GALLERY: Butcher Babies – ‘NIGHTBLOOM’

During the spring, up at the lake, the birds make nests. If you head up there early morning, you can watch the hatchlings take to the water. They’re yellow, fluffy and cute. Within a few weeks that picture begins to change. They start to grow. They become →

GALLERY: Fifty Years of Punk with Bandcamp

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GALLERY: Split Dogs – ‘Nice N’ Rough’

Three albums in, and Split Dogs are hitting their stride. If we’re being picky though, ‘strut’ would be a far better verb for the kind of energy that they’re putting out: a dirty cocktail of garage punk and the big-haired charisma of seventies stadium superstars. ‘Nice N Rough’ is →

GALLERY: Gallus – ‘Life Is Bliss’

There are a few things in music that have a direct path to the pleasure centre of my brain. Fuzzed out bass, high energy riffs, and a filthy Glaswegian accent are all at the top of that list. What a treat to have all three served to me →

GALLERY: Retrospective: Weezer – ‘Pinkerton’

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GALLERY: Summer Wars – ‘CLOSER THAN IT SEEMS’

The sun is setting. It’s like a memory. You’re standing on a hillside, with a paper aeroplane.  With all your might, you throw it. The plane takes flight, it drifts and sails on the breeze, but it doesn’t exactly soar. Do you have another throw, or do →

GALLERY: ’50 Years Of Punk’: Punk was never about the music, it is a way of life…

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GALLERY: Honey Revenge – ‘Loving And Losing’

Honey Revenge have grown up, dusted themselves off in the wake of their debut and decided to make a sophomore album that’s (nearly) entirely dance bangers. What more can you ask for from our favourite pop-rock duo? They’re still walking the line between guilty pleasure therapy delivered via clubbing →

GALLERY: The Meffs – ‘Business’

If there was such a thing as a 2026 Punk Championship, The Meffs would be contenders for the heavyweight title… or gold medal, or trophy in the shape of John Lydon. It’s only been four years since they crashed onto the scene, and the diminutive duo are only growing →

GALLERY: LIVE: ArcTanGent 2026 – Saturday

ArcTanGent 2026 was always set to be an emotional one, with fans of the more niche end of the underground scene gracing the grounds of Fernhill Farm for the last time. Tickets sold out not long after the announcement that the festival would be moving to new pastures for →

GALLERY: Scene Queen – ‘METALICIOUS’

Pink is the colour. Barbie pink, bubble-gum pink, it has so many connotations. Scene Queen, Hannah Collins to her friends, embraces them all. With her new EP ‘Metalicious’ she’s embracing something else too, metal. Over six tracks she’s exploring the heavier side of her sound; Bimbocore never →

GALLERY: Midnight Swim – ‘MIDNIGHT SWIM’

The heatwave never seems to end. Perhaps you’re lucky enough to live near an open body of water. You might know of the dangers. The air heats quickly but the water is cold. Leap in, and you might get a shock. You might have a cardiac arrest. →

GALLERY: Arctangent 2026 – Friday

GALLERY: LIVE: ArcTanGent 2026 – Friday

ArcTanGent 2026 was always set to be an emotional one, with fans of the more niche end of the underground scene gracing the grounds of Fernhill Farm for the last time. Tickets sold out not long after the announcement that the festival would be moving to new pastures for →

GALLERY: Showing Teeth – ‘A Fate Worse Than Loneliness’

It’s a dream, or maybe a nightmare. You’ve just spent your weekend at the dentist, resulting in an unforeseen, and rather painful repair that leaves you feeling under the weather. Then, you receive a call, it’s from your editor. You really must cover the debut EP from →

GALLERY: Arctangent 2026 – Thursday

GALLERY: LIVE: ArcTanGent 2026 – Thursday

ArcTanGent 2026 was always set to be an emotional one, with fans of the more niche end of the underground scene gracing the grounds of Fernhill Farm for the last time. Tickets sold out not long after the announcement that the festival would be moving to new pastures for →

GALLERY: Chat Pile – ‘Who Loves The Sun’

There’s something innately American about Chat Pile. It helps that they’re based in Oklahoma. This is the Wild West, where the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye – Uncle Sam’s territory. But Chat Pile has seldom sought comfort in their hometown. Their debut album ‘God’s Country’ features →

GALLERY: LIVE: AFI, TR/ST @ Manchester Academy 1

Sometimes, you become a fan of something, and are forced to wait YEARS for the next instalment. Euphoria season 3? Four years. Chinese Democracy? Fourteen years. Winds of Winter? Fifteen years and counting! And yet, AFI take the lead on all of those, as it’s been SIXTEEN YEARS →

GALLERY: AFI, TR/ST @ Manchester Academy 1