It's easy to see why the up-tempo guitars and funky synth-dominated sound of Bristol's The Rupees is attracting a swiftly growing reputation.
New Band of the Week: NEWMEDS
NEWMEDS offer up an intriguing 'genre-bending' sound that fuses its members' previous involvement in everything from black metal and Mathcore through to punk, emo and garage indie
New Band of the Week: Passengers
We're starting 2019 with a bang by making Lancaster rockers Passengers our first New Band of the Week of the year
New Band of the Week: Two Year Break
Our first Christmas New Band of the Week is London pop-punk meets alternative-rock quintet Two Year Break
New Music in 2018: GigRadar Annual Review
Our second full year of writing about the latest new music and interviewing new bands has been a real success, with over 22,500 views
New Band of the Week: Runaway Hounds
Wolverhampton newcomers Runaway Hounds are making a real name for themselves on the UK indie rock scene with their fun, catchy anthemic indie rock sound.
New Band of the Week: Profiler
What better way to kick off your Monday morning than with the 'return' of Nu-Metal. Meet Bristol newcomers Profiler
New Band of the Week: Mr Wu’s Pigs
From just about the most south-eastern town in England comes an engaging punky grungey sound that could easily have dropped out of the US west coast in the early 1990s. Deal, in Kent, based one-man band Mr Wu's Pigs offer up a fun garage-punk meets post-punk, grunge meets fuzz-pop sound that the man behind it... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: 99% COBRA
Hull newcomers 99% COBRA pack a venomous bite with their intriguing 'party metal' combination of big riffs and angry lyrics. Or, in their words: "Angry music disguised as Oasis." But, if you were intrigued about what the other 1% comprises then, well, you'll have to stay that way as the band flatly refuse to reveal... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: The Hideaways
Bristol rockers The Hideaways have honed a raucously engaging sound that puts them right up there with the most exciting new bands we've met over the last couple of years. The quartet of Danny Pugh (vocals and guitars), Tim Burden (guitar and synth), Sam Bendall-Weeks (bass) and Jack Ford (drums) formed last summer after Danny and... Continue Reading →