Festival Season 2022. Get Ready.
Festival season, you beautiful beast. It’s the first time in years we’re actually kicking off in sunny May, as the emo gods intended – and we cannot wait. With ...
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Machine Gun Kelly – mainstream sellout
Machine Gun Kelly, Mainstream Sellout
Interscope Records
Machine Gun Kelly’s sophomore effort – as far as the alt scene is concerned, considering Hotel Dia...
Bad Nerves @ Retro, Manchester, 1/4/22
Bad Nerves @ Retro, Manchester, 1/4/22
Rock’n’roll is here to stay. It’s donned a Sonic Youth inspired t-shirt, leaned on a pillar in a basement room with a ...
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Hot Milk – Bad Influence
Hot Milk, Bad Influence
Music For Nations
Hot Milk can’t pause, can they? It barely feels like any time has passed since their 2021 EP I Just Wanna Know W...
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Creeper: A Spectacular @ Manchester Ritz, 19/3/22
Creeper, Vukovi, James and the Cold Gun @ Manchester Ritz, 19/3/22
Goodnight, farewell, they’ve killed an era off in inimitable style yet again – Creeper mak...
Delilah Bon – Coming To Boss It In A Town Near You!
She’s finally on her way. Delilah Bon, boss bitch extraordinaire, brat-punk rap queen with a singular mission of hyping us up, has announced a UK headline tour....
Flavours Of The Month: March 2022
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...
Neck Deep @ Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, 24/2/22
Neck Deep, Wargasm, Higher Power, Happydaze @ Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, 24/2/22
It’s been a hot minute. Neck Deep are one of the unfortunate handful wh...
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James and the Cold Gun – It’s Mutual
James and the Cold Gun, It’s Mutual
Venn Records
Blending the anthemic energy and howling magnitude of classic rock together with a deliciously DIY, underg...
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Sophie Powers – U Love It
Sophie Powers, U Love It
Set Records
Sophie Powers returns with another frankly ridiculous banger – U Love It brings $atori Zoom along for the ride, and w...
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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