
Reviews
Ever the abstract auteur, Barry Can’t Swim adds a sprinkle of sonder to the club with introspective second album ‘Loner’.
Hot Milk can’t stand still. They have to scream and shout and, if possible, make a difference. With an unrivalled understanding and a punk-rock perspective, Hot Milk gives western politics the business with ‘Corporation P.O.P.’
Benson Boone’s sophomore album, American Heart, is the perfect follow-up album to his debut, Fireworks & Rollerblades.
Dominic Harrison may have grown up, but the spirit of Yungblud will never get old.
The Sick Man of Europe is one of the freshest voices to emerge from London’s underground music scene with a distinctive Joy Division-stylised techno vibe that offers up one of the best debut albums of the decade.
With Other Sides of the Moon, Lucy Spraggan offers more than a reimagining of her past work - she delivers a poignant reflection on her personal and artistic evolution.
A British youth icon at his most expressive, genre-fluid hopefully ! sees the jazz poet leaving a love letter to his daughter with his fourth studio record.
|Festival Guide|
It is almost that time of the year. Welly boots, warm cider in plastic cups, looking at the weather report to check if it's going to rain. Obviously we are talking about the on coming festival season. There is always big talk of Glastonbury - however there are alternatives out there, so please check out our 2025 festival guide.

FEATURES
This week's Band of the Week is Chicago band Smut - who have just released their new album 'Tomorrow Comes Crashing' via Bayonet Records.
New names from pop to punk join an already stacked lineup, as Reload and Smirnoff stages debut for 2025.
This week's Artist of the Week is US Americana-folk artist Jess Kerber - who has just released her debut album ''From Way Down Here'.
10th anniversary festival announcement
|Olivia Rodrigo|
The pop-punk superstar lights up British Summer Time with ballads and bangers alike, cementing her status as an icon of both Gen Z and Alpha.
British Summer Time is not just the name of Hyde Park’s annual run of mini-festivals, but also a phrase deployed to sarcastically describe the rainy washouts which, more often than not, characterise Britain. Not today.

Live
The pop-punk superstar lights up British Summer Time with ballads and bangers alike, cementing her status as an icon of both Gen Z and Alpha.
Linkin Park. Wembley Stadium. Fucking finally.
California-based psych-garage maestros Osees still remain one of the most energetic and exciting live performers in modern music, with frontman John Dwyer’s infectious energy and ingenuity making for one hell of a show.
This was a show I had long looked forward to, and my expectations were absolutely blown out of the water by artist and showman Josh Tillman, better known as Father John Misty.
|RELEASE OF THE WEEK|
Loyle Carner
A British youth icon at his most expressive, genre-fluid hopefully ! sees the jazz poet leaving a love letter to his daughter with his fourth studio record.


|Hot Milk|
It seemed like just yesterday, there was a call to the void and Hot Milk were ready to stay on the line. But as the days, weeks, and months pass, and as their attention moves from their own world to the world around them, they can’t stay quiet. They can’t stand still. They have to scream and shout and, if possible, make a difference.

News
New names from pop to punk join an already stacked lineup, as Reload and Smirnoff stages debut for 2025.
10th anniversary festival announcement
It is almost that time of the year. Welly boots, warm cider in plastic cups, looking at the weather report to check if it's going to rain. Obviously we are talking about the on coming festival season. There is always big talk of Glastonbury - however there are alternatives out there, so please check out our 2025 festival guide.
Oxfordshire’s famous Truck Festival has unveiled a stellar second wave of acts for this July’s weekender which is sure to be a stunner.
Southbank Centre has announced Little Simz as the curator of the 30th edition of its iconic contemporary music festival, Meltdown.
2000trees Festival can announce over 45 new bands
Parklife 2025 has announced 50 Cent as their second headliner
Reading & Leeds have announced their 2025 line-up with Chappell Roan, Travis Scott and Bring Me The Horizon topping the bill.
Y Not Festival reveal their headliners for 2025
Truck Festival returns in 2025 with a stacked weekend experience.
Parklife 2025 has announced Charli XCX as their headliner, with acts such as Confidence Man, DJ Heartstring and Girls Don’t Sync.
Pulp, Kasabian, The Reytons and more announced for Tramlines 2025
Download 2025 is on its way. Three brand new headliners, over 90 announced bands
London’s legendary Roundhouse is thrilled to announce the launch of Roundhouse Three Sixty, a bold and visionary new festival set within the iconic walls of Camden’s Roundhouse during April 2025.
RAYE will make her big return to All Points East.
2000trees have just dropped their biggest line-up announcement ever, and suddenly July can’t come soon enough.
2024’s UK festival season has only just been laid to rest — albeit with a few hanger-ons up and down the country still clinging resolutely to life — but time, and live music, waits for no man: Slam Dunk 2025 is here.
Rotterdam’s international showcase festival Left of the Dial returns to the city’s iconic venues from the 17th until the 19th of October. Organised by Rotown Rotterdam, the festival brings a range of international alternative musical talents to the city!
Joining a multitude of other multi-venue festivals up and down the country, including the likes of Dot to Dot and Live at Leeds in the City, Liverpool is the next city to get its shake-up.