I, The Mapmaker – “We write sad songs, just in a more challenging way”

LIVE: Cancer Bats / Death By Stereo / Funeral Shakes @ The Underworld, Camden.

Whenever a band announce a tour to celebrate the anniversary of a record, it always seems to take you back in time. Trying to remember where you were or what you were doing the first time you heard it. Or which of the tracks from the record you may

Feed The Rhino – ‘The Silence’

Kent hardcore rockers and all-round, loud as fuck gentlemen Feed The Rhino have returned with their eight studio album, ‘The Silence’, and let’s say this right off the bat: it’s their best work to date. It’s crazy to think that Feed The Rhino have been around for the best part of

Funeral Shakes – ‘Funeral Shakes’

Watford based newcomers Funeral Shakes bop, jitterbug and swing their way onto the scene with this, their self titled debut album. From start to finish it’s a delightfully pessimistic take on the traditional. Forget love songs and think more anti-love. The almost 50’s sound has a way of bringing out

LIVE: Stick To Your Guns / Being As An Ocean @ O2 Academy, Islington

Following the release of the bands sixth album ‘True View’ back in October of this year, American hardcore heroes Stick to Your Guns have reached new heights with their blend of emotional lyrics and super charged riffs, making them amongst the best on the current hardcore scene. This tour

LIVE: Every Time I Die / Comeback Kid / Knocked Loose / Higher Power @ KOKO, London

Just in time for the inevitable ‘gig of the year’ debate, comes this absolutely insane show headed by Buffalo hardcore heavyweights Every Time I Die. If you’ve been to an Every Time I Die show before you’ll know just how crazy things can get and this time around they’ve

The Used – ‘The Canyon’

Utah rockers The Used return with their much anticipated 7th Studio album and the wait was more than worth it. Opening with an incredibly powerful message, the album immediately evokes a wave of emotions and gives an added dimension to the acoustics of opening track ‘For you’. This doesn’t last

LIVE: Slaves (US) @ The Underworld, Camden

The insatiable Jonny Craig brings his incredibly talented voice along with his equally incredible band back to the UK after a long awaited delay following the cancellation of shows this side of the pond, due to his spinal surgery earlier this year. Luckily he’s also incredibly strong willed and

LIVE: The Picturebooks @ The Lexington, London

German alternative rockers The Picturebooks return to the capital to play a sold out show upstairs at The Lexington, and as always they don’t disappoint. The two piece are no strangers to the UK, having supported American heavy hitters Monster Truck earlier in the year, along with playing Camden’s Desertfest,

LIVE: Mayday Parade / With Confidence @ O2 Forum, Kentish Town

It’s been 10 years since Florida band Mayday Parade released their debut album ‘A Lesson in Romantics,’ an album which to this day a whole host of bands could only dream of matching. It’s an album that stands the test of time exceptionally well, and for a lot of pop punk