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NEWS: Groezrock announce Rancid as first headliner for 2016!

Legendary and massively influential punk rockers Rancid will headline the main stage at Groezrock 2016! To make it even more special the band will be performing seminal album …And Out Come The Wolves in full!

This is the first of many announcements and we’re sure the second headliner will be unveiled very soon. Groezrock is one of the biggest punk and hardcore festivals in the world and will take place on the 29th & 30th April 2016!

We suggest you get listening now if you’re thinking about going!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcccqG6-dDg&list=PLcZMZxR9uxC-mhRmHsIXkaYv8H6bnmmXy

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NEWS: Crooks unveil new record and first single 'Schöne Seele'

Tugging at the emotional side of things is the brilliant Crooks who are back with a new record, Are We All The Same Distance Apart, which will be released on October 30th 2015. The band have build up a dedicated following after successful tours with the likes of Hands Like Houses and Being As An Ocean.

Honest and vulnerable music from such a young band is something that is desperately needed in todays scene, and we welcome Crooks with open arms. Check out first single ‘Schöne Seele’ which translates from German as “beautiful soul”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2tk8AavZoc

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NEWS: Neck Deep team up with State Champs for world tour!

The brightest prospects in pop punk at the moment will be teaming up to take on the world. That’s right, America’s State Champs and our very own Neck Deep will be on one bill touring the likes of Australia, Japan, South East Asia and the UK! Unfortunately State Champs won’t be able to make the South East Asia leg of the tour but will headline in Japan.

It doesn’t stop there as joining the bands on the UK run will be Light Years and possibly the hottest band around right now, Creeper. These shows promise to be special so don’t sleep on getting tickets. Neck Deep released their second album Life’s Not Out To Get You a couple months ago and State Champs new release, Around The World and Back will be available on October 16th.

February 1st – Birmingham – Institute

February 2nd – Glasgow – O2 Academy

February 4th – Manchester – Academy

February 5th – Cardiff – Great Hall

February 6th – London – Forum

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EP: Creeper - The Callous Heart ★★★★☆

Artist: Creeper

Album: The Callous Heart

Release Date: 18/9/15

Label: Roadrunner Records UK

There’s always a band that comes along and brings hype and anticipation to the scene every few years that actually follows through with it. Southampton’s Creeper are one of those bands. Social media has been exploding with praise for the goth punks all summer long with their tight and memorable performances across festival season, they’ve been the pick of the bill from the likes of Hevy Festival, 2000 Trees and even Download they went down a storm. But these performances and attention wouldn’t mean shit if the songs weren’t up to scratch, so now let us have a listen to the bands new EP The Callous Heart.

‘Black Cloud’ starts with a drone and subdued vocal delivery from Will Gould and then comes the infectious punk stylings that the band dole out so well. Will’s vocal melodies make this song pop and flourish even more over the top of some solid and straight forward instrumentation. The middle section of the song is a little more theatrical and slows the track right down which in hindsight makes the final chorus sound fresh. ‘Honeymoon Suite’ see’s drummer Dan Bratton inject some pace into proceedings that leads into one of the biggest choruses of the year that will no doubt be a hit in the bands live set. The song crescendo’s into a big bombastic finale but oh wait no it doesn’t, the chorus comes around again one more time for that feel good factor that it strikes up so well.

The opening riff of ‘Allergies’ sounds reminiscent of Dookie era Green Day which is a-okay with us. Key lyric “I’m allergic to you” brings about some terrific imagery and poetic beauty that will hang long in the mind with it’s contagious delivery and conviction. ‘Lie Awake’ has this massive crowd chant that sounds massive on CD and we’re sure it to be even bigger when the band roll it out on next months Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes tour. Will has a real way with lyric writing and manages to write lines that resonate and stick with the listener, like the closing line of “So sleep alone out of spite”. ‘Henley’s Ghost’ brings back the drone style vocal over piano and clean guitar led instrumentation, details of Bacardi & cola and walks home from the Guildhall paint a dark and lonesome image in your mind, and this may just be us but this conjures up a snowy scene during a dark walk home, the tone of the song fits with it so well. Hushed vocals and soft playing add to the theatrics and is a grand closer for an EP that will surely see Creeper hit the heights they were always destined to hit. Something is happening here, and we want to be a part of it.

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NEWS: Heck (formally Baby Godzilla) return with new single and UK tour!

Heck, The band formally known as Baby Godzilla have finally broken back with new single The Breakers. As we suspected its another frenzy free for all and all out assault on your eardrums and sounds as frantic as their live show looks.

The track is being streamed via Kerrang and you can check it out here. The guys are heading out on a mammoth UK tour as well this Winter. If you’ve never experienced the Nottingham 4 piece live before then check out our review of them at Reading Festival last year here!

Check out the dates below and witness the chaos for yourself!

October 2nd – London – Scala

October 18th – London – Alexandra Palace (Vans Warped Tour)

October 31st – Bristol – Exchange

November 1st – Bournemouth – The Anvil

November 2nd – Plymouth – The Junction

November 3rd – Cardiff – The Globe

November 4th – Stoke-on-Trent – The Underground

November 5th – Glasgow – Audio

November 6th – Carlisle – Brickyard

November 7th – Huddersfield – The Parish

November 8th – Leeds – Key Club

November 10th – Birmingham – Cellar Door

November 11th – St Albans – The Horn

November 12th – Derby – The Venue

November 13th – Leicester – Soundhouse

November 14th – Burnley – Sanctuary

November 28th – London – The Black Heart (Dr.Martens Stand For Something w/Bury Tomorrow)

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NEWS: The Academy Is...mark reunion with 'Almost Here' US tour!

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! The Academy Is... are back! After disbanding in October 2011 the guys have decided to comeback and celebrate the 10 year anniversary of debut album Almost Here. The record was released in 2005 via Fueled by Ramen and was followed up by the 2007 album Santi and 2008’s Fast Times at Barrington High. Riot Fest in Chicago approached the band and asked if they wanted to play, but to also celebrate 10 years of Almost Here by playing the album in its entirety, which the guys did over the weekend.

But it’s not just Chicago that only get William, Mike, Adam and Andy, they will be embarking on a US run of shows come this December! And YES, they will be playing Almost Here in full! The tour kicks off in Orlando on December 4th and finishes up on New Years Eve in San Diego!

VIP packages are available from here which include:

VIP Tickets are limited and include: – Ticket to the show – Early venue entry – Individual POLAROID with The Academy Is… – Pre-show hang with the band – Exclusive hand-made print by the Butcher – Pre-signed and numbered “Almost Here” 10 Year Anniversary poster – Exclusive The Academy Is… VIP cloth bracelets – Super limited SIDE STAGE and POST-SHOW BUS HANG add-on packages ALSO AVAILABLE! Public On-Sale: This Friday, 9/18 @ 10am YOUR LOCAL TIME PRE-ORDER ALMOST HERE VINYL – pick up at the merch booth:

December 4th – House of Blues – Orlando, Florida

December 5th – Masquerade – Atlanta, Georgia

December 6th – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, North Carolina

December 8th – Norva Theatre – Norfolk, Virginia

December 9th – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC

December 10th – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, New Jersey

December 12th – The Trocadero Theatre – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 13th – House of Blues – Boston, Massachusetts

December 15th – Best Buy Theatre – New York, NY

December 17th – House of Blues – Cleveland, Ohio

December 18th – St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, Michigan

December 19th – Bogarts – Cincinnati, Ohio

December 20th – House of Blues – Chicago, Illinois

December 22nd – The Rave – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

December 26th – The Observatory – Santa Ana, California

December 30th – Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, California

December 31st – The Observatory – San Diego, California

Let us hope they bring this to the UK next year!

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NEWS: Modestep reveal UK leg of world tour

The boys are coming home. After a frantic year releasing new album London Road and laying waste to many festival stages, Modestep will be bringing their energetic live set to venues across the UK this winter. These will be the biggest home shows for the band which includes a headline set at the Brixton Academy in London.

Check out the dates below!

November 21st – Leeds – University

November 22nd – Manchester – Club Academy

November 23rd – Glasgow – King Tut’s

November 25th – London – O2 Brixton Academy

November 26th – Birmingham – O2 Academy 2

November 27th – Brighton – Concorde 2

November 29th – Oxford – O2 Academy

November 30th – Bristol – Thekla

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NEWS: Deaf Havana to go on intimate UK tour

Having been relatively quiet in 2015 Deaf Havana are gunna blow off the cobwebs and get back out on the road for a couple shows this November. Maybe we’ll even be treated to some new music, we’re sure the band has used their time off to start writing for a new record.

Here are the dates below!

November 19th – Leeds – The Wardrobe

November 20th – Edinburgh – La Belle Angele

November 21st – Dundee – Buskers

November 22nd – Liverpool – O2 Academy 2

November 23rd – London – Islington Assembly Hall

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NEWS: Lower Than Atlantis announce supports for December tour!

Well well well doesn’t this tour look a bit special? Showcasing some of the best British talent around all on one bill! Joining headliners Lower Than Atlantis is the emotionally charged Moose Blood, rising pop punk sensation As It Is, boozy punks Brawlers and give a big welcome to Black Foxxes.

Moosey B’ and As It Is will be alternating slots, Brawlers will be on the tour for Middlesbrough, Leeds, Nottingham and Bristol whilst Black Foxxes will playing Birmingham, London, Manchester and Glasgow.

Check out the dates below and get your tickets quick as with this announcement we are certain they will fly out!

December 7th – Middlesbrough – Empire

December 8th – Leeds – Beckett Student Union

December 10th – Nottingham – Rock City

December 11th – Bristol – O2 Academy

December 12th – Birmingham – Institute

December 14th – London Roundhouse

December 15th – Manchester – The Ritz

December 16th – Glasgow O2 ABC

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NEWS: Funeral For A Friend call it a day with farewell 2016 tour

Deep down inside we think a lot of us knew this day would be coming, the band have been around for over 15 years, seen various line up changes and toured numerous times across the world. They have graced the stages at every big festival and inspired a generation of bands that are paying tribute to the band from Wales, and us included are saddened to see that the final tour has been announced.

The band posted this on their official Facebook page this morning; “Dear friends, fans and anyone who has ever given a shit about us and our band over the past fifteen years. It’s never easy putting into words the feeling you have for something that in many ways is intangible. We’ve written this over and over and sometimes it feel like we’re missing something. But this needs to be written regardless so here goes. Today we announce the end of Funeral for a Friend. Yes, the end. We’ve had an amazing ride, met an insane amount of people, toured countries we’d never even dreamed we’d get to see and made music together that in some crazy way has been responsible for taking us on that ride for well over a decade. When we started this band the only hope and aspirations we had was to write music that we loved, play some shows and maybe make a record…we’ve surpassed that in so many ways, achieving three gold records along the way. It’s grown to be a huge part of our lives but like the saying goes all good things must end and we’ve come to the end of the line. We’ve had many curveballs thrown at us over the last fifteen years, some we’ve managed to avoid and others that quite nearly derailed us but we’ve always said to each other that when it’s time for this to end then we end it on our own terms, no one else’s. So there we go, one chapter closes and another opens and life goes on. To commemorate our band we’re playing one very last run of shows performing ‘Hours’ one night and ‘Casually Dressed’ the following night alongside songs from our other records and EP’s. It only seems fitting that we make these shows something pretty special. These will be an incredible amount of fun so we hope you can join us for one last crazy ride. Tickets go on sale 9am, Friday 18th of September. You can buy tickets for the individual shows or you can buy a bundle ticket for both nights at a special price. http://smarturl.it/THEFINALTOUR We want to thank all our families and friends, all the past members of the band and those who’ve helped us along the way. Let us not forget all the amazing bands and musicians we’ve had the honour of sharing stages with over the years. Finally, much love to the fans who have bought our records, bought the tickets and who come out to sing, scream and dance along with us. Much love to you all.” The End. FFAF x

The band will be playing one last tour and it’ll be your last chance to dance, sing and witness something special one last time. Doing two nights in each venue with one night being Hours played in full and breakthrough album Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation the other night.

February 11th – The Brightside – Brisbane

February 12th – The Brightside – Brisbane

February 13th – Oxford Art Factory – Sydney

February 14th – Oxford Art Factory – Sydney

February 16th – Richmond Central Club – Melbourne

February 17th – Richmond Central Club – Melbourne

March 23rd – Knust – Hamburg

March 24th – Knust – Hamburg

March 25th – Magnet – Berlin

March 26th – Magnet – Berlin

March 28th – Kranhalle – Munich

March 29th – Kranhalle – Munich

March 30th – Schlachthof – Wiesbaden

March 31st – Schlachthof – Wiesbaden

April 2nd – Luxor – Cologne

Apri 3rd – Luxor – Cologne

April 5th – Y Plas – Cardiff

April 6th – Y Plas – Cardiff

April 8th – The Ritz – Manchester

April 9th – The Ritz – Manchester

April 10th – Garage – Glasgow

April 11th – Garage – Glasgow

April 13th – Institute – Birmingham

April 14th – Institute – Birmingham

April 15th – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire – London

April 16th – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire – London

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NEWS: All Ears Avow announce Oct/Nov UK tour!

Swindon four piece All Ears Avow will be embarking on a UK run of shows this autumn in support of their debut record Get In The Game, which you can read our review of here! The tour kicks off in Reading and finishes up in Cheltenham at the 2 Pigs!

Freefall will be main support on selected dates whilst the rest of the touring party and acts are as yet unannounced. Check out the dates below and grab a copy of Get In The Game in preparation!

October 28th – Reading – Face Bar

October 29th – Worthing – Bar 42

October 30th – Devizes – Bell By The Green

October 31st – Bristol – Louisiana

November 1st – Cardiff – Fuel Club

November 5th – Hull – O’Rileys

November 6th – Bolton – Alma Inn

November 7th – Sheffield – Southsea Live

November 10th – High Wycombe – The Antelope

November 11th – Guildford – The Star

November 12th – Andover – Rockhouse

November 13th – Swindon – The Locomotive

November 14th – Cheltenham – 2 Pigs

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NEWS: Continents release album two details and single 'Life Of Misery'

The Welsh hardcore/metal crew Continents have been a relentless touring machine ever since they were picked up by Victory Records with first album Idle Hands being a blistering aural assault that twisted and turned in more directions than all the rides at Alton Towers put together.

But now it’s time for album two. Reprisal will be released on October 30th 2015! Pre order bundles can be found here.

First single ‘Life Of Misery’ is out now and if this is an indication of what the album sounds like then we are very, very excited.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gATSeIdKIx8

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NEWS: Cancer Bats announce huge 18 date UK tour!

Our crazy Canuck brothers in Cancer Bats will be making their way back over to the UK next January for a massive tour! After slaying Reading & Leeds festival last week the band promised us some small and sweaty gigs and they’ve made good on that promise. The band have been on the road non stop since the release of Searching For Zero and have been steam rollin’ through venues all over the world.

These sweatbox shows are what the Bats’ do best so get your friends and get your tickets!

January 11th – Southend – Chinnerys

January 12th – Portsmouth – Wedgewood Rooms

January 13th – Brighton – Concorde 2

January 14th – Norwich – Waterfront

January 15th – Exeter – Phoenix

January 16th – Plymouth – The Hub

January 17th – Bristol – The Marble Factory

January 18th – Bridgend – Hobos

January 19th – Reading – Sub 89

January 20th – Stoke – Sugarmill

January 21st – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms

January 22nd – Birmingham – O2 Academy 2

January 23rd – Manchester – O2 Academy 3

January 24th – Leeds – Key Club

January 25th – Glasgow – Garage

January 26th – Newcastle – O2 Academy 2

January 27th – Liverpool – O2 Academy 2

January 28th – London – Tufnell Park Dome

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NEWS: More bands announced for Vans Warped UK!

With festival season over there’s still one big festival type event happening this winter. Vans Warped returns to the UK this year and will be held again on the grounds of the Alexandra Palace. There are several new additions to the line up, Man Overboard, Heck, Beautiful Bodies, Never Shout Never, Black Foxxes, Kenneths and Moose Blood. 

The bands join the bill alongside the likes of Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria and Creeper. Tickets are on sale now and be purchased from here.