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And Yet It Moves announce new album and UK dates!

Scottish musical alchemists And Yet It Moves have announced their debut album and UK shows! The quartet comprises of vocalist/guitarist Dale Barclay (ex-The Amazing Snakeheads), drummer Nonas Duus (Astral Tide, Droem, Cozmik Onion Express), keyboardist Laura St Jude and guitarist Jesper Lapp (Droem). The band played their first shows just three days after formation and […]

The Menzingers announce 2018 UK tour!

The Menzingers have revealed they will be hitting the UK and Europe on and extended tour at the start of 2018! The 19 date run begins at the tail end of January and runs through February. Support for all the dates comes from Pup and Cayetana! 2018 UK & European Tour Dates Sun 28 Jan […]

Fortify announce Valhalla EP!

Essex ‘easycore’ quintet Fortify have announced their debut EP Valhalla is set for release on October 27! Since their formation in 2015, the quintet, Anna Louise (vocals), Kieran McLoughlin Spink, Charlie Fallows (both guitar), Billy Byford (bass) and Jamie Smith (drums), have performed all over the Greater London area including shows with the likes of […]

The Great Discord have an Omen

Swedish progressive death poppers The Great Discord have revealed the video for new single Omen! The track is taken from their forthcoming album The Rabbit Hole (September 8). Omen features a guitar solo from a very special guest… Mark Halcomb of Periphery! Check it out below; “The Rabbit Hole” track listing: 1. Dimman 2. Noire […]

Queen Zee & The Sasstones announce Reading & Leeds appearances & new video!

Liverpudlian rockers Queen Zee & The Sasstones have been announced to play at Reading & Leeds festivals! To celebrate, the band have revealed the video for new single Boy, taken from their forthcoming EP Eat My Sass (September 22). Queen Zee says of the announcement and single; “We’re very happy to be bringing a bit […]

Tigercub announce UK tour and new single!

Brighton trio Tigercub have revealed the video for their new single The Divided States Of Us! Frontman Jamie Hall says; “I see this video as a fresh slate, like we’re building the band and everything surrounding it up from the ground again. We wanted it to feel like we were playing in a huge expansive […]

Fat Lip Fest Review

In a month were festivals suffered on a large scale, we don’t need to point fingers, Fat Lip Festival took over 2 venues in Bristol for its inaugural year & did so in the loudest way it knew possible. Entering the tiny venue of The Lanes as As Flames Rise began their set, it very […]

Chris Blackwood reveals The Quiet Elude

Singer-songwriter Chris Blackwood has revealed his new single The Quiet Elude! The track is taken from his debut self-titled album out on Friday August 11! Chris explains; “The video was shot above a jazz bar in Stephenson’s Square in Manchester. We decided to just leave all the furniture in the room and shoot in front of […]

The Brave reveal new single Ethereal!

The Brave have revealed the video for their new single Ethereal! The track is a wish for freedom! Frontman Nathan Toussaint says; “This is a story of a world that lost its way. Taken over by mindless and heartless beings, completely consumed by their own greed for power and hate. We took a totally different […]

Gold Key announce debut album and release video!

Gold Key have released a video for ‘Creep In Slowly‘, the opening track for their debut album, ‘Hello Phantom‘, to be released October 6th. [youtube v=zuSEERcptPs] The song features haunting vocals, ethereal soundscapes, and dark hammering pulse. It’s about worries you can’t get away from, feeling like bad news is following you – a recurring theme […]

Cassels announce debut album

‘Epiphet‘ will be released on October 6th, but to tide us over to the release, Cassels have released two singles, ‘Coup‘ and ‘Let‘. [youtube v=UATwc3xupzc] The art-punk, poetic, and agitated duo; Cassels stretch the boundaries of punk with direct lyrics and originality with just two instruments. They balance apathy and anger and rage about the state […]

Gardenhead are ‘Underwater’

Singer songwriter Casey Bolles has returned with a new project Gardenhead! He has released his first single Underwater, a beautifully stripped back yet powerful acoustic track. Casey has commented “I’m starting Gardenhead because I needed a fresh start. I haven’t released music in a while; I’ve been focusing on a lot of other facets of my life. But […]

The Wonder Years reimagine ‘There There’ for new EP

With The Wonder Years‘ upcoming release of new EP, ‘Burst & Decay‘, the band have released ‘There There’. If you pre-order the EP, you’ll receive the song instantly. Check it out below; [youtube v=1iRJrv8gHa4] Burst & Decay will be released on September 22nd, and it’s a seven-track EP full of reimagined and acoustic songs from the […]

Sleep Token – II

Sleep Token are, according to them, ‘an entity unlike any encountered before’. They are, apparently, the representatives of a deity known as Sleep. They maintain an anonymity similar to that of Ghost (before they all started taking each other to court), with strange marked masks and interviews seemingly just a vessel to convey further information […]

A chat with Sibling

We had a chat with Sibling about their formation, their new EP and a host of other things. Make sure you check out their EP, Dream You Away which is out now! You’re a fairly new band so it’s only right to ask this. How did the band form? Ok, so, back in 2014, Lewis and […]

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