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From Wednesday 23 March 2011

MCS man announces side project

Justin Pierre of Motion City Soundtrack fame has announced details of his side project, THE FAREWELL CONTINENTAL GROUP OF NORTH AMERICA. As well as heading out on their first world tour (of er…America), they’re set to release their debut full-length on or around May 10th.

Tuesday 22 March 2011

Yellowcard

After a two and a half year hiatus, YELLOWCARD are back with their stunning new album, ‘When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes’. Here, violinist/vocalist Sean Mackin gives us his thoughts on it and what it’s been like to have some time away. ‘When You’re

Monday 21 March 2011

Save The Dinosaurs

DINOSAUR PILE-UP have been announced as main support to SAVES THE DAY at The Electric Ballroom in Camden on April 26th.

letlive. – Fake History

If Glassjaw and The Blood Brothers ever tracked down their troublesome bastard love child, it would almost certainly go by the name of LETLIVE. Formed in 2002, Los Angeles’ premier yelpy upstarts letlive. are, beyond all doubt, one of the most exciting and

Seethe – All Or Nothing

What is it with metal and clichéd piano introductions? A standard procedure for any rookie rockers, it seems almost as if you’re not ‘heavy enough’ unless you throw in a relaxed, blatant, quiet guitar juxtaposition. Self proclaimed ‘Metal Heads with a collective love of

Saturday 19 March 2011

Random Hand – Seething Is Believing

Let’s get this bit out of the way: yes, there are still British skacore bands about and no, the genre isn’t as popular as it used to be. RANDOM HAND have been around (without a break) since the days of Adequate Seven, Lightyear and

Panic! At The Disco – Vices & Virtues

The past few years have seen PANIC! AT THE DISCO transform pretty drastically; parting ways with primary lyricist Ryan Ross (and bassist Jon Walker), releasing the uninspiring sophomore 2008 effort ‘Pretty. Odd.’ and most noticeably, dropping the ‘!’ from their name. 2011 has seen them explode back

The First announce UK tour!

PT-endorsed melodic rockers THE FIRST have announced some headline dates for this May. Support on all dates comes from MALLORY KNOX: 18.05 Harrys Bar Stoke 19.05 George Andover *Free Entry* 20.05 The Ivy Ely 21.05 Nottingham Rock City 22.05 Met Lounge Peterborough To get you in the

Rise Against London show review + photos

Punktastic was out in force at RISE AGAINST‘s London show this week. Have a read of our review here and click on the picture below to see our gallery from the evening. The band’s new record, ‘Endgame’ is out now and you can read our thoughts

Rise Against – Camden Electric Ballroom, London

At one point during tonight?s proceedings, RISE AGAINST frontman, Tim Mcllrath questions whether the band are playing the smallest show that they have played for quite some time, or whether it is the biggest. This is due to the Chicago four piece choosing Camden?s Electric Ballroom to