LIVE: Bring Me The Horizon / Bad Omens / Cassyette @ The O2, London

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and we’re feeling fine. We’re packed into the O2 for the tail end of the Bring Me The Horizon’s UK tour, balancing oversized jackets and overpriced drinks with a sense of awe at the scale of BMTH’s show. A

Bring Me The Horizon @ The O2 Arena

Dream State – ‘Still Dreaming’

To quote Quentin Tarantino; “you had my curiosity… but now you have my attention.” Dream State rose quickly, establishing themselves with a series of well-regarded EPs and an album. Just as quickly, they fell apart. For guitarist Aled Evans, the dream became a nightmare. With his

Alkaline Trio – ‘Blood Hair And Eyeballs’

Matt Skiba and Dan Adriano have a lot on their minds. Alkaline Trio’s macabre punk vision of the world, one that’s informed a sound beloved by the melancholy for over two decades, is now dangerously close to reflecting reality. “A lot of the stuff that was inspiring me on this record

Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes – ‘Dark Rainbow’

Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes have turned a contemplative corner. If 2021’s ‘Sticky’ was the sound of daring someone to fight you down a back alleyway outside a bar, then ‘Dark Rainbow’, their newest album, is the soundtrack to several hours after that fight when everyone’s feeling a bit

Hearts & Hand Grenades – ‘WHERE I BEGIN’

Everyone likes a bit of contrast. Think about it; chalk and cheese, sweet and sour, and of course, Hearts & Hand Grenades. It’s a name that promises both love and explosive power. Listening to their music, it’s a good fit. They define themselves as a “hard-rock”

Neck Deep – ‘Neck Deep’

Neck Deep’s fifth, self-titled album has dropped at exactly the perfect time. In the well intentioned haze of new years resolutions and grim mists of commenting in the dark, it’s a lightning bolt of the fresh and new. In the last decade, Neck Deep have risen from basements to main

LIVE: The Front Bottoms’ Champagne Jam @ O2 Forum Kentish Town

While outside the streets fill with tinsel clad revellers, the Front Bottoms are throwing their own Christmas party. The final-ish night of their UK tour (they added an extra date after tonight’s show sold out) had been declared Champagne Jam: the British incarnation of one day festival curated by

LIVE: Teenage Wrist / Paerish / Mouth Culture @ Oslo

Photo Credit: Joe Calixto Time means nothing at a Teenage Wrist show. Not for the fans, who all seem to be bearded men in plaid, not for the chilly weather outside, and definitely not for Teenage Wrist. Their live shows occupy a space in our collective imagining of the

Brutus, Karin Park @ Islington Assembly Hall, London