Music

There are more encouraging build ups to a major UK summertime festival than an entire week of continuous, heavy rain, but for the regulars of Download Festival, it’s nothing out of the ordinary. Lovingly nicknamed Drownload, it’s often plagued by inclement weather, but while clothes, bodies and campsites may be sodden before a single band has even played a note, it takes more than adverse conditions to dampen the spirits of UK metal fans.

2019 sees Taking Back Sunday celebrating 20 years as a band by embarking on a world-wide anniversary tour. We headed to the Bristol show to see them perform debut album Tell All Your Friends along with a second set of their favourite tracks from across their career.

Fever 333 are no ordinary live band. With their interlaced combination of charismatic chaos and uncompromising lyricism, the enormous line that formed outside of London’s Electric Ballroom spoke a thousand words regarding how quickly they have gained a serious following.

Sleeping With Sirens are back with their new full-length How It Feels To Be Lost set for release on 6th September. We caught up with Kellin Quinn and Jack Fowler at All Points East to discuss their 2019 plans, touring with Good Charlotte and new music.

With debut LP 'Jord', MØL’s genre fluid musicianship has been widely complimented. Their re-released EPs, 'I' and 'II', show where it all began.

The LaFontaines have got personal on their third album 'Junior', set for release this week via SO Recordings. The Scottish trio have stuck to their genre-mixing ways to create a varied body of music, which looks set to delight fans both old and new.

Booking the cavernous O2 Academy in Glasgow is a bold move for Fatherson. The band have long had a dedicated cult size following, packing out smaller venues all around the country, but this is a seriously big room. It’s a real statement of intent for this band, a sign they want to be on those bigger stages, and if this show is anything to go by they’re liable to get there.

After playing as MC Lars’ backing band and supporting him on tour, there is a lot riding on this debut Ruled By Raptors release. Will it be the catalyst for a meteoric rise?

Formed in early 2018, London-based trio Chains Of Daisy combine country rock, rhythm, and blues influences for an all-encompassing sound. Earlier in the month they released their debut EP 'Dead As Stone' and we caught up with the band to chat about their new release, their journey so far and much more.

'Born A Cynic', the first full-length from Bristol’s Weatherstate comes with the caveat of reputation based pressure, but has all of the touring led them towards a standout debut?