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Torche: "The album needed to sound and feel real"

30 July 2019

15 years into their career, and Floridian heavy metal band Torche are still finding ways to level up. Jonathan Nunez tells us about their new album, ‘Ad...

Yours Truly land in the UK: "This is our first ever international set"

29 July 2019

Australia is currently exporting some of the most promising pop-punk sounds around. More members of this bright contingency, Yours Truly are at Doningto...

Enter Shikari: "We know when we want to be going in the studio..."

26 July 2019

Rou Reynolds and Chris Batten stop by for a catch up.

Glitterer: "The hardest part about doing a new band is just letting people know you exist"

25 July 2019

Ned Russin from Title Fight has teamed up with (Sandy) Alex G for his debut album under the Glitterer moniker, ‘Looking Through the Shades’.

Alexisonfire: "Here is where we stand. Now is the time to fucking do it"

24 July 2019

Back in 2015, at Toronto’s Riot Fest, Wade MacNeil triumphantly declared that “Alexisonfire is officially back”. Rightly so, everyone excitedly took tha...

Here's everything you need to know about Crown The Empire's new album, 'Sudden Sky'

22 July 2019

Crown the Empire have just dropped their new album ‘Sudden Sky’, out now via Rise Records. Billed as “a digital representation of who we are at this mom...

Sum 41: "It's hard to find hope sometimes, but I think it's there"

19 July 2019

May 2014. Shocking images of Deryck Whibley are in the news, the Sum 41 frontman looking close to death following kidney and liver failure. Admitting to...

Lights: "Creativity is not formulated by genre; it's formulated by fucking mood swings"

18 July 2019

One of music’s most ambitious artists, Lights has spun her ever-expanding world of music, comics and stories into her stripped-back full-length, ‘Skin&Earth Acoustic’.

Back with an outstanding album and a new found clarity, Bleached are better than ever before

15 July 2019

Bleached plainly just don't do things by half. Finding herself at rock bottom shortly after 2016's ‘Welcome The Worms' release, singer/guitarist/lyricis...

Check out Ren from Petrol Girls' Teenage Kicks playlist, feat. Destiny’s Child, Avril Lavigne, Linkin Park and more

5 July 2019

When you load up Spotify, a great big chunk of the time you can’t think what to play, right? You default back to your old favourites, those albums and s...

Fangclub overcome their demons: "You're your own worst enemy"

4 July 2019

In the two years since Fangclub released their 2017 self-titled debut, singer Steven King has been through the wringer. Battling with addiction and depr...

Jamie Lenman discusses his most ambitious project yet, new album 'Shuffle'

3 July 2019

Moustachioed muso Jamie Lenman is one of rock's wildcards. A self-starting go-getter, over the years he's hosted his own festival (Lenmania), been a par...

WSTR: "We're the happiest we've ever been, we've found our sound"

2 July 2019

WSTR are currently riding high off the back of last summer’s new album ‘Identity Crisis’, and just about a million tour dates. Frontman Sammy Clifford,...

As It Is: "We're here just doing whatever the fuck we want"

1 July 2019

One of the most interesting and ambitious bands around at the moment, As It Is have experimented with everything from grand overarching concepts, to low...

Love is dead, and Doll Skin killed her

28 June 2019

Let's be clear, Dear Reader. Doll Skin aren't a band who are prepared to stick to the walls and keep their heads down. As they drop their new album, 'Lo...

The St. Pierre Snake Invasion have persevered for a stonking second record: "I was like, I will die if this album doesn't come out"

25 June 2019

Second albums proving to be difficult isn't a cliche without reason. But in the four years that it took The St. Pierre Snake Invasion to follow up their...

Mannequin Pussy reflect on life, love and heartbreak: "Love is my ultimate muse"

24 June 2019

Philadelphia favourites Mannequin Pussy are experts in portraying the highs and lows of love, heartbreak and moving on with noisy, super-relatable punk....

The LaFontaines: "The mission statement was to sonically kick your ears in"

21 June 2019

Starting the year out with support slots with Deaf Havana on tour, and Mike Shinoda at the super fancy Roundhouse in London, The LaFontaines are going l...

Boston Manor look ahead to album number three: "If 'Welcome To The Neighbourhood' was the fire, then this is the smoke and rubble"

20 June 2019

Upset tackles Boston Manor's Henry Cox backstage at Slam Dunk South for a chat about life since 'Welcome To The Neighbourhood', and new music...