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From Friday 20 April 2018

Cancer Bats – ‘The Spark That Moves’

Cancer Bats have never done things by the book. Whether it is playing five shows in one day in London venues to drawing out a pentagram, creating a Black Sabbath tribute band and supporting themselves, or touring the world collecting charity money in a wellington boot, they’re

Thursday 05 April 2018

LIVE: Black Foxxes @ The Key Club, Leeds

The intimate surroundings of Leeds’ Key Club seem a world away from the frozen, expansive landscape of the Icelandic countryside but they are about to be brought together. Wandering through the Nordic wilderness provided the inspiration for Black Foxxes’ front man Mark Holley to begin penning the

Wednesday 28 March 2018

The Lawrence Arms – ‘We Are The Champions of the World’

The Lawrence Arms are here to take you on a tour. They’re here to take you by the hand and travel the snow-covered streets of Chicago with tales of the city’s staple punk band ringing in your ears. Along the way, you’ll hear the anecdotes the trio

Wednesday 14 March 2018

Pillow Queens – ‘State of The State’

On the surface it would seem that ‘State of The State’ offers the perfect soundtrack to a lazy summer. The poppy riffs and delightfully intertwined vocal harmonies conjure images of those sunny days spent out in countryside retreats. However, dig a little deeper and there is an

Tuesday 27 February 2018

LIVE: Youth Man / Cassels / Lumer @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Be it the long drive from Glasgow the night before, perhaps the frantic nature of the tour or maybe it is an extended hangover from the mammoth month of January many of us experience but there is an admission of weariness from tonight’s co-headliners. “I won’t

Wednesday 14 February 2018

Brian Fallon – ‘Sleepwalkers’

“We’ve taken this thing really far … now what?’ I don’t think any of us had an answer. Then ‘We’re at a crossroads. No one knows what to do,” Brian Fallon told Rolling Stone in early-2016 upon the hiatus of The Gaslight Anthem. “Now what”, is a

Monday 12 February 2018

LIVE: The Menzingers / PUP @ Whelan’s, Dublin

“Where are we gonna go now that our twenties are over?”, has been the question The Menzingers have been posing to their audience for the best part of the last 12 months. For those whose answer to this is simply “I don’t really know”, then this is

Wednesday 31 January 2018

LIVE: The Bronx @ The Key Club, Leeds

If there was any lingering doubt that The Bronx were back to their swaggering, rampant best with the release of ‘V’, there was one simply way to dispel it: play it in full, live. Back in the UK for a brief sojourn around these snow-covered streets,

Friday 05 January 2018

LIVE: ROAM / WSTR / Stand Atlantic @ The Key Club, Leeds

It may be freezing outside but in the basement of a Yorkshire shopping centre there’s a party ready to warm the cockles of your heart. Bring your dancing shoes because we’ve got an evening in store that’s dripping in pop punk positivity, with three emerging stars of

Sunday 17 December 2017

LIVE: Creeper @ The Albert Hall, Manchester

Creeper is a cult. Creeper is a tribe. Creeper is an emotion. Creeper is the feeling of belonging. In what has seemed like an incredibly short space of time, the ‘Callous Heart’ that adorns the back of each member’s jacket has become a symbol of hope.