Download Festival 2019 – Ones To Watch
As the campsite opens for five day campers, we asked one of our senior writers and festival attendee Tom Butterworth to give us his low-down of the ones to watch.
Alternative GENRE ARCHIVES
The Ballet – Matchy Matchy
The Ballet, a queer NYC based indie-pop duo, present to the world their fourth full length, strangely titled 'Matchy Matchy'. This is definitely not something I'd choose to listen to, but here goes.
Say hello to a new supergroup…. Curse These Metal Hands!
What do you get when a successful stage share at a festival leads to the joining of forces for two bands?
Slam Dunk North 2019 Review!
Temple Newsam, Leeds, 25th May 2019: Never will you find a more wretched hive of snapbacks and Vans. As the fans begin entering the festival grounds, the day is bright and warm... sadly it won’t last, but rain, thunder or snow wouldn’t have kept the legions away from Leeds today.
Glitterer announces first UK shows
Glitterer has announced their first ever UK headline shows.
End of May new record roundup
Every week we give you a round up of some of our favourite new releases. This week, we look at some of the top tips from the end of May.
Tiny Moving Parts announce UK headline tour
Tiny Moving Parts will be returning to the UK and Europe in September and October for a run of headline dates.
Ogikubo Station take on the A-Z challenge
Our A-Z challenge is a fun way to introduce you to the many artists out there. Today is the turn of Maura Weaver from Ogikubo Station.
Broadening Horizons – How Slam Dunk is appealing to more fans than ever.
Slam Dunk has long been seen as a predominantly pop-punk festival. Although they have often featured a smattering of heavier or more abrasive bands, much of the higher reaches of the festival bills have been dominated by relatively inoffensive bands. In the last two years we have seen a rise in truly interesting aggressive music with the likes of Employed To Serve winning Kerrang!’s album of the year award last year and groups such as Code Orange making a splash on the global stage with a Grammy nomination. As Slam Dunk has manoeuvred to keep pace with this scene change, so has it looked to widen it's vision to further encompass a generation of fans who gazed longingly over The Pond at Vans Warped Tour in the late 1990s.
Cielo Drive announce tour dates
Cielo Drive have announced a run of UK shows.
Mallory Knox announce Autumn UK headline tour
Mallory Knox are heading out on the road across the UK later this year.
Download Festival 2019 ones to watch part 1
It's now less than a month until Download Festival 2019! We scour through the bands in a two part series of our ones to watch! First up, I (deputy editor Lizi) take you through 10 of the artists I'm most looking forward to seeing
Periphery – Periphery IV: Hail Stan
For the last few years, in the tech-metal scene, there have been two titans on either side of The Pond: Tesseract and Periphery. Now when your transatlantic cousins take the ‘Black Album’ school of thought and trim everything down, tighten it all up and produce the shortened album of less expansive works that was Sonder, what do you do? Well, apparently, you mark your first release away from Sumerian records by throwing seemingly everything you can think of, and the kitchen sink, at your new record. And for Periphery, it is a resounding success.
Lights signs to Fueled By Ramen
Ahead of her debut Slam Dunk appearances over the Bank Holiday weekend, Canadian artist Lights has signed to Fueled By Ramen and announced an acoustic record!