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Self-isolation doesn’t have to be boring if you’ve got these page-turners on your bedside table.  How is everybody doing in self-isolation? Are we all being good and staying the f*ck at home? Please do. We get it, it’s boring, you can’t go to gigs, a lot of them are canceled, your favorite pub is closed…

You can pre-order the 7″ edition vinyl right now. Today, Chicago cult rock heroes Alkaline Trio release E.P., a three-song single. The songs are now available digitally. “With the tour postponed and the current state of the world, we feel and hope that some new music will help people transcend the uncertainty and possible fear…

Listen to Kiss My Fist now, taken off the band’s self-titled debut, set for release in September.  Dream Nails are tackling the issues that affect them and the LGBT+ community head-on through their self-titled debut album, now due out 4 September via Alcopop! Records. New single Kiss My Fist pulls no punches in its rage against homophobic…

The Los Angeles based alternative duo are releasing Road Through Hell via Sumerian Records on 25 March. The Federal Empire’s single I Never Liked Your Friends hit Top 30 on Alternative Radio with over 7,000 spins to date. There has been 8,400,000 streams on Spotify and their music has been featured in huge shows on Fox, ABC, NBC as…

Taken off the band’s upcoming record Wake Up, Sunshine.  Fueled By Ramen band All Time Low has surprised fans with the Saint Patrick’s Day release of “Getaway Green”, the third track off their forthcoming full-length album Wake Up, Sunshine. The eagerly anticipated song, which saw its live debut at last year’s Slam Dunk Festival, is available…

Check out their new video for Future Scholars now.  UK rock newcomers The Crooked 45 have announced their debut EP Heathens, due for release on 10 April 2020. To coincide with the announcement, the trio have released Future Scholars, which follows previous singles Voices On The Radio and Kitchen Sink Drama. Brash and bold, The Crooked 45 deliver…

Distract yourself from all the doom and gloom with a dose of NUG.  Continuing their amazing trend of delivering their youthful talent to the world, teen Texas trio Not Ur Girlfrenz have just released a brand new track, Game Over with a retro-inspired video taking its cues from TV and Gaming history. With their signature…

The funds should instead be used to support the grassroots venues and events industry currently at risk.  The government has committed £120 million to delivering an event that no one in the public has demanded, and many sectors of the public simply do not want. It has little backing in the cultural and creative industries…

The new record is set for release on 1 May 2020 via Tricki-Woo Records.  GRAMMY® Award-nominated sister duo Larkin Poe have released the new single She’s A Self Made Man, which is the first track from their eagerly awaited new album, Self Made Man, due out Friday 1 May via their own Tricki-Woo Records. The…

Suggestion No 1 – don’t moan about shows getting canceled or postponed.  It sucks having a show you’ve been looking forward to for weeks or even months or years (cue My Chemical Romance reunion tears) canceled or postponed, but listen up: this is serious, artists and management are not taking these decisions lightly so here’s…