Fireball Hottest Band finalists announced for 2019 Fireball Tour

Advocates for new music, Fireball have announced the finalists in the years Fireball Hottest Band competition. Joining Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Save Ferris, last years winners Thieves Of Liberty and DJ Matt Stocks, eights local bands will be starting the night off. Come the end of the tour, one

Bleeding Through – “We’re back”

Various Artists – ‘Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’’

When ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’ came out in 2008, I was 16 years old and navigating my A-levels; that awkward limbo between GCSEs and the freedom of university. Tumblr was peaking in popularity, which provided hormonal teenagers such as myself their first real foray into expressing themselves online away

2000Trees Festival – Friday

Acres – ‘Lonely World’

The road to a debut album can be a long one – something south coast four piece Acres know all too well. Fortunately, as drinkers of Guinness can attest, good things come to those who wait, and two years after the release of debut EP ‘In Sickness & Health’

LIVE: 2000trees Festival 2019 – Friday

2000trees is advertised as being a ‘medium’ sized festival, but while medium can suggest mediocrity be misconstrued as ‘average’, nothing about the scorching weekend feels mediocre. With alternative fans from all of the country coming together to celebrate our special scene, 2000trees pens itself as one of the best

Gaffa Tape Sandy – ‘Family Mammal’

Bury St Edmunds via Brighton outfit Gaffa Tape Sandy are flying. One of NME’s 100 Essential Acts for 2018, they’ve supported the likes of Indoor Pets, IDLES, and Peace, as well as having played numerous festivals to critical acclaim. Gaffa Tape Sandy have produced just two short EPs to

nothing, nowhere. & Travis Barker announce collaborative ‘Bloodlust’ EP

The members of Blink 182 seem to be all over the scene at the moment, with the latest collaboration coming between drummer Travis Barker and nothing, nowhere. in their upcoming EP ‘Bloodlust’. The pair have just today dropped the news, and with it the first single from that EP, ‘destruction’. The

Russian Circles – ‘Blood Year’

Russian Circles appeared on the post-rock/metal scene in 2006 with their superb debut ‘Enter’ and the genre-bending power-trio have been making ambitious, challenging and innovative instrumental music ever since. You’d maybe wonder how fresh a sound can be created by just three people, with zero vocals, 13 years into

Bloodstock 2019 Festival Preview

It’s almost time for a festival that’s not only one of the very best medium-sized festivals in the UK, but also the best weekend dedicated to all things metal. Showcasing a wide range of artists, from the darkest and heaviest of black and doom, to the most uplifting of