Monday, Nov 2, 2026
Documenting the madness
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It’s October which means it’s time to return to the darkside! (spooky gig reviewing). This time round, it's a three-piece sibling rock band from Oklahoma, Skating Polly. Skating Polly (SP) formed as a sibling duo, Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse, when they were just 9 and 14 years
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DragonForce, the power metal sensation known for their blazing guitar solos and epic anthems, recently embarked on their latest tour for their new album “Warp Speed Warriors”. Now I’m not going to lie, power metal is not my usual jam. But I’d heard through a good few others that
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Lowertown’s performance at Brighton’s ratty Green Door Store was kind of like finding the soundtrack to accompany that perfectly dated defining Halloween moment that you see a lot in 80s movies. The Dirty Hit signed duo, Olivia O. and Avsha, were joined by their band for a night
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Keeping the veins of the UK full of that Manchester rock, the 5-piece Pastel are mid-way through their headline tour. Here are some photos of the lads in the big smoke.
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We ventured down in the torrential rain to find out what all the fuss was about. With the likes of Patrick Topping, Gorgon City, Fisher and Sam Divine in charge of keeping spirits lifted, we were never in doubt of the outcome. It was as wild, delusional and outright bonkers throu
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The kempt courtyard of Strand’s neoclassical art gallery- Somerset House- was just a complimentary accessory for French psych-punk rock band La Femme. At 21:00 on a random Thursday night in central London, the superchic quintet performed twenty of their most prominent worldly war
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The Cat Empire are back touring the UK. And like many others at tonight's gig at Bristols Marble Factory, I was looking forward to it, but I was a little apprehensive at the same time... As most Cat Empire fans will be aware, the band's last tour in the UK had to be cut short bac
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Alongside cancel culture comes an attitude for being best-dressed whilst creating the most sonic mess for your record label. Sometimes it’s pretty cool and works. Sometimes it’s embarrassing and you’re the family's disappointment. Acts of rage caused the rebellion against three
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“ Poet first and everything else second ” is the well-known motto of Variety’s 2021 Decade Award winner, Lana Del Rey. Hearing the words ‘alternative’ and ‘music’ next to each other doesn’t typically trigger a hazy vintage-Americana dream-world of Del Ray. So how did she manage t
