The final day of Download Festival 2024 is, judging by many comments online from attendees and those who wish they were going alike, “the most stacked” line up of any day on this years’ festival. Perhaps it is no coincidence that it was also the first part of the festival (RIP packages aside), to sell…
48 hours is a long time in the music industry. Since we published our preview of the first part of Download Festival 2024, we’ve had over half a dozen bands – Pest Control, Scowl, Speed, Zulu, Overpower and Negative Frame, and then slightly later Ithaca – decide to drop off various parts of the Download…
With the main line up for the 2024 Download Festival complete, the team at Download HQ (including our friends Jenny and Dannika, who you will be able to read an in-depth interview with very soon) have been hard at work putting together the District X line up. For those not familiar with District X, it…
Download 2024 is go! Following in the footsteps of other European festivals like Rock AM Ring and Nova Rock over the last week or so, the Download Festival team have unleashed the bulk of the 2024 Line up in one huge announcement. For the first time since 2012, the Download Festival has two new headliners…
Slam Dunk Festival truly means the start of the UK festival season. Yes, there are a few events before (such as the excellent Takedown Festival), but the May bank holiday weekend with thousands of pop punk, emo and metal fans descending on Hatfield and Leeds is truly when things kick off for the UK alternative…
“The boys are back in town, we’re gonna party down, ‘cos here comes Bowling For Soup”. An intro song known well across the UK for many years, heard one more time as Texas’ favourite pop punk quartet Bowling For Soup hit the stage at Slam Dunk for their first appearance since 2017. With a set…
Our favourite pop punk group from Texas are back! Fresh off attracting huge crowds at Slam Dunk Festival in Hatfield and especially Leeds over the weekend, Bowling For Soup have confirmed their return to the UK for a huge tour early next year. What’s more, they are teaming up with their Slam Dunk Dickies Stage…
It’s that time again! A brand new instalment of our weekly playlist feature is now here for your listening pleasure. As they often have been in recent times, our latest playlist is topped off by new tracks from both Metallica and As Everything Unfolds. The former have unleashed the title track of their new album…
It’s playlist time once again! Another twenty new tracks are here on the Rock Sins playlist for your listening pleasure. As has been the case multiple times over the last few months, we are kicking off with the latest banger from High Wycombe’s finest As Everything Unfolds. Flip Side gets the party started in the…
It’s time once again for a new installment of the Rock Sins Weekly Playlist! Your regular source for the best new singles in the world of alternative music is back with another selection of new tunes, covering everything from post-metal to pop punk! This time out we have new singles from the likes of Jimmy…
Our friends in Bowling For Soup, especially frontman Jaret Reddick, have been very open about struggles with mental health in recent years. Encouraging everyone to talk about how they’re feeling has been one of Jaret’s central messages, and that message is furthered with their latest release. Bowling For Soup have released a music video for…
It’s been six years since BOWLING FOR SOUP graced our ear holes with a new record, and it’s fair to say a lot has changed within the band in that time. Their latest album Pop Drunk Snot Bread (a very clever play on words there) bears the weight not only of expectation, but reflecting what…
