Punk is more than a genre – it’s one of the longest lasting music subcultures, which not only refuses to die but brings in new devotees in every generation since its initial explosion. Because of that ...

Listening to the lyrics on ‘Pinkerton’ now feels slightly creepy until you realise it’s at least partially coming from this place of Orientalism and the characters which filled Cuomo’s head at this ...

‘MK Des (Miss Out)’ pulses with a similar energy. An off-kilter lead line accents the driving chorus and presages the verse’s syncopated rhythms. The vocals here sing, often soaringly, of social faux ...

‘Closer Than It Seems’ is carefully crafted but weighted by the past. It’s a solid, enjoyable slice of pop-punk that captures the sound of a fading summer.

As the saying goes, there’s no ‘I’ in ‘Team’. Apparently there’s also no ‘U’ in Colorblind, but of course this is the name of a band, and they’re not British. Hailing from Austin, Texas the four-piece ...

Music can often feel like a journey. The listener is taken on an emotional ride with the musicians at the helm, inviting us to reflect on our own lived experiences as their music scores the way. The ...

With hindsight, the collaboration between Des Rocs and the Borderlands franchise feels so obvious. Both the artist and the looter-shooter game series channel a renegade energy, whether you’re fighting ...

In 2024, the BBC aired a four-part series called The Listeners. Based on the Jordan Tannahill novel, the drama follows Claire, an English teacher driven to insanity by a continuous and inexplicable ...

Arriving twenty years after 2006’s seminal, genre-defining ‘Watching From A Distance’, to describe ‘Rituals Of Shame’ as “much anticipated” would be the understatement of the century. As one of doom ...

There are many types of Chelsea Wolfe; the doom folk poet, the goth overlord, the master of all things hypnogogic. Wolfe’s covered a vast landscape of mystery and occultism over the past two decades, ...

It’s even hotter today, but we’re not throwing in the towel yet. 2000Trees Friday sees the return of the mighty Arcane Roots, gives us a chance to release our Cancer Bats, and kicks us into the ...

Sometimes you just need a break, a rock to clamber onto in the middle of a raging river, and that’s exactly what The Flatliners have provided in the form of ‘Cold World’. By their standards, the ...