It’s Slam Dunk time again – heralding the start of the festival season with the promise of sunny skies (hopefully) and sets from some of the biggest rock, pop punk and emo bands in the scene (definitely). We headed to Hatfield to see what’s in store this year. At the Slam Dunk stage, Head Automatica are battling…
It still feels weird seeing Holding Absence (7/10) playing rooms as big as this one, but at this point, it really shouldn’t – they’re at the top of their game, and judging by the roar as they come onstage, a good portion of the crowd are here just for them. The Welsh quartet take to the challenge…
We’re at a Fightstar show. No, you haven’t been sent back in time to 2008, so there’s no point trying to log in to MySpace. The band have reunited for a 20th anniversary show at the OVO Arena Wembley, their first time playing live since 2015. Frontman Charlie Simpson is probably best known for his…
Enter Shikari have come a long way since the Sorry You’re Not A Winner days. They’ve had a slow but steady rise, gradually moving to bigger rooms and higher festival slots, and now they’re here: headlining their biggest show to date at London’s iconic Wembley Arena. They open in an unusual way, with a spoken…
Following on from their return to the UK at Slam Dunk North and before they took to the stage at Slam Dunk South the following day, we caught up with Alexisonfire’s Jordan Hastings to find out what we can expect of their return… It’s been thirteen years since your last album. How does it feel…
