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LIVE: DZ Deathrays, Bloody Knees @ The Shacklewell Arms, London

Certain bands are made for a certain type of venue, and when the stars align, these bands and these venues meet in riotous glory. Tonight, the stars are well placed to bring thrash-pop noise makers DZ Deathrays to the deliberately rickety Shacklewell Arms in London’s hipster central, Dalston. With

Tuesday 19 August 2014

LIVE: Deaf Havana, Moose Blood @ The Quarterhouse, Folkestone

The Deaf Havana of old are long gone. It might come as no surprise to fans of the band, but tonight is testament to the timely end of the ‘Friends Like These’ and ‘Nicotine and Alcohol Saved My Life’ screamsters. Not even stripped down renditions of tracks prior

Thursday 14 August 2014

LIVE: A 28 Year Old Goes to Warped Tour

Going to Warped Tour at 28 is a weird experience, especially when the last time you’ve been was seven years prior. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Seven years is a long time for things to change. Even when I was going to Warped regularly, there was

LIVE: Anberlin, Natives, Fort Hope @ Electric Ballroom, London

It’s time. It’s time to finally say goodbye to Anberlin. The band that grew up alongside us in the early noughties have decided that at the end of their current tour cycle, Anberlin will call it a day and we’ll all carry on remembering them as a

Monday 11 August 2014

LIVE: blink-182 @ O2 Academy, Brixton

Dick jokes. Love them or hate them, when they are uttered by middle aged men about to jump into a rendition of the swear-filled ‘Family Reunion’, something doesn’t quite sit right. See, the thing is that blink-182 are no longer the band they used to be. Although age undoubtedly

Friday 08 August 2014

LIVE: WonkFest

Alex Wonk Unit outside The Grosvenor Pub | Photo Credit: Mark Richards WonkFest was a resounding success. The organisation that went into it can only be described as pain-staking, backed up by an all-round effort from the bands, the bar staff, the film crew and the sound technician. Not only

LIVE: Lower Than Atlantis, Decade @ Dingwalls, London

Last week saw an utterly fantastic line up hit Dingwalls in Camden: Lower Than Atlantis, Decade and Yearbook (who we sadly missed, but by all accounts, they went down a storm). Not only are all three great bands, but they’re all great British bands, and it’s something we should

Thursday 07 August 2014

LIVE: Reel Big Fish @ Rose Theatre

So here we are, for the very first gig at a venue that isn’t traditionally used for music, The Rose Theatre in Kingston. There’s a real sense of ‘will it work out right?’ but The Rose is completely packed out downstairs so there’s no doubt here tonight. Reel Big

Wednesday 06 August 2014

LIVE: Judge, Survival, Inherit, xRepentancex @ The Dome, Tuffnell Park

Hardcore by its very nature is a genre filled with superlative statements through the years such as “It will never happen again”, “The last time ever” and so on. It is because of statements like these that when Judge announced their return at The Black and Blue Bowl

Thursday 31 July 2014

LIVE: Exes / Death Rattles @ The Black Heart, London

It’s hot. Not the type of heat that encourages you to grab those swimming shots and jump into the nearest body of water, but the type of hot that leaves you clinging to the closest fan – be it yours or not. The majority, if not all, of The