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‘ROCK AND ROLL PARTY COWBOY’BRAND NEW SINGLE RELEASEDLISTEN HERE / WATCH THE VISUALISER HERE DREAMS ON TOASTNEW ALBUM OUT MARCH 28TH 2025VIA COOKING VINYLPRE-ORDER HERE TOURING UK IN MARCH 2025WITH SUPPORT FROM ASHTICKETS ON SALE NOW HERE The Darkness have released their brand new single […]
NewsBuy Tickets Now Steelhouse – the rock and metal festival on top of a Welsh mountain – has announced yet more bands to play the 2025 edition. The line-up consists of a wide range of artists from across the rock spectrum. This, the third round […]
NewsThe Chords UK, the alt-rock heroes helmed by Chris Pope, will release the mammoth 44-track ‘But Then Again: The Best of The Chords UK’ on 2LP [plus bonus CD], 3CD and digital formats on 4 April 2025 on EPOP Records. The collection’s full release will […]
NewsOUT 18 OCTOBER, VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS: PRE-SAVE HERE LISTEN TO THE LEAD SINGLE TODAY: “WATCHING WAX”: STREAM ON ALL SERVICES HERE || WATCH VIDEO HERE + UK HEADLINE DATES THIS AUTUMN BERRIES are back! Today, the trio are pleased to confirm details of their […]
NewsEU/UK Tour On Sale Now “The first taste of Wednesday guitarist/Waxahatchee collaborator’s fourth album portrays a dubious figure sinking into a post-breakup crisis, set to understated sludge.” – The Guardian “MJ Lenderman reliably writes with the wit and hindsight of someone at least double his age. […]
NewsTOUR STARTS 22 SEPTEMBER 2024 – TICKETS ON SALE 10AM FRIDAY 2ND AUGUST HERE THE PERFECT SUMMER’S DAY, BEFORE WE LOST THE LIGHT – DEBUT ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 13THPRE-ORDER HEREAcclaimed musician and actor Sam Palladio has announced his Before We Lost The Light UK headline […]
NewsVIDEO/STREAM/DOWNLOAD In eager anticipation of their forthcoming “We Shall Remain” European headline tour starting on October 3, Swedish symphonic dark metal stalwarts ELEINE have delighted their legion with a new digital 2-track single today: ‘Through The Mist’ (incl. its instrumental version) is now available on […]
NewsElles Bailey Releases New Single & Video ‘1972’ OUT NOW on all digital platforms HERE New Album Beneath The Neon Glow Out Now on Cooking Vinyl Records Watch Video HERE Elles Bailey releases her latest single, “1972,” from her upcoming album, Beneath The Neon Glow, out […]
NewsHEADLINE UK TOUR APRIL 2025 Four-piece hard rock band CATCH YOUR BREATH have released their latest standalone single, ‘Perfect World’, which features a guest appearance from Virginia-born, Los-Angeles-based rapper and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Oakes. Carving out his own hyper-charged hypnotic hybrid with no shortage of energy and attitude, […]
NewsPart One – out now. Listen here An ampersand intimately and magically joins things together. “&” (Ampersand) is also the name of a beautiful new Bastille project from Dan Smith, a collection of story songs that intertwine the lives and wide worlds of startling women and […]
NewsToday, Brighton-based duo WREX have released their new single and music video for ‘Take a Walk’. The nu-metal inspired opening track is the third to be taken from the band’s upcoming EP, This Hell Goes a Long Way Down, due 16th August. This Hell Goes a Long […]
NewsTortured Demon First up are Manchester’s own – Tortured Demon. They’re local and proud, but seasoned enough from the road to know how to put on a good show, having already toured with fellow UK thrashers Evil and Xentrix (who are watching the gig tonight). […]
Gig reviewsSilenzer First up, we have Austrian 5-piece Silenzer. It’s clear from the off that they have high energy, enjoy playing, and have decided to make the most of their support slot on the Mushroomhead tour. Most of the tracks come from their 2022 album ‘X’, […]
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