In its twenty first year you’d be forgiven for thinking that Rebellion Festival would be starting to feel a bit jaded and stale but thanks to some nifty nips and tucks in recent times the world’s largest celebration of punk is as fresh as the proverbial...
There’s an anomaly in Surya that has to be pointed out. The green room is the same size as the actual venue. It’s a bit weird but at least it means the bands don’t play sardines trying to get changed. The other notable thing about Surya...
Junior & As The Sun Sleeps - The Meze Lounge, Newport With 2017 quickly becoming the year that is ushering in a renewed fondness for all things pop punk, tonight’s show, that pounded away aside a dingy back alley in Newport, did nothing...
The Kut, JoanOvArc, Syteria & Screech Bats - Club 85, Hitchin Billing this four band line up as a women in rock event might have been mildly eyebrow raising to some but Club 85 in Hitchin is a fantastic venue that has a layout and sound...
Skindred, Raging Speedhorn & Evarose - O2 Academy, Oxford Local emo punk outfit Evarose open up the proceedings with their undeniable energy getting a warm reception from the crowd who seem to be out and about early tonight. They're...
Jizzy Pearl’s - Love/Hate – The Bullingdon, Oxford It may be April Fool’s day but tonight is no joke. Back in the dim mists of time (the summer of 1990 to be exact), before MP3s and as CDs had started to outsell vinyl, I was introduced...
Anti-Clone - Circle Basement, Lincoln The basement of the Circle Club played host to Anti-Clone’s sold out debut album launch party at the start of May. To describe the venue as small is an understatement, but the claustrophobic underground...
Combichrist, Rabia Sorda & Filter - The Marble Factory, Bristol It is almost the raison d'être of this converted shed on the outskirts of the Bristol City Centre (even more so than London’s Slimelight), and is almost a perfect venue for tonight’s...
Live: Nightwish, Arch Enemy & Amorphis Amorphis Security was tight at the Wembley arena, no doubt in the wake of the Paris attacks. Long queues and full pat downs for every patron meant that a significant portion of the crowd were still...
Butcher Babies & Sumo Cyco - Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes It’s my first time at the Craufurd Arms and first impressions are good. I get to park ten feet from the front door, the bar staff are excellent and the décor although wearing...
