Allow me, if you will, to get on my soapbox and shout about all the bloody brilliant music that has come out this year. If you’re willing to listen – not to me mind, to the music – you will find that 2019 has been one of the best years of the decade and as the 10s draw to their eventual but inevitable close, join me as we look at my top 20 (ish, I cheated) albums and five EPs of the year.
Whenever post-metal royalty such as Cult Of Luna come to town, it is always a special occasion. Even more so when the supporting cast is as impressive as it was on this evening in London. It is a crying shame that the room is barely even a third full for A.A. Williams’ set. Opening with…
2000 Trees. Recently dubbed by Kerrang the UK’s best mid-sized festival, and once you’ve read this review of 2000 Trees 2019, you might well be inclined to agree with them. Our man on the ground Sam Savigny presents extensive coverage of all three days of the festival, following his earlier highlight summaries of Thursday, Friday…
Hot off the press from 2000 Trees 2019, here’s our highlights from the second day of the festival. A full report to follow once the festival has finished. If you missed them yesterday, you can catch up on the highlights from day one of 2000 Trees here. Not suffering from any sound gremlins were the…
When a band waits over three years to release their debut album it adds an air of pressure to the release. After the years of hard work it would be easy for the album to fall below expectations and difficult for a fan base has given so much back to the band to have those…
Bloodstock aren’t the only festival who’ve dropped a whopper of an announcement today. ArcTanGent, Bristol’s wonderful collection of postrock, shoegaze and hardcore bands merged into a three day festival near Bristol (taking place the week after Bloodstock, in case anyone wants to do both), have unleashed an almighty festival announcement. They have added a gigantic…
