Desertfest 2018: Friday

LIVE: Desertfest 2018: Friday

First band of the festival, and the Underworld is suitably heaving with ready revellers. There’s a fair few ‘Old Man’ bands knocking around (Gloom, Hundred Year Old etc) and we’re treated to Suffolk swaggerers Old Man Lizard’s deep stoner grooves. Noodly guitars and big, swinging bass power through, shifting

LIVE: Converge / Crowbar / Thou @ Electric Ballroom, London

Massachusetts hardcore legends Converge are a bit beyond introduction at this point. Over the last three decades they’ve cemented themselves as an absolutely essential band, both on record and in a live environment. Following the release of 2017’s sublime ‘The Dusk In Us’, Converge are treating the UK to

LIVE: Napalm Death / Brujeria / Power Trip @ The Electric Ballroom, London

Go ahead and picture a British institution. You might have thought of an artery clogging breakfast, an opinion dividing yeast paste, a depressing regional soap opera or a lukewarm cup of brown leaf water. Or, you might have thought of the decade’s long career of grindcore progenitors, Napalm Death.

LIVE: Creeper / Milk Teeth / Energy / Puppy @ Electric Ballroom, London

Even if you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, there is absolutely no way that the name Creeper has missed you. Why? Because this Southampton sextet are on an incredibly fast and breath-taking trajectory; they’ve amassed their own cult, called The Callous Hearts, and recently created

LIVE: Monster Truck / The Picturebooks @ Electric Ballroom, London

Canadian heavy hitters Monster Truck return to London’s Electric Ballroom for an intimate yet explosive headline show. 2016 was a pretty big year for these guys, which saw not only the release of the bands second album, the acclaimed ‘Sittin’ Heavy’ but also an appearance on the main stage

Togetherfest feat: Youth Of Today, American Nightmare, Trash Talk, Vanishing Life & Wolf Down @ Electric Ballroom, London

LIVE: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes @ Electric Ballroom, Camden

Last time we caught up with Frank Carter he was just embarking on this current tour. His enthusiasm for playing live coupled with the fact that as far as front men go you’d be pretty hard pushed to find anyone better out there, means that ever since we’ve been

WSTR @ Electric Ballroom, London

LIVE: Together Fest – Gorilla Biscuits / Modern Life Is War + Special Guests @ Electric Ballroom, London

This year saw a twelve date European tour otherwise known as ‘Togetherfest’ which was presented by  Kingstar and Four Artists. Starting off back in February in Leipzig, Germany and playing host to a fine selection of hardcore bands the tour ended with the final date, a sold out show at