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On Wednesday night, pop-punk veterans Blink-182 took The O2 on a trip down memory lane with twenty years of rocking tunes. California-based Blink-182 are one of those bands that my generation will always see as part of their teenage years. We rocked out to All The Small Things and our love songs were the likes of Missing You. So…
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Nu-metal icons celebrate the release of their new record with an intimate show. After a massive show at The O2 just the day before, Cali’ rockers Linkin Park treated their London fans to a comparatively smaller show at O2 Academy Brixton on 4 July; we tagged along to witness Chester Bennington and co. blow the…
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London based alternative rockers Jack The Envious played an impressive first UK headline show to celebrate the release of their second EP In Your Own Way (out 14 July). On a hot summer eve in London you can expect a sweaty show at a small venue any day. Those shows are a lot more fun though when…
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Okay maybe not ALL better, but at least a little bit. If you, like me, are sadly missing 2000trees festival, let’s have a listening party to all the great bands that are playing and that our friends get to see. I’ve picked my favorite out of this year’s lineup and their best tune (according to…
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Northern-Cali punk icons Green Day rocked London’s Hyde Park for British Summer Time – complete with political digs, pyro-show and the feeling that punk music is just what we need in a world like this. Every year, British Summer Time offers two weekends packed with one day festivals, themed perfectly to fit the headliner. So…
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For the fifteenth anniversary of their album No Pads, No Helmets … Just Balls the Canadian rockers played a one-off show at O2 Forum Kentish Town and it was as much a party as it should have been. If you’re into pop-punk and you weren’t at the Forum on Friday night you sure missed one hell of…
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Last Friday night, Rise Against played a hot and sweaty punk show in North London and it was everything a punk gig should be. The four-piece from Chicago are set to release their eighth studio album Wolves this Friday and had been playing a few intimate shows in Europe last week. For the last 18…
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Here’s a few lyrical doodles I’ve done so far.
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American rock band All Time Low are releasing their new album this Friday and so they played us a few tunes at Kingston’s Rose Theatre last night – all acoustic. It’s studio album number seven for the four piece from Baltimore with Last Young Renegade out this Friday. And from the sounds of singles released so far…
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Having just released their debut album Paper Heart, London-based rock band Hunter & The Bear played a big show in a small venue in Aberdeen. If you’re looking for a new band to love that also provides killer live shows and vocals to die for, Hunter & The Bear are for you. Last Friday the four piece…
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High Fives & Stage Dives 