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The Future of Sound of a Native Culture – Hanggai
An unusual yet explosive mix of big band horns and Mongolian rock from a band with a subtle political subtext. Big Band Brass by Hanngai (read more)
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More Authenticity, Less Plastic – Cambridge Folk Festival 2019 Delivers On All Fronts
CFF 2019 showcased some incredible new talent. Amy Montgomery is one of the few performers who stops you dead in your tracks and forces you to lower your lens to breathe in the sheer brilliance of it all (read more)
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Any Port in A Storm – Brothers Osborne Make Land
Drunken shanty renditions of Drank Like Hank would be heard throughout the streets of London into the early morning. (read more)
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Chewing Up A Banjo Plucking Storm
The Dead South show a sold out O2 Forum they aint no punks (read more)
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Is the Classic Rock sound making a comeback?
Lancastrian Rockers Massive Wagons charge the charts with new release ‘Full Nelson’ (read more)
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The Tides Are In Our Veins
Floridian Post-Rockers Tides of Man return with brand new instrumental release ‘Everything Nothing’. (read more)
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When Godsmack’s Legend Stagnates
So just how much have seminal Nu-Metallers Godsmack phoned it in with latest release ‘When Legends Rise’? (read more)
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Sons of a Galactic Wasteland
Sons Of Alpha Centauri get a little space-y with latest instrumental release ‘Continuum’ – but is it cool, Sci-Fi space or just the dark bits in between? (read more)
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Loitered Lens: Starcrawler
The disturbing majesty of Starcrawler (read more)
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Bullet For My Valentine’s Not Dead Yet!
Welsh Metalcore stalwarts Bullet For My Valentine are back with new release ‘Gravity’. But does it stand up against their early material? (read more)
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Starcrawler, Grabbing Attention By The Bruised Throat
Trebuchet heads to London’s Garage to wave a camera at a real American nightmare – LA’s Starcrawler. (read more)
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Loitered Lens: Camden Rocks 2018
A selection of our favourite snaps from Camden Rocks’ 2018 instalment. (read more)
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A Grand Day Out At Camden Rocks
Team Trebuchet visit a few of our favourite Camden haunts to soak in this year’s Camden Rocks. (read more)
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Only The Support: How To Steal The Show
Bristol Indie-Rockers Coasts made for a stellar night with their headline appearance at Kentish Town’s O2 Forum… But how did openers Only The Poets fare in navigating the crowd? (read more)
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Apply Yourself & Don’t Bullshit – Hollywood Undead (Interview)
he large padded doors were closed tight. Tthere was a serene kind of peace and the faint smell of Brut in the air-conditioned room, and I remember E began whispering in the dark, ‘All the (read more)
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Diary of a Pop Punk kid – the team behind Pop Punk Pile Up 2018
Upstart young festival Pop Punk Pile Up take us through what their debut year has in store for the UK’s Alternative scene. (read more)
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Chuggy Hardcore, Screams and Postures. Yes. Revolution…? We’ll See. TRC
TRC screams of letting a bit of steam off, about a bit of positive aggression and fun (read more)
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Making music: a Taxing process?
Blues and Rock-influenced unit Tax The Heat drop in to discuss new album ‘Change Your Position’ (read more)
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If we don’t choose the path we walk, who wrote this music?
Burgeoning Emo influenced Alt-Rockers Selfish Things pump a little Canadian sheen into a dreck-spattered scene. (read more)
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Six compilation albums wasn’t enough – Nightwish
Finland’s Symphonic Metal pioneers Nightwish dig through the archives to present yet another compilation of their work. (read more)
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2018: the year of the Crown?
Lincoln Alt-Rockers Carry The Crown are angling to make a statement with new release ‘Not Alone’ (read more)
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Damned if we go to a(nother) Punk show
Seasoned Punk veterans The Damned on a London stage is an all too familiar site after a career spanning over 40 years. (read more)
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Nomadic music and the convergence of style – Tengger Cavalry
Sometimes, the tropes of contemporary Western culture can combine with the music of other eras and nations to turn up unexpected results. (read more)
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Frank Turner brings punk to the folk-core (or vice versa)
Contemporary Folk-Punk troubadour Frank Turner’s Hardcore alter-ego Möngöl Hörde knock London’s Scala down a couple of pegs. (read more)
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Ramblin’ Man Fair Announce Second Headliner!
Mott The Hoople added to an already stellar lineup for the 30th June/1st July event (read more)
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Hollywood Undead (Live Review)
Hollywood Undead launched into the lights at Camden’s Koko 2018 (read more)
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Operation: Mindcrime (Live Review)
To Queensrÿche without Geoff Tate or to Geoff Tate without Queensrÿche? Operation: Mindframe celebrate 30 years of their namesake album. (read more)
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Pissed Regardless – Feed The Birds (Review)
Crossover Thrash is a fickle beast. Have Californian newcomers Pissed Regardless managed to crack the code with their sophomore EP effort ‘Feed The Birds’? Fraggle investigates. (read more)
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Tankard – A Compilation of Inebriation
Thrash Metal, like most genres, has its tropes. Those same reoccurring themes which pop up in the lyrics, inspirations or meanings behind the songs. (read more)
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The Hat Man and The Korg
Saturday night music at the Lansdowne pub in Lewes, church of the unchurched, and my (low) expectations are scattered to the four winds by the performance of Robert Lashmar AKA Rhythmic/AKA The Hat Man. (read more)