While Courtney Barnett’s endeavours will likely always be judged against her acclaimed debut Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, it’s not like they can’t st ...

What a day to be a fan of Irish post-punk in Manchester! A brand new Fontaines D.C. album and a big show from Gurriers, both on the same day? It’s like Christmas two months early! It’s great to see ...

PISS is Taylor Zantingh on vocals, Tyler Paterson on guitar, Gavin Moya on bass), and Garreth Roberts on drums. Their debut was recorded back in early 2025 by Colin Stewart at Hive Creative Labs. As ...

That all circles back to the original point made, and how Windwaker aren’t some radical trailblazers redefining the genre as we know it. They’re as locked in on the tropes and conventions as anyone ...

Fontaines D.C. aren’t there yet, but some rumblings would suggest that people are already preparing for it. Fortunately, Dopamine Chamber dissuades those misgivings…to a point. This isn’t some clean ...

It’s a near-total renovation, tightly grasping newfound positivity and winding up more uplifted than even Stand Atlantic’s earliest work. And that’s in no uncertain terms; it’s right from the ...

With the year’s release slate starting properly this month, a slew of ‘bigger back in the day’ artists dropped their latest stabs at relevance. Olly Alexander put out his first record fully away from ...

As far as legacy acts who usually occupy a couple of main stage spots go, clearly no expense has been spared here. It can be pretty rare to catch glassjaw in the wild these days, and while a ...

There’s just no slowing Cancer Bats down, is there? Not even a month ago, they were last in Bristol as part of their UK jaunt as Bat Sabbath; since then, they’ve released a whole new album and are ...

Want more Download Festival? Check out our full review and galleries of Saturday and Sunday. You don’t need to be especially perceptive to notice how much Download ...

The nerve—the sheer, barefaced fucking temerity—of Skillet to release an album called Revolution. To be revolutionary, you need to know how to make progress, which has always been a vast impossibility ...