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Ithaca – They Fear Us
Ithaca, They Fear Us
Hassle Records
Bow before your blood - the reign of Ithaca is upon us. In a blaze of fury, Ithaca are burning hardcore to the ground an...
Emily Swingle
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You Me At Six – Deep Cuts
You Me At Six, Deep Cuts
AWAL Recordings
You Me At Six are back and they’re digging deep; with their eighth album Truth Decay set for release early next yea...
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Architects – tear gas
Architects, tear gas
Epitaph
Architects are proving that anything is possible; following on from the mighty when we were young, the metalcore juggernauts ar...
2000Trees 2022: Saturday
On our final morning of a festival, you usually get a little sense of bittersweet sadness that another year is almost over. At 2000Trees on this fine Saturday m...
2000Trees 2022: Friday
2000Trees’s second morning waits for no-one - the sun is beating down, that all-too-familiar feeling of being slowly baked out of your tent is here with a venge...
2000Trees 2022: Thursday
After three long years, the wait is finally over. Yes, live music has been back in the swing of things for a little while now, and we’ve had many a can’t-quite-...
Nine Inch Nails @ Manchester O2 Apollo, 20/6/22
It’s been four years since Nine Inch Nails last touched British soil for Meltdown Festival - and, even then, their last official UK tour was way back in 2014. N...
Waterparks @ Manchester Academy 1, 18/6/22
Waterparks are blasting a confetti canon on the pop-punk scene; defined by their buoyant, technicolor sound, there’s no denying that Waterparks are the most fun...
Download Festival 2022 – Five Standout Acts!
The mother of all rock festivals is back! After two years of delays and cancellations, last weekend saw the return of Download Festival - and, boy, what a weeke...
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Vukovi – LASSO
Vukovi, LASSO
LAB Records
Oops - true to form, it seems like Vukovi are back with an absolute banger. LASSO serves as yet another venomous dose of catharsis...
Emily Swingle
Editor
Favourite bands: Muse, Taking Back Sunday, Enter Shikari, Architects, Death Spells Favourite album: Origin of Symmetry - Muse Best gig: Enter Shikari @ Leeds O2 Academy 2019 Most likely to: Drink wine at 2pm