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Rocket From The Crypt, London Electric Ballroom, 7th Nov 2026

By Alex Goose November 9, 2026

Ooooh boy, this one has ‘special’ written all over it. Crash your car into a giant beehive and you wouldn’t create half the buzz that Rocket From The Crypt have in Camden tonight. Celebrating 30 years of their seminal ‘Scream, Dracula, Scream!’ album, it’s one of only five shows the band are playing this year - and the only one outside their native US. Fans have travelled Continue Reading

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Album review: SWAMPFOOT unleash their self-titled debut

By Alex Goose November 9, 2026

Brace yourselves, folks, because this record is HUGE. No, not in terms of popularity - not yet, anyway - but it sounds as intimidating and all-conquering as anything else you’ll hear this year. That’s all the more remarkable considering that SWAMPFOOT (yes, all capitals) are just a duo; one Cliff Hodson and one Jordan Greene, friends from Binghamton, NY, on a mission...Continue Reading

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SAVAK/Dealing With Damage/Sinews, London Red Sun Moon, 5th Nov 2026

By Alex Goose November 6, 2026

All hail the Fender Jaguar and Jazzmaster! All three of this evening’s bands feature one of these guitars, which have long been the instrument of choice for noise warriors around the world, and are a sure indication that we’re not in for an evening of thrash metal or - god forbid - cock rock.Continue Reading

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Sheer Terror/The Drowns, London New Cross Inn, 2nd Nov 2026

By Alex Goose November 4, 2026

There’s a lot to be said for not giving people exactly what they want. When this gig was first announced, a few eyebrows were raised at the combination of New York hardcore stalwarts Sheer Terror with melodic Seattle punk n’ rollers The Drowns, but ultimately it’s a winning combination: both bands dealing in street-level sounds and speaking plenty of truth to power.Continue Reading

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Live review: Twenty Flight Rockers at The 100 Club, London, 30/10/2026

By Ian Ladlow November 3, 2026

Formed in London in 1983, combining the leather jacket look and defiance of the classic British rocker movement with the intensity of punk, Twenty Flight Rockers forged their own blistering brand of modern rock'n'roll with high octane live performances. Here we are in 2026 at a sold out 100 Club with the band back to celebrate the official release of the much bootlegged Continue Reading

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Lol Tolhurst plays intimate warm-up show bringing the songs of The Cure to Brighton’s seafront

By Sonny Tyler November 3, 2026

Wednesday 28th October was Lol Tolhurst - a founding member of The Cure's - warm-up show before the band's sold-out performance at Whitby's legendary Tomorrow's Ghosts Festival. Brighton's Quarters venue hosted Lol and his band for a set of Cure classics, ably supported by talented dark pop artist Evi VineContinue Reading

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EP review: BLDSUGR! – ‘The Fields’

By Richie Viral November 3, 2026

Released just in time for Halloween, ‘The Fields’ finds Birmingham trio BLDSUGR! doing their best to make October considerably less comfortable. The band call their collision of punk, goth and doom metal “doom punk”, and it fits. Lolly, Leigh and Joe create something heavy, theatrical and pleasingly unhinged.Continue Reading

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Transvision Vamp, London Shepherds Bush Empire, 22nd Oct 2026

By Alex Goose November 2, 2026

Of all the reunions to have taken place of late, Transvision Vamp’s was surely among the most unexpected. It’s been a whopping 34 years since the band originally split up, but now they’re back, with the promise to play “every single Transvision Vamp song you ever wanted to hear live!".Continue Reading

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Desperate Measures, London Hope & Anchor, 24th Oct 2026

By Alex Goose November 1, 2026

Happy 45th birthday, Desperate Measures! The London-via-New-Zealand punks may have emerged in more innocent times, but the songs have aged well, and remain - sometimes depressingly - lyrically relevant for the current state of the world. Last record ‘Sublime Destruction’ was one of our favourites of 2024...Continue Reading

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Cancer Bats/Ignite, London Dingwalls, 31st Oct 2026

By Alex Goose November 1, 2026

Kudos is seriously due to all three bands performing tonight - not just for playing great sets, but for having covered pretty much the entire width and length of the UK over the past couple of weeks. Not for them the brief Glasgow-Manchester-London jaunt that so many international bands undertake; this tour has seen the Canadian/American/British alliance go as far west as Continue Reading