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 face of a turbulent, ...
Ims Taylor
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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 that followed 2022's s...
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. Because HOW are we suppo...
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 go back to the regul...
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 vital as ever - I W...
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-blending at play, t...
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 delicious side serving of...
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 Friday, and then as...
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 you had to make a gue...
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 scene's had to offer rec...
Ims Taylor
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Favourite bands: Frank Iero, Dead!, Calva Louise, Boston Manor, Placebo, WILLOW Favourite album: Placebo - Placebo Best gig: Download Pilot @ Donington Park, June 2021 Most likely to: be listening to the Legally Blonde soundtrack right now