If there’s one thing to be said about polarising Japanese metal troupe Babymetal, it’s that their fanbase is as diverse as they come. From teenage girls cosplaying as their heroes to aging rockers donning Dream Theater shirts, their appeal seems to stretch far and wide. Read More
Recently, the band put out the third installment in their movie soundtrack covers albums, ‘From The Screen To Your Stereo’, so we caught up with drummer Cyrus Bolooki and vocalist Jordan Pundik to talk about films, pop-punk, and what’s coming next. Read More
Ahead of her set at her first ever Slam Dunk Festival in Hatfield, we spoke with Lights about the universe she’s created with the ‘Skin&Earth’ record and comics, where she’ll be taking that universe in the future, the soon-to-be-released acoustic record, new material, and more. Read More
It’s time for North London’s annual rock jamboree, Camden Rocks Festival, when artists of all genres of the rock umbrella descend onto the area’s music venues to wreak havoc. Read More
Before the opening band have even taken the stage, the crowd inside North London’s Boston Music Room is absolutely heaving. Fresh off the back of their latest album release ‘Starve’, which has received rave reviews across the board, Blood Youth will be finishing the UK leg of their tour here tonight. Read More
Two of pop-punk’s finest, The Wonder Years and Mayday Parade, have teamed up for a co-headline tour, and if that doesn’t promise an emotional time then what does? Oddly enough, it doesn’t seem to have attracted a particularly large audience, and the crowd in the Troxy is noticeably sparse. However, what they lack in numbers, they seem eager to make up for in enthusiasm. Read More
With the release of debut album ‘Beyond Repair’, Yorkshire bruisers Blood Youth cemented themselves as ones to watch on the UK hardcore scene. Angsty, cathartic, and brimming with energy, it was altogether a solid record, but one made by a band still finding their feet. Read More
Hertfordshire’s notorious genre-boundary-defying quartet Enter Shikari haven’t played the equally notorious O2 Academy Brixton for some time – ten years, to be exact. Since then, they’ve been off playing shows at some smaller, more obscure venues, like Alexandra Palace, and the O2 Arena (supporting Bring Me The Horizon). Crikey. Read More
Ahead of Rolo Tomassi’s biggest headline show of their career, we chatted to keyboardist/vocalist James Spence to find out how they’re dealing with all the hype, and what they’ve got coming up. Read More
It remains to be seen whether there’s any future classics in the new material, but for now, Dashboard Confessional are a glorious exercise in nostalgia. Read More
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