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Brijitte West unveils the NY Loose album that never was
Alkaline Trio and Rise Against swap songs on split single
Had Sandy unveil video for I Hate My Parents And I Wanna Learn How To Swim
Gen and the Degenerates announce 2027 UK tour and new single
Butcher Babies share Leaving California from new album Nightbloom
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“In a lot of ways, I feel this is the best album I have ever made. It feels like the NY Loose album that...
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“Movements have announced a UK and European headline tour for early 2027, bringing Happier Now to venues across the continent with Florida hardcore outfit...
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“The artwork has been put together nicely, and it has a vast amount of great, rare and some never before seen photos. I recommend...
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“It’s so much fun and such an honour to be swapping cover tunes with a band we’ve known personally and loved since we both...
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“This has been a masterclass in how to play a stadium gig. Any bands about to play their first stadium show could do a...
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“Matt’s lead guitar playing is bang on, Issey is throwing shapes with the bass, and even battling illness The Molotovs look and sound like...
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“For a two-piece, the sheer scale of their live show is still somewhat ridiculous. Tyler Joseph spends most of the set tearing around the...
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Deftones headline a dusty All Points East as IDLES, Amyl and the Sniffers, Interpol and Mannequin Pussy deliver contrasting festival sets.
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“The lyrics sit somewhere between smoking cigarettes to try fit in, and frustration with contrasting feelings in a relationship – all in all, the...
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“It's an album we've really enjoyed making. We're not trying to prove anything – it's a great album, it rocks!”
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“From the first time I saw the Wreck boys perform live, I was instantly drawn to their unwavering belief in the music, the message...
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“I Love My Robot” pairs retro sci-fi camp with a playful take on an increasingly algorithm-driven world.
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“Exploring themes of isolation, mortality and escapism, Get Down ushers a new era for the UK duo.”
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“‘The Way You Are’ started with a pretty simple idea: what if the sweetest late-’90s boy band love ballad suddenly turned into one of...
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“Like Ophelia beneath the river’s surface, it is a surrender to the illusion and a reclamation of the power.”
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“Maid of Stone absolutely excels when it comes to showcasing fresh talent, particularly on the Firestarter Stage, where every band seemed to bring something...
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“It’s a summer song, but lost in its own melancholy, in its own weird way. It’s about that headspace where self-destruction stops feeling like...
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“The whole Petrol Girls set is wildly passionate, and personally I find it impossible not to be moved by it. Ren Aldridge is pleasant...
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“There’s so much going on at once that it’s difficult to keep up. This has been an incredibly physical set, and the band look...
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“If you could produce your own Saxon setlist, this would be it: one classic after another, thick and fast, loud and heavy.”
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“TV BIKINY is about body standards, and the absolute joy of sprawling on the sofa watching gloriously trashy TV.”
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“Some Chew Lip is about someone who you love who is a very unique character who is acting up like an idiot.”
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“Maybe that’s what The Hollywood Vampires are: a shit-hot bar band. If so, they’re the second best bar band in the world, because everybody...