Outbreak Fest 2022: A Landmark Weekend
You wanted a no barrier show. We got it over the line. But this is the only way we were able to do it.
These were the first words people saw as they arrived...
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Yungblud – Don’t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today
Yungblud, Don’t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today
Locomotion Recordings
Yungblud 180s from the moody tones of Fleabag on Don’t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today, a smil...
7.5
WILLOW – it’s my fault
Willow, maybe it’s my fault
Roc Nation
A year on from her spectacular debut rock record, Willow returns to continue to assert her gorgeous flair for genre-...
8
Cassyette’s Sad Girl Summer
Cassyette, Sad Girl Summer
Devil Land
Cassyette is preparing us all for our Sad Girl Summer with the delivery of three sweet new tunes to soundtrack the se...
7
Neck Deep – STFU
Neck Deep, STFU
Independent
From your dad’s jacket and stolen cigs to crypto and NFTs, Neck Deep roll with the times with the same sardonic, earnest honesty...
8
Sophie Powers – Red in Revenge EP
Sophie Powers, Red in Revenge EP
Set Records
Step aside and look on in awe: the new bad bitch boss of electro-rock has arrived. Sophie Powers is new to the...
8.5
Stand Atlantic – f.e.a.r
Stand Atlantic, f.e.a.r.
Hopeless Records
Stand Atlantic continue their reign of euphoria over the world of pop-punk with f.e.a.r. – if Pink Elephant was ...
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Scene Queen – Bimbocore
Scene Queen, Bimbocore
Hopeless Records
Surely everyone already knows about Scene Queen by now. She’s won us all over, she’s rallied us behind the pink revo...
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...
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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