With barely a week’s notice, it was announced that Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes were to hold 3 intimate evenings of acoustic shows exclusively for Snakepit members, in Manchester, Edinburgh and Brighton. For the uninitiated, the Snakepit is a very closely knit, almost cult-like community, made up of the most dedicated Rattlesnakes fans. It was…
We had such a blast at Leeds Festival with some of our highlights including the mighty Bring Me The Horizon, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Cassyette, Tigress and many more. Photographer Matt Higgs documented the weekend and you can check out our photo highlights in the live photo gallery below – enjoy! Hear about our…
After a late night on Friday at Leeds Festival’s home of Bramham Park, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (8.5/10) are a much needed shot of early morning adrenaline. They get off to a slightly rocky start, with the wind all but washing away the first half of opening track, My Town. Not that it seems…
Kicking off her UK tour in London at Camden’s Underworld tonight, Cassyette has released her brand new single, Mayhem, via her own independent label Devil Land. The explosive, punk-inspired, heartbreak track, follows her previous release Behind Closed Doors with Kid Brunswick, which was premiered on BBC Radio 1 last year. 2021 saw Cassyette make her…
This year’s secret set at Reading and Leeds Festival was the legendary Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – a band who are no strangers to the stage (or the crowd, or the middle of any venue they play in matter of fact). Photographer Stuart Garneys caught their return to the festival at the Reading’s Richfield…
There were tears, cheers and plenty of beers flowing at what will be known as Download Festival’s historic pilot event, which took place 18th-20th June, with a reduced capacity of 10,000 fans and just two stages. When the Download Pilot was announced we couldn’t quite believe it; live music was making a return with a…
Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes performed at Brixton Academy the other weekend and nobody showed up….or so the Daily Mail would probably have you believe if Frank Carter had tried to feed some hungry children. No, the performance in the empty room at Brixton Academy is a result of a band making the best of…
Continuing with our annual end of year awards, this time it’s the turn of Rachael Griffiths, our Assistant Live Editor and one of our team of photographers. Here’s her thoughts on 2016. Album Of The Year: LetLive – If I’m The Devil Perhaps an unsurprising one to start with, given my bias towards LetLive. A…
After the release of their début album Anthems, Pure Love set out on a UK wide headline tour. Rocksins had a chance to chat with Frank Carter and Jim Carroll before the band took the stage in Glasgow. What was the initial idea you had when you started Pure Love? Frank Carter: We just wanted to start…
