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From Monday 04 June 2018

LIVE: PVMNTS / The Faim @ Night People, Manchester

PVMNTS? Who are PVMNTS? With only one demo available on the usual streaming services and a relative dearth of information online, no one could be blamed for being surprised that the three-piece band from the States were heading out on a (sold out and upgraded) four date headlining tour

Tuesday 22 May 2018

Royal Mob – ‘Cinematic’

It’s understandable that the current reaction to any sentence featuring the word “Royal” is rapid recoil, or at least indulgence in some serious eyerolling. Don’t disappear yet, though – this Royal isn’t followed by “Wedding”… Instead, we have Royal Mob; a four-piece Danish band  inspired by Brit bands like

The Faim are here to curse your summer

If you haven’t heard of The Faim yet, don’t worry – you’re about to. Not least because I haven’t shut up about them recently (absolutely not sorry) and I’m on a micro mission to spread the joy everywhere. Like cholera, but fun. Despite the band having released only two

Thursday 10 May 2018

Seasons – ‘Chapters’

If there’s one thing the Brits have always been good at, it’s producing consistently diverse and capable musicians – and it feels like fans of alt-rock and pop punk are especially spoiled for choice when it comes to homegrown talent at the moment. Bedfordshire’s ‘Seasons’ are one of the

Tuesday 01 May 2018

LIVE: Mallory Knox / Dead! / Judas @ Rebellion, Manchester

Mallory Knox have had quite the year. After releasing third album, Wired – their second to reach the top 20 in the UK album chart – in March 2017, there were festival appearances, headlining shows at 1000+ capacity venues, and a support slot for Good Charlotte. Things were looking

Wednesday 14 March 2018

Grimner – ‘Vanadrottning’

For what is undoubtedly quite a niche genre – they don’t exactly seem like musical styles you would naturally meld, to be fair – folk metal manages to maintain a dedicated fan base around the world, and has been steadily increasing in popularity in recent years. Essentially the musical