Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
East Midlands trio Dead Frequency are a welcome throwback to the upbeat punk rock of the late 90s. It's therefore no surprise to learn they've drawn influence from the likes of punk legends Green Day, Nofx and Sum41 through to The Offspring, Bad Religion, Kiss and Rush. The trio's fun, melodic, upbeat brand of punk rock... Continue Reading →
After a few weeks away over Christmas it'd only be apt to begin 2017 with a bang. And that is duly delivered in the form of 'online sensations' Dorje. We were first introduced to the Brighton-based rockers as being 'the biggest band you won't have heard of,' and from that moment on we were desperate to... Continue Reading →
With just one week until Christmas Day there's probably more than a few of you out there struggling to find last minute gifts for your friends and loved ones. So forget about the X-Factor single or the latest Michael Buble collection,why not let us help you with some music that's actually half decent? Here's our... Continue Reading →
Having earned his musical stripes supporting the likes of Radiohead in his days with avant-Britpop band The Shopkeeper Appeared, Andy J Gallagher is now making strides with his solo career. Fresh from exploring music around the world with Sparks guitarist Adrian Fisher, the singer / songwriter is set to deliver his most inspired writing to... Continue Reading →
There's not many things I love more than an awesome Scandinavian rock band, so it brings me great pleasure to introduce Sweden's Orbit Culture. The quartet of Niklas Karlsson (guitar and vocals), Richard Hansson (guitar), Fredrik Lennartsson (bass) and Markus Bladh (drums) emerged from Eksjö, in the deep forests of southern Sweden, in 2013. After previously... Continue Reading →
Sixteen years ago singer/songwriter Sami Chohfi drove 3,000 miles or so from Florida to Washington State armed with a Marshall amp and a Fender Jazzmaster with the dream of finding a band in Seattle. In the years since he has worked as a waiter to build his own recording studio and learn the ways of... Continue Reading →
As I sit amongst a tangibly excited sell-out crowd waiting for the show to get started, I can’t help but smile to myself. I’m thinking back to my somewhat unique introduction to the work of tonight’s headline act, Lucy Rose. In what feels like a different lifetime, actually just shy of four years ago, I... Continue Reading →
When you hear a band described as being anything like Led Zeppelin you have to sit up and take notice. So that's exactly what we did when the new Tess of the Circle single landed in our inbox this week. The Oxford-based quartet is a musical collective built around the superb songwriting of Tess Jones... Continue Reading →
2016 has been quite a year for Brighton rockers City of Ashes. Not only have they released impressive second album Rise and completed five full tours, including supporting the mighty Yashin, they've also raised thousands of pounds for charity with a highly moving campaign to raise awareness of depression. We caught up with the quartet of... Continue Reading →
University has a funny knack of throwing together people that inspire each other to achieve things that aren't necessarily related to their studies. After all, the founders of Google met each other at Stanford University and still haven't graduated, nor will they ever need to. While this may be a tenuous link, the members of female-fronted... Continue Reading →
