New Music Friday Round-Up: 25 January

Our first round-up of the week's best new music in 2019 - oops, been busy! - has been well worth the wait, with a host of great new tracks for you to wrap your ears around. This week, we have a series of great new EPs from British bands and a real treat of new... Continue Reading →

Introducing: Dino Skatepark

If you're thinking 'Dino Skatepark, that's a pretty damn cool name,' then you firmly have Bowling For Soup to thank for it - because the pop-punk legends picked it. As Kieran Franzone, bassist of the Long Island ska-punks told us: "When the original members were trying to decide on a name they narrowed it down... Continue Reading →

New Band of the Week: Reawaken

We've featured some amazing female singers on this site over the last couple of years, but the vocal power of Southampton newcomers Reawaken is right up there with the best of them. The five-piece combine high-powered energetic riffs and catchy rock choruses in support of the intoxicating vocal delivery of Meg Parkinson. Reawaken initially began as... Continue Reading →

Introducing: Fall Flavored

Some people are confused about French rockers Fall Flavored. The band have honed an edgy rock meets punk sound that it's hard not to love but, apparently, some are being led astray by the powerful vocals of lead singer Yasmine Senoussi. As guitarist Benji Delecourt tells us: "Some people think that it's a man singing... Continue Reading →

Introducing: Sound Drown

Canadian rockers Sound Drown are on a mission to rejuvenate the pop-punk genre, which they feel is being killed off by mainstream media. The quartet, from the port city of Saint John in New Brunswick, was originally formed by Brandon Wiseman (lead vocals and bass) back in 2014. He began testing the band's chemistry by playing... Continue Reading →

Introducing: Cuecliché

Just under a year ago Terry Rytz, deep into a nine-year hiatus from music, went along to see Blink-182 perform an acoustic show at The Rose Theatre in Kingston. The show was so good that it inspired him to get back onto the music wagon and a month or so later his new punk rock... Continue Reading →

Gig Review: Last Hounds, No Braver, Icarus Dive & From Idols To Ashes

In the nine months I've been writing about new bands and going to see them play gigs, nothing gives me more pleasure than meeting bands who not only rock out fairly intimate venues and are truly talented at what they do, but are also genuinely the nicest people you could meet. This was true of... Continue Reading →

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