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"Starbenders’ live sound is far punchier than their records, with the rough edges left exactly where they should be. Onstage, they sound bigger, heavier...
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"This has been quite a short set, but by God it’s been good! This is one hell of a band who need to be...
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“Bearing in mind that the first book is fifty years old, and the second is all about golf, there is clearly plenty of material...
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“There are so many different influences at work in their material that they really don’t sound like anybody else.”
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"This is certainly the most spectacular show that I’ve seen at Hammersmith, particularly in terms of theatre and pyro. However, the music has more...
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“Creeper put 150% into tonight’s performance. To a man and woman, they play and perform as if their very lives depend on giving the...
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“Tonight, though, belongs to the 200 fans who got through the Barfly doors. Arena-sized songs, a tiny stage and a singer who spends half...
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"No pyro, no backdrops, no escape: just Black Veil Brides, a packed Concorde 2 and a room ready to explode."
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"Dogstar offered a short, no-frills garage rock set, but the night’s gravitational pull was always Keanu Reeves."
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“Tonight was one of those gigs people will talk about for years — and enough people to fill Wembley Arena will claim they were...
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“This was quite simply a masterclass for all guitar aficionados.”
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The Great Escape’s 20th anniversary proved that new music still sounds best when it is loud, restless and impossible to pin down.
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“Laura Cox may be marketed as a blues guitarist, but this was classic heavy rock of the highest order.”
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“With five guitarists on stage for the encore, the set could have descended into chaos, but the sound never once lost control.”
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“Dual lead guitars, theatrical flair, and absolute control—Creeper make it look effortless.”
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“Fifty years in, The Damned still sound loud, sharp and gloriously uncompromising.”
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“Takedown isn’t just warming up the festival season anymore — it’s starting to define it.”
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“Three female-fronted bands proving they don’t just belong in metal — they’re here to take it over.”
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"From cartwheeling mosh pits to gaffa-tape chaos and full-throttle punk rock — this was Brighton at its feral, sweaty best."
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“Sweat, noise and every word sung back — this was The Cribs exactly where they belong.”
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“A sonic maelstrom of riffs, sweat and crowd-surfing chaos.”
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“Punk isn’t a sound—it’s an attitude. And tonight, every band on this bill proved it.”
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“Slay is our battle cry. It’s an aggressive anthem that’s impossible to ignore.”
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“The song digs into the dangers of false prophets and modern demagogues preaching fake promises to vulnerable people. The single’s about getting people to...
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MAN WITH A MISSION’s new single Firestarter arrives with a surreal video and leads into their first original full-length album in more than four...
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“We are all absolutely delighted to be releasing So Nearly. This is the first song we wrote after all of us got back in...