’s Highfield Campus, Takedown Festival will be immediately familiar to anyone who has ventured to Leeds or Hatfield for Slam Dunk. Undoubtedly inspired by the latter, it may be easy to unfairly dismiss Takedown as its little brother. Despite perhaps

Monday 16 March 2015

LIVE: Lonely The Brave / Hannah Lou Clark @ Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff

The stock in Lonely The Brave is on a remarkable rise. Formed from the pieces of various other Cambridge based bands, they released their debut album ‘The Days War’ in September last year, cracking the UK chart Top 20 and tonight sees them start off their biggest UK

Wednesday 11 March 2015

LIVE: Metz / Yung / The Bodies @ The 100 Club, London

The fact that the punk genre has expanded to incorporate a whole range of guitar led styles won’t come as a shock to anyone. Traditional punk still holds its ground, celebrating a vibrant scene across the country, as do the punk outfits that birthed pop-punk in the 90s.

Tuesday 10 March 2015

LIVE: Enter Shikari / Feed The Rhino @ Roundhouse, London

This week, the world lost its mind over just about everything. The Internet came to a Madonna stand-still (or fall over), as clips of her at the Brits Awards saw retweets in the hundreds of thousands. A psychological experiment reminded us that no matter what the colour, ‘The Dress’ is always

Monday 09 March 2015

LIVE: Fightstar / Moose Blood @ O2 Academy Brixton, London

It’s not going to be long until the word “reunion” becomes redundant. Disappearing for a previously undisclosed number of years before returning amongst a welcoming fanfare is steadily becoming part of the everyday band’s lifecycle. Regardless, melody-meets-metal melancholic side-project come full-time behemoth Fightstar are the latest in a

Wednesday 25 February 2015

LIVE: As Lions, Monument, Stellify, Brutai @ Camden Barfly

Camden Barfly is absolutely rammed with anticipation for the birth of a band who have promise to be the next big metal band to come out of this fine country. As Austin Dickinson states numerous times throughout As Lions’ debut set, tonight is about ‘British Metal’. Opening proceedings are

Tuesday 24 February 2015

LIVE: Marmozets / Thought Forms @ Electric Ballroom, London

It’s of little surprise that the Electric Ballroom in Camden is at breaking point tonight for the youthfully Northern five-piece Marmozets. Having blown almost everyone away with their debut full-length, ‘The Weird and Wonderful…’ last year, and having honed their live skills with a whole host of dates

Wednesday 18 February 2015

LIVE: Neck Deep / Knuckle Puck / Seaway / Trophy Eyes @ Electric Ballroom, London

“Literally nobody thinks pop-punk is dead.” So says a Tweet responding to our, admittedly, overly enthusiastic declaration of the genre’s longevity. A tweet brought about by an exuberant crowd of youngsters singing their hearts out to a host of emerging and established talent who are propelling themselves towards

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