Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Three years ago, I went along to a random gig at The Barfly in Camden with my mate before he flew out to live in New Zealand with his girlfriend. That night we met the lead singer of a band called City of Ashes, with whom I discussed my plans to start a blog about new bands.... Continue Reading →
To lay it out from the beginning, I’m a Gecko fan and have been for some time. Through the years, I’ve gotten really drunk playing the Gecko drinking game, sweatily danced in the old 12 bar club (sad face, RIP) and watched an encore in the street when a grumpy sound man wouldn’t let them... Continue Reading →
London bid a fond farewell to one of the finest rock and metal bands the UK has produced in the last decade as Yashin played their final show in the capital last night. The Glasgow rockers recently announced their decision to split - which we'll have more on later this week from an interview with Yashin... Continue Reading →
Wednesday evening will see London music lovers given a real treat of fun indie rock meets punk as Happy Accidents, Muncie Girls and WOAHNOWS take over The Underworld in Camden. We're taking a look ahead to that show, which has tickets available here, with an introduction to Happy Accidents, and we'll also have a similar article on... Continue Reading →
French rockers Show Me Your Universe may have found it difficult getting noticed in their musical homeland, but their wonderfully intense post-hardcore sound will have UK metal fans begging for more. The lack of a strong rock and metal scene and the difficulty in finding like-minded musicians in France led to two of the band initially meeting online around... Continue Reading →
It's not very often you discover a new band that not only sound fantastic, but are so new that they've never played a live show. And it's not very often you hear an awesome metalcore song about Pokémon Go. However, German metal duo Breakdown Bros are not your regular metalcore band. The German duo has never... Continue Reading →
Rock music probably isn't the number one export that springs to mind when you think of Italy, even less so the Italian city of Parma - which is more famous for its ham than it is guitar solos and smashing drums. However, all that could be about to change if Parma-based rockers Celeb Car Crash have... Continue Reading →
London-based rockers Black Orchid Empire are flying the flag for the concept of 'DIY music' - whereby bands control every part of the music creation process. Indeed, not content with being one of the best new UK bands out there, they also run their own label and studio. The trio of Paul Visser (vocals and... Continue Reading →
Next year will mark the 60th anniversary of the very first meeting of Britain's most famous musical act ever, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The best known half of The Beatles first clapped eyes upon each other in the summer of 1957, when Lennon invited McCartney to join his first band, The Quarrymen. So with... Continue Reading →
Idolising Nova are an intriguing new talent, who've swiftly gone from cobbling together music in their drummer's bedroom to making a real name for themselves in the music industry. The trio of Jack Fulton Smith (lead singer and bass), Kris Lee (guitar and synth) and Kyle O’Sullivan (drums) only officially formed at the end of the summer. But while you might... Continue Reading →
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