Over the last few years, there seems to have been a great number of so-called ‘US radio-rock’ bands starting to make bigger and bigger waves over on European shores, with the likes of Shinedown and their ilk now sitting comfortably towards the top of festival bills and playing ever-increasingly huge tours. Halestorm are one such…
Ever since first taking place all the way back in 1999 as a spin-off sister-event to the by then well-established Reading Festival, it’s safe to say that Leeds Festival has by now grown alongside its elder sibling to become one of the biggest annual events in the UK’s music festival calendar. With the 2018 edition…
If you were to look back over the landscape of rock music since the turn of the millennium, then chances are you’d likely come across The Gaslight Anthem, and more specifically their second studio album The ’59 Sound. Lauded by critics at the time of release back in the summer of 2008, the record would…
Of all the young metal bands who made their breakthrough in the early to mid 2000’s, few have had quite as tough a time as Welsh outfit Bullet For My Valentine, who arrived kicking and screaming with an early run of genre-defining albums like The Poison and Scream Aim Fire, only to gradually slip into…
When your day job involves packing out arenas and festivals alongside the likes of Alter Bridge and Slash, putting out a deeply personal mostly-acoustic album inspired by classic blues and country music might sound like a bit of a stretch, but that’s exactly what Myles Kennedy has come up with. Rumours of the frontman actually…
Words by Jack Fermor-Worrell. Photos by Cait Maxwell. If you were a fan of pop-punk back in the mid-2000’s, then chances are you might remember the Get Happy Tour – a package fronted by Texas rockers Bowling For Soup and featuring the likes of Son Of Dork, Wheatus, The Bloodhound Gang and more as supports…
As frontman for The Gaslight Anthem, singer Brian Fallon has made a career out of crafting massive blue-collar rock anthems in the vein of greats like Bruce Springsteen and playing them to fanatical audiences across the world. When that band went on hiatus a couple of years ago, he also delighted fans by releasing a…
In terms of surprise returns to have occurred in recent times, perhaps one of the most unexpected bands to make their comeback is MÖNGÖL HÖRDE – the hardcore punk side project of folk-punk singer-songwriter extraordinaire Frank Turner, former MILLION DEAD drummer Ben Dawson and guitarist Matt Nasir (best known as the keyboard player in Turner’s…
Folk-punk hero Frank Turner has announced the re-emergence of his hardcore punk side-project Möngöl Hörde and a short UK tour! Nowadays, the vast majority of rock fans are probably most familiar with Frank Turner from either his brilliant career of folk-punk albums as a solo artist and with backing band The Sleeping Souls, or his…
As we continue through a rather wet and windy January, it’s time for the latest entry in our End Of Year Awards, this time courtesy of one of our senior writers, Jack Fermor-Worrell. Over to you Jack! Album of the Year: Eternity, In Your Arms – Creeper This year was rather unique for me in…
If you listened to a lot of rock radio stations in the early years of the 2000s, then chances are you’ll be familiar with Seether. The South African band made a huge splash, particularly in the US, with massive anthems like Fine Again, Broken, Remedy and Fake It, and have continued going relatively strong to…
Since the dawn of the 00’s, there’ve been few bands who seem to have had the continuing success of Iowa five-piece Stone Sour. Having produced some genuine modern classics since the release of their self-titled debut in 2002, including the beloved Come What(ever) May in 2006, the band have once again returned to ignite the rock world…
