Young Culture, Better Off As Friends
Rude Records
We love a debut album, and we love pop-punk-rock-cocktails – so of course we love Young Culture, and are o...
snake eyes, skeletons
Failure By Design
When we say underground band, we usually mean a hidden gem waiting to burst onto the mainstream and garner all the ...
Happy., Liarliar
Rude Records
Happy. have been making us extra… well, happy, with their deliciously upbeat pop-rock all summer. They kicked off the hype for...
Bad Nerves, Electric 88
Killing Moon
Sometimes a song just works it in to your system and makes you feel like your blood is fizzing – and if you’re lucky, t...
PVRIS, Use Me
Warner
With a slew of incredible singles, hype for PVRIS’ latest album has been massive, and now that it’s been unleashed, it’s crystal clear...
Now is the time for punk – now is the time to feel angry and shout about it! Millie Manders doesn’t hold back from doing so on latest track Bitter, and she’s de...
Devastated not to be at everyone's favourite end to the summer this weekend? It would have been rainy, it would have been muddy, but Reading and Leeds never dis...
Dream Nails, Dream Nails
Alcopop! Records
In a time when gigs as we know them seem like a faraway pipe dream, an album that feels as energetic as a gig is ...
Bitch Falcon, Test Trip
Small Pond Recordings
With a band name like Bitch Falcon, you need a sound that’s fierce and immense enough to live up to it – and T...
The Damned, Keep ‘Em Alive
Spinefarm Records/Search and Destroy Records
We loved Creeper’s latest record – dark, gothic punk with a heavy leaning towards th...
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