INFLUENCES: Civil Villains

La Dispute – ‘No One Was Driving the Car’

Post-hardcore legends La Dispute have released their first album in six years – or rather, they have just finished releasing it. ‘No One Was Driving the Car’, an exploration of social and psychological decay, has been steadily releasing over the past three months. The album is split into

2000 Trees Festival 2025 – Saturday

2000 Trees Festival 2025 – Friday

LIVE: 2000Trees Friday

By eight am, it’s too hot to stay in a tent. The stages are packed before lunchtime and we are raring to go for another day at Trees. Dashing between patches of shade, we’re hyped and hydrated for our Friday. Words: Kate Allvey and Rob Dand  //  Photos: Penny Bennett

LIVE: 2000Trees Saturday

We’re older and wiser as Saturday dawns across the Cotswolds; our suncream is applied, the clashfinders have been checked, and we’re ready to kick the final epic day of Trees into gear! Words: Kate Allvey and Rob Dand  //  Photos: Penny Bennett and Paul Lyme Gen and the Degenerates “Cool is

Slam Dunk Festival 2024

LIVE: Slam Dunk Festival 2024 @ Hatfield Park, UK

It’s that time of year again. Festival Season is upon us, and what better way to start the period than with a sunny day in Hatfield. This years Slam Dunk lineup is by no means shabby, featuring some of our faves to serenade us as we get sloppily sentimental

Top 25 Albums of the Year

The end of a decade: The most unmissable albums of the past 10 years

Every decade has its defining sound. In the 90s, you had Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’, while the 2000s brought us Blink 182’s ‘Enema Of The State’, Slipknot’s ‘Iowa’ and My Chemical Romance’s ‘Welcome to the Black Parade’ – so it’s only fitting that the current decade has plenty of albums of