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 ...
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
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 ...
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...
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...
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....
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, 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...
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...
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...
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