LIVE: Touché Amoré @ Electric Ballroom, London

We might call Touché Amoré ‘hardcore’, but that’s only because a better word for their sound hasn’t been coined yet. They’ve only been in the UK for a week as part of one of their brief and sporadic appearances outside the US, and while seeing them headline is enough

Touché Amoré, Trauma Ray, Chalk Hands @ Electric Ballroom

LIVE: NOAHFINNCE @ Electric Ballroom, London

The queue for NOAHFINNCE stretches a good hundred metres around the block surrounding Camden’s Electric Ballroom, long before the doors even open. This would be an impressive achievement for an established act, let alone an artist with only a debut album and a string of singles to his name.

LIVE: Mallory Knox / Call Me Amour @ Electric Ballroom

This show shouldn’t be possible. Mallory Knox split five years ago, but suddenly reformed for this year’s Slam Dunk festivals. Now they’re on a very limited run of sold out dates to celebrate arguably their best album, ‘Asymmetry’, on its tenth birthday in their original lineup. It’s a treat

The Plot In You, Invent Animate, Acres @ Electric Ballroom

LIVE: August Burns Red / Dying Wish / thrown @ Electric Ballroom, London

If you’re a fan of metalcore and have been for many a year, then this line up is absolutely unmissable. There’s tonnes of good bills that go on the road but for the metalcore-obsessed, this particular tour is something else. Featuring an up-and-comer, a breakthrough act and a legend

Citizen, Drug Church, Viji @ Electric Ballroom, London

LIVE: Spanish Love Songs / Heart Attack Man @ Electric Ballroom, London

Spanish Love Songs are regular visitors to the UK, averaging at least a brief tour every year for the last six years (the grim years of the pandemic not included), but the potency of the Angelinos’ unflinchingly honest but also somehow uplifting sound is not diluted by their frequent

LIVE: Mom Jeans, Oso Oso @ Electric Ballroom, London

It’s Saturday night, and the capital city is positively buzzing. There’s even more reasons than usual to pay London a visit on this particular weekend. Whether it was celebrating the football league cup final at Wembley, catching the rugby on the telly in the pub, or watching

LIVE: Rolo Tomassi / Holy Fawn / Heriot @ Electric Ballroom, London

Rolo Tomassi are one of the most under-appreciated bands in the UK scene, and it’s something that makes their fervent fan base feel both furious and quietly proud that they’re still a secret of sorts. A poorly kept one at this point, sure – tonight’s show is a testament