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LIVE: 2000 Trees Festival 2017 – Saturday

2000 Trees is now in its second decade as a festival and as the event continues to impress year after year, it happily shows no sign of slowing down. As an alternative festival that focuses on celebrating UK acts both new and old, there aren’t many line-ups that can

The Road To Rebellion: Punktastic’s Rebellion Festival Preview

As the current incarnation of Rebellion Festival turns 10 this year (having been around under other names since 1996), Punktastic takes a look at the annual Blackpool beano and tells you about why this year is going to be the best ever. Taking place over four days between August 3rd

Bad Sign: “It’s all about life experiences and whether they’re positive or negative, what you learn from them”

Fangclub announce headline tour of UK & Ireland

Currently on tour with Big Spring and having played a spectacular show in Ireland with Pixies, Irish rockers Fangclub have announced a headline tour of the UK and Ireland.  Be sure to catch this explosive band at one of the following venues: SEPTEMBER 2 Bingley Music Festival 5 GLASGOW Stereo 6 EDINBURGH The

Birdskulls announce new self-titled EP

Birdskulls have announced the release of their upcoming new self-titled EP. Following up their 2015 debut album ‘Trickle’ on Dog Knights Productions, this new record will be released this Autumn via Art Is Hard Records. You can hear the first single, ‘Over It’, at Upset Magazine. The band are also

LIVE: Paramore @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh

“For all I know, the best is over and the worst is yet to come,” Hayley Williams sings, laying her cards on the table from the start of opener ‘Told You So’. The synth-laden, ‘80s dance-along track fills the Usher Hall; a pop-driven sound in contrast with the classical

LIVE: Download Festival 2017 – Friday

Download Festival is arguably the biggest and best heavy metal festival in the UK. The hallowed grounds of Donnington have seen just about every band ever grace it over the years. And this year was no different with some huge headliners, debut and last ever appearances alike, and on

LIVE: Prophets of Rage @ O2 Academy, Brixton

Fresh off the back of a blistering performance on the main stage at this year’s Download Festival, Prophets of Rage arrive at the famous Brixton Academy with their tails up and ready to make Brixton rage again. As supergroups go, it doesn’t really get any bigger than this, consisting of

The Tidal Sleep: “We chose ‘Be Water’ as a reminder to let everything flow”

Fotocrime – ‘Always Hell’

For more than a decade, Louisville, Kentucky punks Coliseum were one of the most revered and respected bands in all of hardcore. Never resting on their laurels, they constantly evolved their sound, from the unrelenting punk of ‘Coliseum’ to the hard-edged political hardcore of ‘No Salvation’, through the moody