The production is powerful and there is a slick sense of self; this is an accessible, artistic metal record, filled with strong songs. ‘Sunder’ is a portrait of distress and despair painted with the ...

I’ – the band’s admirably ambitious collaboration with Chelsea Wolfe – prevented the passing of a near-decade of Converge-less time, the wait for a new Converge album proper has never been greater.

JON SHEASBY CHRONICLES THE CHAOS OF THE MTV2 GENERATION. In ‘Teenage Dirtbags: A Brief History of the MTV2 Generation’, Jon Sheasby has written a gritty retrospective of the a ...

It’s no surprise that DIY punk supergroup YAKKIE’s debut offering, ‘Kill The Cop Inside Your Head’, is a political, feminist melting pot of anti-capitalist rage. The band is fronted by Dream Nails ...

Gogol Bordello have drawn on so, so much from their musical heritage to make this album, passing beyond the gypsy-punk label and through to glorious self-definition. We’ve got the gorgeous Madness ...

A new Mariachi El Bronx album can’t have been on many bingo cards for 2026, right? The sincere mariachi alter-egos of The Bronx have taken over a decade away from the spotlight, and the announcement ...

Owen Paulls is no stranger to navigating the alternative landscape across multiple mediums. From touring the DIY circuit behind the kit to crafting detailed black and grey realism on skin across ...

Baking a cake is a simple thing. Two eggs, two hundred grams of flour, sugar and margarine, all mixed together and gently cooked for thirty minutes. An easy recipe. The results are fairly consistent, ...

Joyce Manor have distilled the sound of watching gentrification happen to your favourite grimy neighbourhood into Californian punk gold. Their sixth album, ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’ drips with ...

The Hara are back with their sophomore studio record, and they’re funnelling their fire into personal resistance. Well, “back” is a bit of a stretch as they’ve been releasing a steady string of ...

If memory serves me right, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a Kid Kapichi show in Leeds that hasn’t been a sell out. Tonight is no exception. With the release of their latest album ‘Fearless Nature’, ...

Anticipation is a terrible thing. Anticipation breeds disappointment. So, when Sick Joy announced their first album in three years, it would make sense not to be excited. It would be a bad idea to ...