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From Tuesday 01 December 2020

LIVE: Architects @ Royal Albert Hall, London

As the need for streamed gigs continues, bands are upping their game and putting together increasingly more professional and impressive productions to share with their fans through a screen. Architects have done just that and the result will blow your mind to smithereens. Taking

grandson – ‘Death of an Optimist’

If you’ve been paying any attention to grandson over the past two and a half years, you’ll be well aware that he’s not here to make friends. He’s here to make a difference and doesn’t care who he upsets on the way to his goal. With a

Monday 30 November 2020

INTERVIEW: Venom Prison

2020 has been a strange, trying year for everyone, and bands are no exception to that. The lockdown measures imposed by governments around the world have forced bands and artists to get creative when it comes to keeping their fans engaged while they can’t play shows. For Welsh death

Plini – ‘Impulse Voices’

The word “virtuoso” doesn’t get thrown around much these days, but a musician you can definitively apply that tag to is Plini. The Australian songwriter has been blowing minds since 2012, first writing music under the pseudonym Halcyon before opting to use his own name a few years

Thursday 26 November 2020

Seahaven – ‘Halo of Hurt’

Since going M.I.A. in 2016, it would be easy to write off Seahaven as finished – a band only to be remembered for a distinct time and place. Alongside names such as Citizen, Turnover, Title Fight, and swathes of others, Seahaven were part of the emo/pop-punk revival of the

Palm Reader – ‘Sleepless’

Having spent years building a cult-like following with sonically punishing material and visually staggering live performances, Palm Reader have established themselves as a band worth paying attention to. Growing from humble house show roots to festival favourites, their cult began to grow after the success of their critically

Sunday 22 November 2020

I Am The Avalanche – ‘Dive’

“Shall we drink to better days?” I Am The Avalanche’s Vinnie Caruana asks moments into the Brooklyn band’s latest record ‘Dive’. And, come to think of it, the way 2020 has gone, we might as well do just that. Stalwarts of the post-hardcore scene, I Am

Wednesday 18 November 2020

Killer Be Killed – ‘Reluctant Hero’

Supergroups can be a tricky thing to get right on record. Will star names blend on a full length LP, or should it have just remained a studio jam session? Luckily for them (and for us), this is a problem that Killer Be Killed have never had

Tuesday 17 November 2020

Bad Nerves – ‘Bad Nerves’

Swaggering like the Rolling Stones, imbuing the effortless cool of the Strokes, and thrashing through three chords with the panache of the Ramones – it’s about time the world was introduced to Bad Nerves. The East London five-piece’s debut self-titled record captures the chaos of their

Sunday 15 November 2020

SPOTLIGHT: Sharptooth

How often does a band come around that dares to challenge not only the generic conventions of a genre but the whole ideology of one? Baltimore heavyweights Sharptooth have reared their ugly heads into 2020 with their second album ‘Transitional Forms’. The band chat with Punktastic, breaking down the