Dance Gavin Dance deliver post-hardcore chaos and nostalgia at North London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town

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Packed into the sweat-slicked floor of North London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on a crisp September night, it was clear early on that Dance Gavin Dance’s return to the capital wasn’t just another tour stop. it was a full-blown event. Joining the post-hardcore titans for the evening were Nottingham pop-punk trailblazers As December Falls and…

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Spaced turn Camden’s Underworld into a sweat-soaked frenzy of raw hardcore energy

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There’s an electric vibe wrapped around the sweat-soaked, low-ceilinged basement of Camden’s legendary Underworld. This venue demands nothing less than total submission from both the band on stage and the thrashing bodies in the pit. On a night made for adrenaline-pumping heavy tunes, Buffalo’s own Spaced didn’t just hit the benchmark – they obliterated it,…

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President release debut album Blood Of Your Empire

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Multi-million streaming, UK-based collective PRESIDENT are pleased to reveal BLOOD OF YOUR EMPIRE, their debut full length, out now via Atlantic Records. The album arrives the same day the band kicks off its first-ever headline tour, which is completely sold out. PRESIDENT, who embarked on their first-ever full U.S. tour supporting Bad Omens earlier the…

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As It Is release ‘So A-Live!’ EP featuring Espera

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Transatlantic pop-rock quartet AS IT IS have released their live-recorded EP, ‘So A-Live!’, via FLG. Recorded at Marshall Studios alongside Espera, the EP follows the release of the band’s newly released self-titled fifth album, which recently achieved the #1 spot in the Official UK Independent Album chart. Speaking of the new EP, frontman Patty Walters…

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Spanish Love Songs announce new album Future Nausea

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SPanish Love Songs have announced their fifth full-length Future Nausea, produced by ex-Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla (Tegan and Sara, Foxing) and Illuminati Hotties’ Sarah Tudzin (Boygenius, Kississippi) is set for release on 6th November via Pure Noise records. Heartland rock has long been built on nostalgia, soft-focus vignettes of hometowns, wide-open interstates…

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unpeople unveil anthemic new single â€˜blueprints’

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After a weekend of tearing up Reading & Leeds Festivals, unpeople announce their stunning, anthemic new single ‘blueprints’ – taken from their forthcoming debut album we are unpeople – out Oct 9th on SharpTone Records. A lighter touch that takes no prisoners when it comes to anthemic ambition, ‘blueprints’ reveals another side of unpeople. Built…

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