Features In pictures: The faces of Manchester Punk Festival These are just some of the diehard punks that made it out to Manchester Punk Festival last weekend...
Features Growth, grunge and going against the grain: How Ocean Grove became an “antidote to the mundane” As Melbourne shapeshifters Ocean Grove prepare to release third album Up In The Air Forever, vocalist Dale Tanner reflects on the band’s unexpected journey…
Features Bay Watch: Entry In this week’s edition of Bay Watch, we catch up with Entry vocalist Sara G to get the lowdown on her hardcore upbringing and the band’s electrifying abrasion…
Features Softcult: “We feel a responsibility – almost a desperation – to change things before our time is over” From hard-hitting lyrics to their very own zine addressing important topics, Softcult have already started making an impact. And as sisters Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn continue building momentum, soon there will be no stopping them…
Features Why Download Festival 2022 will be the most accessible ever Ahead of the first full-capacity Download in three years, organisers have announced a host of site improvements to ensure that festival-goers with disabilities will get the most from rock’s biggest weekend. We sit down with accessibility representative Katie Hester to get the inside track…
Features From David Bowie to Ozzy Osbourne: The icons who inspired Creeper’s Will Gould If you want theatrics, Creeper have got ’em. But where do they get it from? Frontman Will Gould identifies the icons who made him want to be a star…
Music Inside Cold Years’ Goodbye To Misery: “We finally wrote the record we wanted and needed to write” Following excellent 2020 debut Paradise, Cold Years have broken free from the “constraints” of punk rock with glorious second album Goodbye To Misery. And with dream tour slots also on the horizon, everything is falling into place…
Screen For Me 5 TV series and movies to watch while hunting down the Easter Bunny to harvest its glorious eggs From bloodthirsty Viking warriors to clumsy sabre-toothed squirrels, here’s what you need to be watching this weekend.
Features Bay Watch: Drain To kick off our new series showcasing the best of the Californian hardcore scene, we introduce you to Santa Cruz heroes Drain and their sun-soaked slabs of savagery…
Features In pictures: Creeper cause chaos in The K! Pit Relive Creeper’s life-affirming performance in The K! Pit with Dead Man’s Fingers Rum.
Features Cancer Bats: Liam Cormier’s track-by-track guide to Psychic Jailbreak Frontman Liam Cormier breaks down every song on Cancer Bats’ seventh album, Psychic Jailbreak.
Features Mortality, mess and making it through: Inside Prince Daddy & The Hyena’s new album Following a van crash in 2018, Kory Gregory became obsessed with the idea of impermanence. And on Prince Daddy & The Hyena’s brilliant new self-titled LP, he’s found the perfect avenue to let those feelings loose…
Culture In pictures: Extinction Rebellion’s mass protest in London We headed to central London for the first day of Extinction Rebellion’s mass demonstrations, and this is what we saw…
Features Remembering Slipknot’s Paul Gray, in pictures Slipknot founder, bassist and songwriter Paul Gray would have been 50 years old today…
Features daine: “I used to think that only weird people liked my music… but maybe it can be for everyone” Oli Sykes is a fan, while she’s found a mentor in Charli XCX. And now, with her brand of ‘future emo’, Aussie star daine is ready for the rest of the world to catch on, too…
Features Kulick: Why being ‘half-deaf’ hasn’t stopped me making music Rising pop-rocker Kulick was born half-deaf, but in picking up the guitar and singing about his journey, he’s silenced the doubters and the bullies, in the process becoming an exciting new voice in the alternative scene…
