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Live: Mallory Knox / Verses @ The Shadow Lounge, London

Today, the 27th of October, is the day Mallory Knox finally unleash their sophomore album ‘Asymmetry’. They celebrated by playing The Shadow Lounge in Soho, London. Usually a night club, the venue has lights all over the ceilings and walls and is the perfect place for the die-hard

Monday 27 October 2014

LIVE: Climates / Acres / Create to Inspire @ O2 Islington Academy 2

It’s a soggy Wednesday evening and those that have gathered inside the O2 Islington Academy 2 appear tired and uninterested. Clearly the only way to fix that is to witness three of the best upcoming UK hardcore bands completely blow the ears off everyone in attendance. First up are

LIVE: Balance and Composure / Seahaven / Milkteeth @ Dingwalls, London

There’s an equally soul-destroying and exhilarating line of people waiting to enter Dingwalls – the sweaty underbelly of Camden, London – tonight. Seemingly never-ending, the winding queue is teeming with excited smiles and chatter of headliners Balance and Composure’s return to the capital. Perhaps clear that this would be

Thursday 16 October 2014

LIVE: The Menzingers / The Smith Street Band / The Holy Mess @ Electric Ballroom, London

It’s barely past doors when Philadelphia based punk trio The Holy Mess take to the stage in the subterranean depths of the Electric Ballroom. Tonight, they find themselves opening up one of the most exciting alternative bills to pass through the capital in some time, preceding Australian folk-punks

Wednesday 15 October 2014

LIVE: Lower Than Atlantis – Album Launch Show @ The Monarch, Camden

It’s fair to say we’ve all been treated excessively with the amount of albums that have been released this year. We’ve seen the return of teenage icons, welcomed new bands onto the scene in a tremendous fashion and supported British rock music like no other. One band in

LIVE: This Wild Life / Rob Lynch @ Underworld, London

See our full gallery here. This Wild Life are not your typical band. Having shrunk from a full band to an acoustic duo following their early reception, Kevin Jordan and Anthony Del Grosso have since found themselves embraced by the alternative scene – not least, judging by tonight’s

Monday 13 October 2014

LIVE: Marmozets / Beats @ The Fighting Cocks, Kingston

Album release shows are a chance to see bands in environments that you wouldn’t normally see them in and Banquet Records are quite adept at getting big name artists to play smaller venues for such an occasion. In the past they’ve had bands like Twin Atlantic and Royal

Live: Friday @ WTFest – Apologies, I Have None and more

Southampton hosts one of the UK’s best alternative music scenes. It’s a popular stop off for international tours, boosts some excellent emerging talent, and has one of the most on point studios in the country. Its success has come off the back of solid hard work and blind

Saturday 11 October 2014

LIVE: Marmozets / Lonely The Brave / Allusondrugs @ The Scala, London

The last time Marmozets played Scala, it was on a club night 2 years ago. Tonight they returned as headliners and showed that they deserve to be playing even bigger venues than this. First up though are Leeds natives Allusondrugs. Having a Nirvana flavour to them, they embark

Monday 29 September 2014

LIVE: Beartooth / Dead Harts @ The Borderline, London

Back in December, we posted an Introducing piece about a band called Beartooth. We said they “might just blow your socks off”, but we could never have predicted just how much. Because tonight, on a warm September evening in London, Beartooth are playing their very first