Co-headliners can be a tricky business. Finding two bands who work cohesively with their musical styles without being too similar, and finding artists with egos in check so as not to demand headlining status nightly can be a great task for a booking agent or promoter.
It’s time once again for Slam Dunk to kick off the festival season. Returning to Hatfield house with its biggest line up yet, Slam Dunk looked set to get the season going with a bang and it did not disappoint. Whether it was the traditional pop-punk bands, NOFX’s Punk In Drublic festival or the amazing hardcore bands on…
It’s that time of year again, Slam Dunk Festival is back to kick off festival season, bringing their biggest line up yet. Alongside returning to Hatfield House for the second year, the festival has also moved to a brand new site in Leeds at Temple Newsam Park. Other changes this year include alternating stages meaning…
Slam Dunk Festival 2019 is now just a handful of days away (seriously, how did it get so close so quickly?!) and we cannot wait. To help get you all in the mood for Slam Dunk, we’ve got a playlist for you all to spin. Featuring twenty six epic songs you might well hear across…
We’re only a few weeks into 2019 but Slam Dunk haven’t finished announcing bands for this years’ addition of the festival adding Plain White T’s and Hellogoodbye to the line up, who penned the hits “Hey There Delilah” and “Here (In Your Arms)” respectively, with Forrest Klein of Hellogoodbye being particularly giddy to be playing…
This weeks’ installment of the Rock Sins Spotify playlist is once again jam packed with great new singles, tracks from upcoming and recently released albums, and a few old favourites thrown in for good measure. Kicking things off with the mighty Architects “Nihilist”, we feature songs from a number of albums recently released by bands…
Continuing our summary of the great and the good (and the not so good) from 2016, our writer and photographer Connor Morris takes his turn to step up to the plate with his 2016 End of Year Awards. Over to you Connor! 1) Album Of The Year – Touche Amore – Stage Four In a…
As far as festival announcements go, you don’t get much bigger than this. The 2017 Download Festival have only gone and added a whopping FORTY EIGHT bands to the line up for this years’ event. There are some huge bands in this announcement so it’s tough to know where to start, but a good place…
It’s been almost two weeks since Surrey rockers Cavalier took home the gong for winning the last Rock Sins video of the week, so we thought it was about time for the next instalment! First up this time are a favourite of certain members of the Rock Sins staff. Post-hardcore outfit with an artful difference,…
Rock Sins was very lucky to be granted full access to shoot this years’ Hevy Fest at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent last week. Featuring a wide array of bands from both sides of the Atlantic, including headliners Coheed & Cambria, Fightstar and Stick To Your Guns, as well as the likes of…