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Venue: The Black Heart, Camden Date: 24.5.18 Support, Group of Man, møl It’s a younger crowd descending on the Black Heart than we’re used to seeing, a testament to the high energy blackened hardcore that tonight’s headliners, Bristol’s Svalbard, have been playing for nigh on a decade now. It’s heartening to see the ‘next’ generation of bands drawing in the ‘next’ generation of fans, and there’s a sense that the four piece are set to step over the threshold from...

Andrew 'Maggot' Major has swapped his trackies for a sharp suit and taken up a position with a top Welsh financial services company.

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac tribute band. Rumours of Fleetwood Mac is probably the closest you can get to seeing Fleetwood Mac without seeing Fleetwood Mac.

Venue: Roundhouse, Camden Date: 12th - 15th May 2018 Writer: Megan White @whatmegandid This year was the second edition of Frank Turner’s Lost Evenings at Camden’s Roundhouse – a four night residency at the stunning 1,700-capacity venue, surrounded by a medley of supporting events at The Monarch, Dingwalls and other venues dotted along Chalk Farm Road. The first night of the festival, entitled New and Old, was kicked off in fine fashion by the Sleeping Souls. Frank burst onto the...

In the most significant development in the four-year planning battle, the Take That star is set to go ahead with plans for a subterranean extension

Venue: Scala, London Date: 10.5.18 Support: Rattle, Ana Da Silva Photos: Grant Bailey Protomartyr have never heard of final-night lethargy. Tonight's Scala crowd have packed themselves in for a show, and Joe Casey and his crew or hangdog punks are going to give it to them. The band came for a whistlestop tour of the UK last week in support of their latest EP, Consolation, and to give some of their freshest cuts an airing in front of a devoted audience....

After months of anticipation, La Luz's lush, lysergic new album Floating Features is finally out today. Shot through with rays of smoggy LA sunshine, the record navigates disorienting dreamscapes throughout its 11 tracks--particularly ‘Mean Dream’, which has a new music video from director Ryan D. Browne. La Luz have just begun a massive 35-date North American tour. The band return to the UK this September and October - full list of dates below. La Luz UK Tour Dates 09.24.18 -...

It's 2018 and the World is on its knees. Ask British folk singer Jay McAllister about it and he'll tell you that “the world is dying. Shit is getting serious".  Ask punk poet Sean McGowan and he'll say it's all "daylight robbery, mad men on a muggery, lifetime of monotony, it’s a fixed lottery, burdened to bottom feed, banished to poverty, worship celebrity?… Nah I don’t think so". Arc of Triumph released their debut album last year making chilling warnings about the...

A new Protomartyr EP is coming. The Detroit post punk posse have announced the new release, titled Consolation E.P., which they recorded in part with friend Kelley Deal and will be released June 15th via Domino. Two of the four songs feature Deal on vocals alongside singer Joe Casey, including ‘Wheel of Fortune’, which receives a video today directed by Yoonha Park (who directed the band's video for ‘Don't Go To Anacita’).  The EP was recorded by Deal's R.Ring bandmate Mike Montgomery. Joe Casey and Kelley Deal had...