Featured Artist The Location: Central Coast, NSW Australia The Line Up: Samantha Stobbart, Brendan Horn The Sound: Pop Punk The Comparison: Stand Atlantic, Taking Back Sunday, Blink 182 We The Revelry describe their pop-punk sound in the terms of a tasty recipe: 1 tsp of Paramore, 2 cups of Stand Atlantic, knead vigorously into an […]Continue Reading
Pop Punk favourites New Found Glory released their tenth studio Forever And Ever X Infinity album via Hopeless Records. They have stayed true to their sound bringing together punk and post-hardcore driven tracks full of emotional lyrics and melodic vocals ready to remind fans why they fell in love NFG 20 years ago. Buy your […]Continue Reading
Queerness doesn’t just have fingerprints all over rock music – queerness is embedded into the very DNA of it. From pioneers such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Little Richard, to game-changer influencers like Janis Joplin, Fanny and David Bowie, queer creatives have helped drive popular music into bolder, more adventurous directions. Punk is no exception. […]Continue Reading
In an exclusive interview with Alt Press Brett Gurewitz The Epitaph Records founder explains why being “non-racist” isn’t enough in 2020. In response to the May 25 killing of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and the resulting international outcry for social justice and protests against systemic racism, Gurewitz, has dedicated the Epitaph Continue Reading
Canadian-American rockers Palaye Royale have just dropped the music video for their hit song Anxiety, in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic setting shot in the Nevada desert. Co-directed by frontman Remington Leith, he explains “We need a little honesty and a little truth. The world is getting so tainted by everyone trying to be so fucking perfect […]Continue Reading
The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted every aspect of the worldwide economy with shops shut, businesses closed and many employees either furloughed or out of work. One of the hardest hit industries is the entertainment industry- theatres, live venues and creative production have all ground to a halt whilst we remain in lockdown. Many independent music […]Continue Reading
IDLES have announced their third album Ultra Mono will be available September 25th. Their latest single ‘Grounds’ comes from their upcoming LP along with their previous single ‘Mr. Motivator’. The Bristol band’s frontman, Joe Talbot, explained the meaning behind the song “We wanted to write a song that embodied self-belief, and gave us self-belief – Continue Reading