Music
News: The Smashing Pumpkins release bold new single, Beguiled, ahead of highly anticipated 12th studio album
The Smashing Pumpkins today released their brand new single Beguiled, along with details of their twelfth studio album; a three-act rock opera album titled ATUM (pronounced Autumn), which is slated for release in April 2023. ATUM will feature 33-tracks (with tracks to be revealed chronologically each week on William ‘Billy’ Corgan’s podcast) and is the …
Meet: Big Mono Who Bring Big Riffs, Tight Grooves And Soaring Vocals
Formed during the pandemic with pedigree in the British rock scene, Big Mono is a new rock bandfor the classic rock fan. Big riffs, tight grooves and soaring vocals. With an album due in mid ’23, theband are set to hit the road to support the record, starting with a single launch show. A full …
News: Graphic Nature unleash new single ‘White Noise’
Rising British metallers, Graphic Nature, known for their aggressive contemporary sound, one influenced by nu-metal and early 2000’s metalcore, have today released their latest single, ‘White Noise’. Speaking of ‘White Noise’, frontman Harvey Freeman says, “White Noise is about sensory overload and the overwhelming feeling of claustrophobia that neurodivergent humans experience on a near daily basis. It’s a horrible feeling of helplessness and anxiety that nothing …
News: Born Without Bones announce new album ‘Dancer’ will be out on the 4th November
Massachusetts’s finest indie punk outfit, Born Without Bones, have returned to announce their upcoming new album, Dancer, due out November 4th from Pure Noise Records. Since their formation, Born Without Bones have put together an impressive catalog that ranges from heart-on-sleeve punk, to biting alternative rock, to sweeping indie, and more. Now on Dancer the band sound undeniably like themselves, bridging all of their …
Track: Blind Channel Release New Single An Alternative Version Of, Alive Or Only Burning (FEAT. ZERO 9:36)
Finnish post-hardcore collective BLIND CHANNEL have released an alternative version of their latest single ALIVE OR ONLY BURNING, taken from the new album LIFESTYLES OF THE SICK & DANGEROUS out now via Century Media Records. Listen to ALIVE OR ONLY BURNING here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAnZJHvTOCE Listen to the album here: https://blindchannelfi.lnk.to/LifestylesOfTheSickAndDangerous The new version of Alive Or …
Live Review: Three Days Grace – Manchester Academy 16/09/22
Embarking on their first UK tour for four years and fresh on the heels of their seventh studio album ‘Explosions’ released in May, Canadian rockers Three Days Grace were at Manchester Academy late last week. Described as being a plethora of genres, from post-grunge, alternative through to hard rock and nu-metal, the band have been …
Track: Doomsday Outlaw – Runaway
Doomsday Outlaw are set to release their third studio album ‘Damaged Goods’, due the 3rd of February 2023 via Republic of Music. Along with the news the band have shared new single ‘Runaway’. The band comment about the track: “has become the band’s calling card on the live stage. An infectious driving modern rock song …
ASH // Free All Angels 21st Anniversary – O2 Ritz, Manchester
Yet another “album anniversary” tour rolls into town. In general these events are a stark reminder that not all of the featured album was up to snuff. Indeed sometimes these tours are the very first outings for those tracks, never having made it into the live set back in the day and rarely played since, …
Live Review: The Afghan Whigs – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY 15.09.2022
For avid concert-goers, there are shows that are enjoyable but unremarkable, those that are remembered for the wrong reasons and others that will stick with you forever. When a band puts on a show that’s forever burned into your memory, you see them every chance you get. Since the early ’90s, The Afghan Whigs have …
New Century Hall – Iconic 60’s Venue Reopens
This week sees the reopening of an iconic music venue in Manchester, with a series of gigs by the likes of Dr John Cooper Clarke and The Charlatans, the first since 2013. Originally built in 1962 for the Co-operative Insurance Company, it saw musical legends such as The Rolling Stones, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tina Turner, …