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From Thursday 03 July 2014

Brave Bird Announce Split via Facebook Post

One of Michigan’s latest hopefuls Brave Bird have unfortunately just announced via their facebook that the band will most likely be splitting up in a post written by lead singer and guitarist Chris Lieu. “I always hate it when bands write in the third person so let

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Hevy Fest announce Headliner plus 10 more acts and stage splits

Hevy fest have announced 11 more acts for the August camping weekend festival including Saturday night headliner The Vandals, who’ll be heading over especially to the UK for Hevy in the middle of their US tour. Another UK Exclusive comes in the shape of the reformed Long Island

Tuesday 17 June 2014

Basement reveal new ‘Further Sky’ EP

Basement have announced via Noisey that they will be releasing a new EP ‘Further Sky’. The EP features two new tracks which the band started writing around christmas time, as well as a cover of Suede’s ‘Animal Nitrate’. You can take a listen to one of those

Wednesday 11 June 2014

Interview: Up River [June 2014]

Turn back the clock a few years and you might remember the rush of melodic hardcore in the UK with bands like More Than Life, Landscapes and Departures all finding a sizeable voice within the UK scene. However, these days it’d be fair to say most of those bands

Sunday 08 June 2014

Water Canvas release ‘At Least’ EP

Relatively new Brighton-based band Water Canvas have just revealed their debut EP ‘At Least’. Check it out if you’re a fan of anything centeresd around the term ’emo’. The 4-track EP is available for stream and PWYL download via their bandcamp page at watercanvas.bandcamp.com but you can also listen

Wednesday 04 June 2014

Last additions to Sonisphere including Hundred Reasons

Sonisphere festival kicks off exactly one month today, and several bands have just been added to the lineup, most notably British post-hardcore heroes Hundred Reasons. They were originally booked to play the unfortunately-cancelled 2012 event, and went onto to reform in November of that year to celebrate the

Wednesday 21 May 2014

Hevy Fest reveal 12 more bands for 2014

12 more acts have been announced for this year’s Hevy Fest, including the first headliner Finch who will top the main-stage on the Friday. It’ll be their first UK performance since reforming for their ‘What It Is To Burn’ 10 anniversary album shows. Winners of the Atticus band

Tuesday 06 May 2014

New track from Goodtime Boys ‘Wallflower’ streaming

UK post-hardcore leaders Goodtime Boys are streaming a new track ‘Wallflower’ on BrooklynVegan. The track is taken from their upcoming album ‘Rain’ which is released on May 30th via Bridge Nine and Palm Reader Records. You can take a listen to ‘Wallflower’ by clicking

Wednesday 30 April 2014

Hevy Fest returns for 2014 and reveals initial line-up

It’s back! The festival that ran for 4 years in Kent but unfortunately encountered problems in 2013, Hevy Fest, is back for this summer. Fans of Hardcore, Punk and Metal can return to Port Lympne for another bout of live music on the Friday 15th and Saturday 16th of August. For

Tuesday 22 April 2014

Howls join tour with Employed To Serve and Black Shapes

Employed To Serve and Black Shapes are set to head out for a short tour next month and Hull band Healer were scheduled to be joining them but have since had to pull out. Brighton’s hardcore trio Howls are stepping in to join the five date tour. Check