Film review: The Conjuring: Last RitesOne last fright? The Conjuring comes to a close with decent but disappointingly un-bonkers final hurrah.
Album review: Faetooth – LabyrinthineLos Angeles-based ‘fairy doomsters’ Faetooth fill the void with even more dark atmosphere on second album.
Album review: La Dispute – No One Was Driving The CarModern malaise and technological over-reliance weigh heavy on the densely layered, subtly devastating new masterpiece from La Dispute.
The big review: Supersonic 2025Feeling Supersonic! Brum hosts three days of the weird and wonderful as Backxwash, Witch Club Satan, Death Goals and more hit the city’s annual celebration of musical freakery.
Album review: grandson – INERTIAJordan Benjamin’s live-wired third album paints a scathing portrait of permacrisis – and he sounds better than ever.
Album review: Jehnny Beth – You Heartbreaker, YouEx-Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth is a whirl of untamable energy on her noisy second solo album, You Heartbreaker, You.
Album review: lowheaven – Ritual DecayHeaviness is a rite for Toronto post-metallers lowheaven, a power harnessed wholly on their mesmerically crushing debut...
Album review: Hayley Williams – Ego Death At A Bachelorette PartyOn her most explorative solo release yet, Hayley Williams explores depression, loss, reputation, and how the ego impacts us all…
Album review: Slow Crush – ThirstBelgian nu-gazers Slow Crush continue to balance bliss and the abyss with immersive flair.
Album review: We Came As Romans – All Is Beautiful… Because We’re DoomedMetalcore survivors We Came As Romans continue to bloom on huge, shapeshifting seventh album, All Is Beautiful… Because We’re Doomed.
Album review: Pinkshift – EarthkeeperPinkshift’s second album is a significant level-up that’s a complex cocktail of rage, vulnerability and determination.
Album review: Nova Twins – Parasites & ButterfliesNova Twins document the shade and light of success while pushing their musicianship to the next level on stunning third album, Parasites & Butterflies.
The big review: Reading & Leeds Festival 2025End of summer party! BMTH, Limp Bizkit, Shikari, Amyl And The Sniffers and more hit Reading & Leeds for one last sun-drenched shindig of the season.
Album review: The Hives – The Hives Forever Forever The HivesNo postal service delivers the goods more reliably than Swedish garage rock legends The Hives, as seventh album masterfully proves.
What happened when Bring Me The Horizon headlined Reading Festival 2025The end of an era or a step to the next level? Bring Me The Horizon do both, with awe-inspiring production to boot as they close the Saturday night of Reading Festival...
Album review: Malevich – Under A Gilded SunAtlanta four-piece Malevich welcome the end of the world in devastatingly poignant style.
