Puta Volcano – ‘Amma’

Puta Volcano lit the touch paper back in 2011. Two hard-rocking albums later, they’re exploding out of Athens, Greece, and heading onto the world stage with their third album ‘Amma’, expanding their sound as they move to a bigger label. They’re keen to impress and, putting it bluntly, they

Orchards – ‘Lovecore’

Orchards debut album feels like it’s been a long time coming. The Brighton math-pop quartet have put out a number of singles and EPs since 2016, making a name for themselves with their fusion of complex mathy riffs and pop hooks – now, the album is

LIVE: Beartooth / The Amity Affliction / Higher Power @ Academy 1, Manchester

If you were to suggest that many bands have had a bigger few years than Beartooth since the release of third album ‘Disease’, we’d struggle to believe you. Not that they were in any way a small band before this – Caleb Shomo has been a well known part

Beartooth, The Amity Affliction @ The Roundhouse, London

LIVE: GroundCulture / Black Coast / Starved / Cut Short @ Satan’s Hollow, Manchester

Manchester, like most major cities, has its fair share of venues scattered across the city, with many doubling as pubs, clubs, cafes, and student unions. None, though, have quite the same impact as Satan’s Hollow; there’s a reason so many bands make reference to it on later tours, helped

GroundCulture, Black Coast @ The Key Club, Leeds

Mundy’s Bay – ‘Lonesome Valley’

Recently, there has been something of a revival of the 80s synth wave scene, with hints of it making their way into tracks by artists such as Foals, Tame Impala, The 1975, and even Creeper’s latest installment of their musical evolution. However, Montreal’s indie-electro outfit Mundy’s Bay take this

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wars release two new singles as ‘Chapter One’

Metal fivesome WARS have announced the release of two new singles – ‘Only Monsters’ and ‘A Fog Of Feeling’ – combining them into ‘Chapter One’, a taster of their upcoming album ‘A Hundred Shivers’, set to be released in 2021. ‘Chapter One’ is the first of numerous chapters set to

Sea Girls – ‘Under Exit Lights’

If someone had mentioned the name ‘Sea Girls’ in conversation this time two years ago, your response would likely have been a blank face and a quizzical, ‘”Who?”. Today, though, they’re one of the most anticipated bands on festival bills, their live performances always a clear highlight