Drug Church turn the Electric Ballroom into beautiful chaos! Drug Church’s biggest headline show yet feels every bit as chaotic as you’d hope. The Electric Ballroom is rammed, sweaty and in near-constant motion as the band tear through their abrasive collision of hardcore aggression, jagged riffs and huge melodic hooks. It’s a barrier show, so…
Over the years, 2000 Trees has developed a reputation for being a totally unique and utterly enchanting festival experience, with a consistently stacked and varied line-up, a distinctively inimitable stage set in a forest for huge names to cultivate sets that feel intimate and special and an incomparable feeling of community, and it comes as…
For a band that’s spent the best part of three decades defying expectations, Biffy Clyro headlining Finsbury Park feels surprisingly overdue. They’ve conquered festivals, topped charts and quietly become one of Britain’s most dependable live acts, but tonight has the unmistakable air of a coronation. With a stacked supporting bill and thousands of fans filling…
Takedown Festival 2026 returned to Portsmouth Guildhall to kick off festival season and offer a selection of newer bands and more established bands, with a resulting balanced lineup of well-loved artists and exciting new music, to discover across the two days. The multi-room format encouraged constant movement between stages and a variety of high-production sets…
Last night at O2 Academy Brixton felt less like a gig and more like being caught in a controlled electrical storm. From the moment the lights dropped, there was this low, simmering anticipation that snapped into chaos as the Muse tore into their opener—no slow build, no easing in, just immediate, full-throttle intensity. What stood…
Tucked into the heart of Islington,The Grace has built a reputation as a proving ground for bands on the cusp, an intimate room where momentum either translates or fizzles out. Snake Eyes were very much in the former camp. Touring their debut album Cash Rich a record already noted for its “gritty and dense bass lines” and…
In the heart of Highbury, where the pulse of London’s underground music scene beats strongest, The Garage transformed into a sweat-drenched cauldron of sound on Friday, October 24. Mouth Culture, the Leicester-based alt-rock trio who’s been steadily clawing their way from festival sidelines to headline status, delivered a performance that felt less like a gig…
With the bank holiday weekend over and the end of August here, for many of us it marks the end of festival season, with Reading and Leeds Festival being one of these big markers. So as we say goodbye to summer you can relive some of our favourite rock and alternative bands at Leeds Festival,…
Halfway through the US leg of the Long Live The Black Parade tour, My Chemical Romance make a triumphant return to their hometown of New Jersey. Headlining Metlife Stadium for the first time and even being presented with a key to the city by Mayor of Belleville, home to three of the band members to…
Fresh from their headline set at 2000trees, closing out this year’s festival the night before, Canadian legends Alexisonfire still on a high, brought all the energy to London’s Brixton Academy show. We sent photographer Sarah Louise Bennett along to capture all the action – of which the night was of course full of. Check out…