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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jagged City is an ideal name for this project. Not just because its collaborators are based in different locations, but because there is a spiky, slightly unfriendly feel to their music, the kind of ...

Delayed mourning hangs in the atmosphere at O2 Forum Kentish Town. The Wonder Years are at the end of their four date run of the UK to celebrate the re-issue of ‘No Closer To Heaven’, and after their ...

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 ...

If you listen to a lot of contemporary metalcore records, you develop a certain weariness; a low tolerance for trends, copying, spot-the-difference and heard-it-before sounds that leave you wishing ...

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 ...