Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
One thing you can count on the Americans for is some amazing town names, when they're not copying ours that is. One of the things that grabbed our attention with this Massachusetts hardcore act was not only the amazing band name Bottomfed, but the brilliantly named town from which they hail, Buzzards Bay. We had a... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since we brought you something really heavy, but in the form of 'atmospheric hardcore' act Thrones we've got something that's exactly that. The Northampton-based five-piece sound like a fusion of two of the best British bands around, Architects and While She Sleeps. So that tells you they sound pretty fantastic. The... Continue Reading →
The Internet is a weird and wonderful thing which, among its plentiful positives and negatives, excels in bringing like-minded people together - and Derbyshire rockers Those Who Knew are testament to exactly that. Drummer Emily brought the band together by advertising on sites like Join My Band, through which she found Danny Peet, the lead guitarist... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago we saw punk rockers Our Lives In Cinema open up proceedings for Nightlife in London. We loved their fast-paced, energetic brand of punk, so we thought we'd find out more about this interesting south-east London quintet. Lead vocalist Mark Bartlett and guitarists Stephen Andrews and Phil Christopher have been playing music... Continue Reading →
We recently published a guest blog post that highlighted the plight of affordable venues and creative spaces, and the need to save them to help Britain's emerging musicians. The topic arose again when we spoke to Newcastle-based electro trio Twist Helix this week. Singer and keys player Bea Garcia Cisneros told us the knock-on impact could be huge: "The... Continue Reading →
Recently reformed indie pioneers Milburn have joined The Damned, Orange Goblin and The Rifles as the biggest names at this year's Camden Rocks Festival, as the event announced a host of stellar acts coming our way on June 3rd. The Sheffield quartet, who emerged around the time as their pals Arctic Monkeys, will be playing alongside... Continue Reading →
It's hard to imagine that a band could exist when members live at opposite ends of the country, but Rob Jarvis & The Mercury Sons haven't let the inconvenience of being split between Essex and Newcastle - a cool 300 miles or so - hold them back. The quartet of frontman Rob Jarvis (lead singer... Continue Reading →
Drunken discussions of starting a band with my housemates in Vancouver nearly a decade ago mean I'll always have a certain affinity towards bands with 'Wolf' in their name. The dream of forming 'We Were Wolves' dissipated as quickly as the alcohol that fuelled it disappeared from our systems, but the love for the wolf lived on. But unlike me and... Continue Reading →
East London rockers Chapter And Verse only released their first song in April, but they sold out their first ever show in two weeks and already look set to take the UK rock scene by storm in 2017. Debut EP The Wolves Back Home is a raw blast of massive riffs and addictively piercing vocals that... Continue Reading →
It's always exciting when a band introduces us to a new genre of music, which is exactly what was offered in the form of Riviera's 'Motown Rock'n'Roll.' The new musical definition, for us at least, is the band's play on both their style of music and their location of Morgantown, West Virginia - which is apparently nicknamed Motown by... Continue Reading →
