Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
"Really fucking loud," says Creature frontman Sam Avery when asked to describe his band's sound, and he's not far wrong. If you've been craving a fuzzy, grungey Nirvana-like sound for the last 20-odd years, then this exciting Newcastle trio are certainly the cure to your urges. Awesome fuzzy guitar sounds are fused with Sam's infectious... Continue Reading →
Tribute bands can divide opinion. For every duff Oasis, Robbie Williams or Kylie Minogue pretender that frequents University graduation dos up and down the country (speaking from experience), there's a standout tribute act that captivates the demands of the original band's loving fans. Case in point of the latter, more positive feeling is UK Foo... Continue Reading →
When a band describes themselves to me as 'loud, energetic, melodic' they essentially tick all three boxes in my musical listening criteria. This much goes for London-based rockers Vertebrae. The trio of Daire Mulvihill (vocals and guitar), Josh Clark (bass) and Jonny (drums), who was the latest addition earlier this year, are now based in... Continue Reading →
When Tennessee rockers Rusty Shipp were introduced to us as a combination of Beatles-esque songwriting and riff-heavy rockier influences like Muse and Nirvana, you can forgive us for getting a little bit excited. Of course, it's easy to put words and comparisons against any band, but the trio from Nashville more than justify the claims... Continue Reading →
Last night (Friday) we witnessed one of the best, most energetic nights of metal you're likely to see in London, including three fantastic up-and-coming British metal bands. We headed down to Boston Music Room, in Tufnell Park, to check out Rugby rockers wars opening up for south coast five-piece Acres, Essex's Create To Inspire and the... Continue Reading →
We're going all old school punk on you for this week's New Band of the Week, with South London rockers Pretty Pistol. The quartet of Laura (vocals), Billy (guitar), Rich (bass) and Emma (drums) have been together a little over a year and released debut EP Bones last month. We had a chat with lead vocalist... Continue Reading →
We hear about some weird and wacky stuff from bands sometimes, but when it comes to random musical influences they don't come much wackier than those of awesome new rock power trio Space Church. Fresh from supporting IDLES in Guildford earlier this month, we spoke to the band - Phil, Pat and Dan - that describes... Continue Reading →
A lot of bands will tell you they're built on friendship and brotherhood, but Surrey rockers Brightlight City probably have a better claim to this than most. Not only are they headed up by the vocalist double act of brothers Jamie and Justin Giarraputo, who also plays guitar, but lead guitarist Jono Staunton is Jamie's... 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 →
Bristol-based rockers The Vigil are the perfect embodiment of the trend of modern bands getting involved in every process of making, releasing and promoting their music. The quartet only recently finalised their current line-up, when enigmatic lead guitarist Robbie Schuck joined lead singer and guitarist Olly Smith, bassist Dom Mehigan and drummer Jamie Davenport. But... Continue Reading →
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