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From Monday 26 October 2015

Interview: State Champs [October 2015]

As they return to the UK, for their first ever headline run only a few weeks before sophomore album ‘Around the World and Back’ drops, we caught up with State Champs prior to their London show to discuss the new record, how much of it was influenced

LIVE: Fall Out Boy @ SSE Wembley Arena

After breaking many a heart over the past year by announcing intimate shows in and around London, shows which left many fans without tickets due to capacity restrictions, it only seemed right that Fall Out Boy returned in the latter half of 2015 to dominate one

Let’s Talk Daggers – ‘A Beautiful Life’

If you were to look up ‘Marmite’ in the dictionary, chances are you would be met with a mug shot of Lets Talk Daggers. The Eastbourne trio are certainly making a lot of noises, but are they the right noises? On first listen of

Tuesday 20 October 2015

LIVE: Mallory Knox / Set It Off / The Xcerts @ The Roundhouse, London

With their second album ‘Asymmetry’ about to celebrate it’s first birthday and having spent most of their year waving the flag for British rock music over in the States, it was about time that Mallory Knox played some shows on their home turf. After doing their

Friday 16 October 2015

Junior – ‘JuniorLand’

At a time when all a pop-punk band needs to do is cough and they’d be compared to Neck Deep, Junior’s diverse approach on their new record ‘JuniorLand’ promises no such resemblance. Keeping their originality intact, the Cardiff based three piece have recorded a versatile

Monday 05 October 2015

New Years Day – ‘Malevolence’

Over the past few years female fronted rock bands have been on the rise; from the likes of pop-rockers Hayley Williams (Paramore) and Jenna McDougall (Tonight Alive), to the growls of Becca Macintyre (Marmozets) and Lynn Gunn (PVRIS), it seems the pool is only getting

Saturday 03 October 2015

LIVE: State Champs / Knuckle Puck / ROAM @ O2 Islington Academy, London

It’s pretty much the pop-punk tour we’ve been waiting most of the year for, and finally New York outfit State Champs have made their way to the UK for the first ever headline tour, something which seems a bit of an odd fact for a band

Friday 02 October 2015

End of Daze – ‘Ascension’

Weymouth quintet ‘End of Daze’ have unveiled their new 9 track Album ‘Ascension’, and right from the get-go, its pretty clear that these boys are ambitious. The first track of the album, ‘Intro’, wouldn’t feel completely out of place on a movie score, leading in with a ticking

Wednesday 30 September 2015

Parkway Drive – ‘IRE’

Parkway Drive, a name that the majority of heavy metal fans and metal fans alike will know, they’ve been around now for over 12 years, it’s hard to not know who they are. The band began in 2003, rising from the depths of New South Wales (Australia) and

Tuesday 29 September 2015

LIVE: Butserfest 2015

Set in a country park just thirty minutes from Portsmouth is a Festival with an attitude, no drink, no drugs, just a whole lot of fun. Now in its ninth year, Butserfest aims to bring the younger generation the best in alternative music and prove that