Desertfest 2018 – Warm Up Playlist

Desertfest London 2018 – Ones To Watch

LIVE: Employed To Serve / Ithaca / Watchcries @ Sanctuary LIVE!, Basingstoke

Halloween might be a few days away, but the spooks and scares are out in force on the streets of Basingstoke (which to an extent, they are most nights). There might be lots of folks thronging to the Halloween parade dressed in all sorts of costumes, but

Jamie Lenman – ‘Devolver’

Growing up is a difficult thing. We struggle to face the seemingly insurmountable challenges of adulthood, equipped with only a flimsy understanding of how an increasingly cruel world works, and a bone-deep yearning for an easier, more carefree time. Growing up as a musician is arguably a similar process

Watchcries – ‘Wraith’

The tale of Brighton’s Watchcries is one of momentum. Forming in 2016, comprising former members of acts like Torpor, Dopefight, War Wolf and TEEF, they quickly laid down a self-titled EP and made their live debut supporting mighty doom-mongers Conan. 2017 sees them maintain this pace with the release

LIVE: EpicFest 2017 – Saturday

After being forced to miss the Friday leg of EpicFest due to the terrible sufferance of ‘adult life’, we found ourselves slogging through the arse end of Herne Hill, London, in order to indulge in the towering line-up the delicately named South London Scum have put together. After walking past

LIVE: Jaret Reddick / The Lounge Kittens @ Islington Assembly Hall, London

Jaret Reddick has his finger in many a pop punk pie. Whether it’s fronting cheerfully tongue in cheek nostalgia favourites Bowling For Soup, hosting a film review podcast or getting animated (literally) on Phineas and Ferb, he’s certainly not adverse to doing something different. And his gig at the

Mastodon – ‘Cold Dark Place’

From extreme sludge cavemen to main-stage bothering mainstream metal titans, Atlanta’s Mastodon have had the constantly ascending career path most bands can only dream of. With 2017 marking the first year we’ve been lucky enough to get two releases from the otherwise consistent quartet, we’ve been privy to an

Arch Enemy – ‘Will To Power’

‘Will To Power’ sees a much changed Arch Enemy enter the fray. A decade on from their inception, much has been made of the 2013 addition of vocalist Alissa White-Gluz and (most recently) lead guitarist Jeff Loomis. Most acts would suffer, and possibly cease to be, after such line

Grizzlor – ‘Destructoid’

‘Destructoid’, the new LP from New Haven noise trio Grizzlor, is as rough, raw and rugged as if the band were your next door neighbours, playing it unsociably loud at 2am right next to your bedroom. Full of bouncy, swaggering rhythms and a willful disregard of standard tropes, the