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There’s no Shame for Dearist!

Wolverhampton’s Dearist have revealed the video for new track Shame! If you’re a fan of the likes of Balance & Composure or just like some really cool emo/punk, then you should check these out! In 2015, they released their debut album This House Has No Windows on Close To Home. Drummer Jimmy Taylor says of […]

Madina Lake @ The Globe, Cardiff

The destination for today’s gig is an absolutely packed Cardiff as final preparations for the Champions League final are in full swing, however, that is not what we are there for, as we head out to The Globe for tonight’s show; Madina Lake on the last date of their reunion tour. Everyone well and truly […]

Muskets announce tour with Weatherstate!

Brighton grunge emo band Muskets have announced that they are heading out on tour with Weatherstate! The five date run in August is set to be a cracker because we love both bands! Check out the dates below; MUSKETS W/ WEATHERSTATE 11th August – Southampton, The Joiners 12th August – Leeds, Key Club 13th August […]

Redwood go into the Night Garden!

Brit indie/emo/math rockers Redwood have revealed new single Night Garden. The track is quite a heavy topic with the theme being domestic violence. Check out the track below;  

Bodyheat are Awake!

Essex indie-emo quintet Bodyheat have revealed their latest single Awake. The band draw inspiration from the likes of Turnover, Pity Sex, Tears For Fears and Built To Spill. Guitarist Joe Hart says of the track and video; “As much as the subject matter of the song might not match up with this, with Awake we […]

Introducing Lightcliffe

If you’re a fan of emo and pop music, then look no further than Lightcliffe. The band hail from London and Brighton and formed at the end of 2015. If you think about Ride and Bombay Bicycle Club being a diet for Owls then you get a pretty accurate description of Lightcliffe. The quartet have […]

High Tides have Yet To Be Told about their new single!

Nottingham emo/pop-punkers High Tides have released their latest single! Yet To Be Told is taken from their recently released mini-album I’m Not Giving Up, I’m Just Starting Over. Frontman Christian Litchfield says; “We recently went on a 10 day Headline tour around the UK. Along the way we collected footage of our down time and […]

KidBrother release A Draught I Want!

London emo-punks KidBrother have released their latest single! The track is titled A Draught I Want and is an arena-ready anthem with a massive chorus! Taking influence from the likes of Letlive, Circa Survive and Alexisonfire, the bands’ dual vocal assault of frontman Jamie Carrington’s gravelly tones and bassist Ffin Colley’s pitch-perfect melodies alongside the […]

Insurgency Festival 2017

Based in Milton Keynes in the UK, Insurgency is an up and coming festival ran by the Peachey brothers of The Acid Ballet, on the 11th of March 2017 I went over there to check it out and here’s what went on: Stolen Serenade Acoustic Opening the festival come the poppy, upbeat tones of Stolen […]

Charlotte Emilie does Desert Island Disks

If you could only listen to 5 albums or EPs for the rest of  your life what would you choose? Charlotte Emilie, writer here at ALT CORNER has made their selection and tells us why. ____ When thinking about this, I’ll be honest – it took me the longest of times and it was a super hard […]

Sorority Noise – You’re Not As __ You Think

Emotive punk rockers Sorority Noise are set to release their new album You’re Not As __ You Think on 17th March. The album, much like some of their previous work, is an intimate, emotional look into the last year of the bands life. Whilst emotional and in places dark this album has an underlying theme […]

KidBrother say A Draught I Want

Now the title of KidBrother‘s latest single A Draught I Want sounds either like a kid telling you what they want, or a Welsh valleys person talking normally (I can say this because I’m a Welsh valleys girl and I do this a lot). The London based emo-punks are set to release the track on […]

A Will Away – Here Again

  Take Hawthorne Heights, throw in a mixture of You me at Six and Moose Blood (who doesn’t love that combination!) and what you get is A Will Away; Candy coated dark pop-punk. Opening with elegant guitar riffs and sugar sweet vocals ‘Here Again’, the albums namesake track is an extremely strong opening track, and […]

Elessar take on the A-Z challenge!

2016 saw Gloucester quartet Elessar release their debut EP Reflections and play countless shows across the UK gaining popularity amongst everyone who’s seen them. We asked frontman Ricky Powell to take on our A-Z challenge,have a read and exclusively find out the title of their new forthcoming record! A song that made you want to […]

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