Alexisonfire – Alexandra Palace, London

Alexisonfire played a handful of live shows around the world after heir hiatus. Following the release of a new track ‘Familiar Drugs’ (2019, Dine Alone Music) earlier this year, the first one in around a decade, and the announcement of a small tour which included one UK date in London, the Canadian post-hardcore outlet returnedContinue reading “Alexisonfire – Alexandra Palace, London”

All Points East – Bring Me The Horizon

Bring Me The Horizon headlined the All Points East Festival in London. Following the debut in 2018, the All Points East festival which is a ten-day festival, returned to Victoria Park at the end of May. Offering an eclectic mix of music across two weekends with free arts, film and food events in between. OneContinue reading “All Points East – Bring Me The Horizon”

Bring Me The Horizon – BRITS Week and War Child

Every year, the BRITS team up with O2 in order to offer a week of intimate shows with big artist to support the British War Child foundation. One of this year’s bands was the Sheffield based rock band Bring Me The Horizon. Following the release of their long awaited sixth full-length record ‘AMO’ earlier thisContinue reading “Bring Me The Horizon – BRITS Week and War Child”

Slam Dunk Festival 2019

Another year with a line-up of both up-and-coming artists as well as more established bands, based around the punk, emo and metal music scene at Slam Dunk Festival 2019. Every year around the May Bank Holiday, Slam Dunk Festival takes place in usually three cities in the UK being Leeds, Hartfield and Birmingham, presenting bothContinue reading “Slam Dunk Festival 2019”

The Word Alive – The Underworld, Camden

The Word Alive are celebrating their ten-year anniversary as a band and just finished their Europe and UK tour with their final gig in London before heading to Slam Dunk Festival. The American post-hardcore quartet comprising vocalist Telle Smith, both guitarists Zack Hansen and Tony Pizzuti, as well as drummer Matt Horn have been aroundContinue reading “The Word Alive – The Underworld, Camden”

Chapter And Verse – Thousand Island, London

Chapter And Verse just finished their first ever headlining tour in the UK and it was a blast. The London based alt-rock quintet comprising vocalist Josh Carter, both guitarists Darren Gosling and Ash Morton, bassist Jonny Hopwood and drummer Kevin Miller just released their first EP ‘Glow’ (2019, self-released) in January before hitting the roadContinue reading “Chapter And Verse – Thousand Island, London”

Casey – farewell shows at The Dome

Farewell, Casey! ‘It’s time for us to bury our love.’ – The talented guys in Casey have decided to call it an end and headed out on the road one last time for their final tour. In December 2018, the Welsh emotive post-hardcore outlet, comprising vocalist Tom Weaver, both guitarists Toby Evans and Liam Torrance,Continue reading “Casey – farewell shows at The Dome”

Carcer City – Final gig at the Black Heart

Fare well, Carcer City.   The Liverpool based metalcore band Carcer City headed out on tour for the last time as they decided to call it an end with the last stop of the fare-well-tour being the Black Heart in Camden. After twelve years of being a band and two full-length albums, Patch (vocals), LewyContinue reading “Carcer City – Final gig at the Black Heart”

Dream State – The Underworld, Camden

Dream State headed to the Underworld in Camden and played a sold-out headlining show.   The Welsh alt-rock quintet comprising vocalist CJ, both guitarists Aled Rhys Evans and Rhys Wilcox, bassist Danny Rayer and drummer Jamie Lee just released their latest single ‘Hand In Hand’ (2019, UNFD) before heading out on their March / AprilContinue reading “Dream State – The Underworld, Camden”

Emmure – o2 Academy Islington

Emmure headed to the o2 Academy Islington.   The American metalcore band Emmure formed in 2003 and currently comprise vocalist Frankie Palmeri, guitarist Joshua Travis, drummer Josh Miller and bassist Phil Locket. So far they released seven full-length albums of which the last one was ‘Look At Yourself’ in 2017 via Sharptone Records. Musically, theContinue reading “Emmure – o2 Academy Islington”