Fear of Marko @ Night and Day Cafe Manchester
Fear of Marko @ Night and Day Cafe, Manchester, Tuesday 25 July 2023
It’s sexy gay emo Christmas. By which we mean, Fear of Marko is brin...
Lucky dip...
A bit of everything!
Outbreak Fest 2023: A Smelting Pot Of Skating Subcultures
Outbreak Festival is hardcore’s worst kept secret. No longer lingering in the depths of the underground, this year’s Outbreak weekend saw 10...
7 Acts To Catch At Outbreak Festival 2023
We hope you’ve got your gold wristbands at the ready, because it’s that time of year again. Last year’s Outbreak was one for the hardcore hi...
Bittersweet’s Pride Picks
Happy Pride! Our lovely scene has played home to some of the best, queerest music out there, and in 2023 we’ve never been stronger. In the f...
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DRAIN – LIVING PROOF
DRAIN, LIVING PROOF
Epitaph
There’s something special laced in that Californian air, and DRAIN are living proof of it. Serving up their ...
8
LØLØ – omg
LØLØ, omg
Hopeless Records
Hopeless Records's latest pop-punk prodigy LØLØ is back with a banger, the latest in the line of singles th...
Slam Dunk’s Worst Clashes go head to head…
Slam Dunk, you beautiful beautiful devil. How dare you?
One cursory glance over the Slam Dunk 2023 lineup reveals nothing but pain. Beca...
8
DRAIN – FTS (KYS)
Drain, FTS (KYS)
Epitaph Records
Sometimes all you need is a roar of raw, thrashing hardcore to take the edge off - thankfully, DRAIN ha...
9
Pierce the Veil – The Jaws of Life
Pierce the Veil, The Jaws Of Life
Fearless Records
Pierce the Veil are nostalgia. Not in a cheap thrill, play one song at a party then ...
9
Paramore – This Is Why
Paramore, This Is Why
Atlantic Records
It’s been 5 long years since Paramore’s last release - and This Is Why. A product of cabin feveri...
You Me At Six – Manchester, 6.2.2023
You Me At Six @ O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester 6.2.23
with Bears in Trees, The Maine and Waterparks
2023 may be the year of the rabbi...
7.5
Delilah Bon – I Wish A Bitch Would
Delilah Bon, I Wish A Bitch Would
Independent
Delilah Bon picks her moments. Her first of 2023 has arrived, and it’s as incendiary and...
8
zebrahead – II EP
zebrahead, II EP
MFZB Records
Whoever said that a zebra can’t change its stripes has clearly never met zebrahead. After thirteen studio ...
Bittersweet’s Albums Of The Year 2022!
2022 has been one hell of a year for music, if you ask us. With the 'emo renaissance' in full swing, as well as some absolutely lethal genre...
Download20’s First Wave Of Acts Announced!
If you weren’t aware, it’s a pretty big year for the top dog of rock festivals. The beloved Download is turning 20 this June - a...
7
Born Without Bones – Dancer
Born Without Bones, Dancer
Pure Noise Records
Born Without Bones are back to tug on our heartstrings. Five years on from 2017’s Young at...
7.5
Magnolia Park – Baku’s Revenge
Magnolia Park, Baku’s Revenge
Epitaph Records
Magnolia Park’s latest is a self-aware, incendiary romp through pop-punk 101, with a delic...
9
Pinkshift – Love Me Forever
Pink Shift, Love Me Forever
Hopeless Records
It’s official: the kids are most certainly not alright. In a snarl of punk-rock a...
Vukovi – Manchester, 13.10.22
Vukovi @ Manchester Academy 3 13.10.22 with ZAND
After blowing us into the stratosphere with the brilliant NULA, which came out just last...
Petrol Girls – Manchester, 7.10.22
Petrol Girls @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 7th October 2022
There is a blueprint for a perfect punk show. Petrol Girls have it - and if y...
Bittersweet Press: I Know What You Did Last Summer
The Bittersweet Hour: a weekly(ish) podcast where Ims and Emily (resident emo girly guides) provide a tour of everything tasty the rock scen...
Delilah Bon @ Deaf Institute, 30.9.22
Delilah Bon @ Deaf Institute, Manchester, 30.09.22
Delilah Bon is bringing her show on the road, and What. A. Show. It. Is. Her fierce, f...
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The Callous Daoboys – Celebrity Therapist
The Callous Daoboys are a sasscore pack of thieves; brash, confrontational and sharp-tongued to the core, this post-hardcore collective are ...
7.5
Scene Queen ft Cody Carson – Barbie & Ken
Scene Queen + Set It Off, Barbie & Ken
Hopeless Records
Scene Queen is back and more ridiculously bold than ever on riotous romp Bar...
Reading and Leeds 2022 – Full Lineup Highlights!
So, now that Reading and Leeds's 2022 instalment is just around the corner, the set times have been unleashed on the app, the full lineup is in its (hopefully!)...
7.5
Demi Lovato – HOLY FVCK
Demi Lovato, HOLY FVCK
Island Records
Demi Lovato’s HOLY FVCK is a rock tour-de-force with the perspective that only a popstar could bring - a confident st...
7.5
Pale Waves – Unwanted
Pale Waves, Unwanted
Dirty Hit
Pale Waves have undergone a number of metamorphoses over the years. In their latest form, they’re a pop-punk dream, rich wi...
9
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...
Double Dare Ya: Manchester Launch ft Storm St Claire, Cody Frost, ZAND
Manchester’s Night and Day Cafe has been sitting at the heart of the city’s DIY and upcoming music scene for as long as it’s been there. Nestled in the core of ...
8
ZAND – Battery Acid
ZAND, Battery Acid
Independent
After an astounding end to 2000Trees, ‘ugly-pop’ extraordinaire ZAND returns with Battery Acid, a sensitive offering that s...
8.5
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...
8
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...
8.5
Scene Queen – Pink G-String
Scene Queen, Pink G-String
Hopeless Records
Scene Queen’s bimbo empire is growing - and Pink G-String, her first release since the masterpiece that was Bimb...
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...