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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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“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...
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“Whilst there are many younger bands around – and this weekend has certainly provided plenty of evidence of that – few of them seem...
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“The stage crew have already told them that they’re out of time, but 999 are old punks and they really don’t care. Clearly punk’s...
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“Proceedings are brought to a close with Hurry Up Harry and its bellowed refrain of ‘we’re going down the pub!’ echoing around the hall."
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“This has absolutely been a full-throttle performance. The Subs could give bands a quarter of Charlie’s age a run for their money. The term...
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“Wherever you are in the park, I can guarantee that Nick Cave will reach you. This is such a powerful performance.”
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"A day of shifting energies on Brighton’s shoreline, built around a headline return from The Maccabees, pulled the beach into a full-voiced singalong."
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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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“They rock much harder live than their records might suggest. They sound on a par with AC/DC, Thin Lizzy and UFO when those bands...
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“There is no stopping The Temperance Movement tonight. They aren’t smouldering, they are completely on fire, closing a fantastic day’s music in triumphant style.”
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“Chaos reigns, but in a good way! There’s more to Ho99o9 than that, though. Their lyrics are very thought-provoking, and they have a message...
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“10cc remain gloriously themselves: witty, odd, melodic and still capable of turning a greatest hits set into something far stranger and more rewarding.”
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"Thornhill made Concorde 2 feel like an oven, then somehow found another gear, dragging every last drop of energy out of the room."
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“Social Distortion inspire near-religious fervour, and at KOKO that devotion was rewarded with a truly incendiary set.”
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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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“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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“This album isn’t about anything new. It’s about the same things humans have always made art about; sex and death and love and power.”
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“The song began in July of 2020 as I saw my industry, family, and friends all one-by-one leaving California; a place I truly believed...