In this Review Round-Up, there’s a host of flawed but solid albums, spanning a beatdown from Varials; an exercise in alt-metal opulence from Lost Society; and an indie-rock overreach from snake eyes.
Autumn Fires’ new EP is a familiar yet polished and promising addition to the modern pop-punk canon.
Beauty School’s leap from strength to strength shows no sign of stopping with their triumphant Manchester headline show.
An intense, visceral night of hardcore is led by Counterparts in Manchester.
The broadening of Sylosis’ metal palette is inconsistent and messy, but buoyed by enough solid ideas that are clearly all their own.
A Day To Remember, Hot Milk, Creeper and Daughtry are among the next batch of bands announced for Download Festival 2026, as we break down everything new that’s just been added.
Even during what’s supposedly their most creative period to date, folk-rock banality continues to follow Mumford & Sons wherever they go.
In this Review Round-Up, A Wilhelm Scream come out with a stellar return, next to new albums from The Gloom In The Corner and Shelf Lives that are also pleasantly strong.
Nothing open up—musically and thematically—for a heady exploration of shoegaze, emo and alt-rock that contains some of their most arresting moments to date.
The grand, manic theatricality of Avatar’s melodeath arrives at Manchester’s Academy.