Cultdreams – ‘Things That Hurt’

It’s one thing to deal with trauma. It’s another to grow up with it, and to express and accept it through music. Yet Cultdreams’ pairing of Lucinda Livingstone and Conor Dawson, formerly known as Kamikaze Girls, are doing just that with ‘Things That Hurt’, the followup to

Oso Oso – ‘Basking In The Glow’

Oso Oso know about cynicism. That cynical, pessimistic outlook is what Jade Lilitri has spent his life writing about. Lilitri’s solo project after State Lines went on indefinite hiatus, he initially struggled to find a label for last year’s sophomore album ‘The Yunahon Mixtape’, before being courted by record

Boston Manor: “I’ve not come up with some hot take that the world needs to know about, I’m just expressing my feelings”

Sleep On It release new single and video

Not content with giving us one taster of upcoming album ‘Pride & Disaster’ in the shape of lead single ‘Under The Moment’, Chicago four-piece Sleep On It have now released second single ‘Hold Your Breath’ – and, unsurprisingly, it’s a stunner. Channelling mid-2000s pop punk vibes in the vein of

A Day To Remember announce free House Of Vans show

Ahead of their appearance on the main stage at Reading & Leeds Festival next weekend, Florida rockers A Day To Remember have announced an intimate show at House Of Vans in London – and, best of all, it’s completely free. Tickets for this special gig, taking place next Wednesday, 21

LIVE: Dwarves @ Rebellion, Manchester

It’s almost half an hour after Dwarves have wrapped up another high octane, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it set and enigmatic frontman Blag Dahlia is wandering the streets of Manchester without a care in the world. “I like to walk,” he responds. He is still a good distance away from

Legends of the Pit: Martin Jackson

Killswitch Engage – ‘Atonement’

If someone asked you to name a metalcore band, the first one you’d name would probably be Killswitch Engage. One of the original pioneers of the genre and still one of its strongest forces, they’ve continued to release corker after corker as they stun audiences all over the globe

Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Dog Party, Pity Party @ Soda Bar, San Diego

It was party night at San Diego’s Soda Bar! Reaching the penultimate stop of a tour that saw these three bands go from the Rocky Mountains, through the American Midwest, to the Southwestern deserts, and back to California over a two week period, Bad Cop/Bad Cop were in top

Beartooth release new live performance video

Punktastic favourites Beartooth have released a live performance video for latest single ‘You Never Know’. Taken from their performance at ‘Rock Am Ring’ festival in Germany earlier this year, the video goes off with a bang, showcasing both the spectacle of impressive pyrotechnics as well as their rising dominance