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From Friday 08 January 2021

INTERVIEW: Bad Nerves

“I was going to turn up in shades”, Bobby Nerves says as he rolls a cigarette, “you know, do the whole rockstar thing.” He pauses before bursting into laughter and adds “I guess it doesn’t really work when I’m sitting in my childhood bedroom.”

Friday 01 January 2020

The Dirty Nil – ‘Fuck Art’

It’s a blessing that The Dirty Nil didn’t choose to release ‘Fuck Art’ a day earlier. If they had, they’d have been single handedly responsible for ruining countless Top 20 lists, because it’s almost impossible to imagine there are many rock fans who wouldn’t love this record. No matter

Saturday 19 December 2020

Free Livestream: Small Pond presents BAD POND LIVE 2020

There’s nothing we love more than an excuse to forget that festival season came and went without a muddy boot or wrecked tent in sight, and live streamed festivals are the perfect platform for this welcome distraction. Refusing to let the current circumstances break a five-year tradition, on Saturday 19th

Thursday 17 December 2020

Stuck Out – ‘Lie Through Your Teeth’

There’s a seemingly neverending stream of bands coming out of Australia right now. Not content with dominating metalcore, recent years have also seen a surge in pop punk bands emerging from the land down under – between With Confidence, Stand Atlantic, The Faim, Eat Your Heart Out and newcomers

Wednesday 16 December 2020

Cancer Bats – ‘You’ll Never Break Us: Separation Sessions Vol. 1’

If you’ve ever wondered what your favourite hardcore songs would sound like if they were the soundtrack to a film inspired by the works of Cormac McCarthy, then wonder no longer – Cancer Bats have emerged from lockdown with a stripped-back reimagining of some of their absolute

Friday 11 December 2020

Less Than Jake – ‘Silver Linings’

Having kept the ska-punk flag flying for the best part of 30 years, Less Than Jake have carved out a career as being a live standout for festivals all over the place – and in a year that has been filled with doom and gloom, the Gainesville brass-filled collective

Thursday 10 December 2020

Dave Jakes – ‘Dave Jakes’

As the year finally begins to draw to a conclusion and new releases begin to slow, there are still some gems to be found and to hear the return of a voice we’ve long missed seems a more than fitting way to bring a long and testing year to

Respire – ‘Black Line’

Releasing an album in December isn’t usually advisable – most publications find themselves distracted by their end of year lists from mid-November onwards, and anything that comes after that tends to get left in a sort of limbo before the new year begins. One album that deserves to rise

Wednesday 09 December 2020

GUEST PLAYLIST: Never Not Nothing

Positive future punks Never Not Nothing have released their new single ‘Ritual Destruction’, accompanied by a video that sees the band perform completely-live in front of glaring visuals created and edited entirely themselves. We spoke to Space & Vibes about the tracks that influence them. “This is a

Sunday 06 December 2020

Matt Stocks to release new book, ‘Life in the Stocks: Veracious Conversations With Musicians & Creatives (Vol 1)

During any normal year, Matt Stocks is a Birmingham born, London based DJ with over 15 years of live experience. Before 2020, you could have found him touring nationwide, often playing to sold out crowds at some of the UK’s most loved venues, including