We caught up with MERYL STREEK literally 2 minutes after he came bounding off the main stage on the Sunday afternoon, he had a smirk on his face that said it all….

The Punk Rock Museum is opening a new exhibition, it’s cracking open a portal into the beating, blown‑out heart of Motörhead. On October 2nd, 2026, Las Vegas becomes the latest city to raise a glass to Lemmy Kilmister, the patron saint of volume, velocity, and absolute musical conviction. And this isn’t a polite retrospective. It’s a full‑throttle immersion into the life, legacy, and sheer sonic force of one of the most influential bands to ever shake the foundations of rock.

Prayers Electric don’t waste time pretending to be bigger than they are. They don’t need to. The Manchester-based duo have carved out a sound that feels oversized, unruly and gloriously physical, all built from one split guitar, one drum kit and two musicians who simply refused to stop turning up.

Neverskin have never been a project that stands still. Across their first three singles, the Dutch rising‑star outfit carved out a reputation for emotionally charged heaviness, songs that felt both intimate and immense, built on a foundation of raw guitar power and melodic instinct. But their new single ‘Consumed’, arriving this Friday, September 4, marks the moment everything shifts.

With Cyber Celt arriving 18 September, CHASING ABBEY have expanded their world tour, added intimate in-store performances, and doubled down on the cultural fire that’s been building around them for the past decade. What’s unfolding now feels less like a traditional album rollout and more like a full‑scale movement.

“About Face” has to do with the change of direction the band took when Chris (drummer) and Andrew (bassist) joined NOTNORTH and we began to work together to create a new sound. It was like something clicked into place. And the idea of a turning also feels apropos to the concept of NOTNORTH at large. “About Face” also feels right for the touches of glam, the queerness, and the “giving face” so many of our community enjoy.

Burn It Down Festival has always had a knack for putting established names alongside the bands who look destined to become tomorrow’s headliners. Spread across Torquay’s grassroots venues, the festival feels less like a traditional festival and more like a city-wide celebration of alternative music, intimate, energetic and gloriously loud.

Evanescence have never been a band that simply releases a song — they release a feeling. And with “Tell Me When You’ve Had Enough”, the latest single from their upcoming double‑vinyl album Sanctuary, they’ve dropped one of their most confrontational, self‑possessed statements in years. Filmed on the road during the band’s 2026 North American tour and directed by Eric Richter, the video captures Evanescence in their most natural habitat: under lights, under pressure, and utterly unshakeable.

Thirty years after Come Find Yourself gatecrashed the Britpop era with its unmistakable New York swagger, original Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman Huey Morgan is taking the seminal debut back on the road with a brand-new band for a 13-date UK tour this October. Looking back on the album that changed his life and soundtracked a generation, Morgan talks about the New York scene that shaped it, the unlikely story behind “Scooby Snacks” and why, three decades on, those songs ultimately belong to the people who made them part of their lives.

Jimmy Regal & The Royals have never been a band to sit politely within the borders of British blues. They stretch it, scuff it, electrify it, and, crucially, connect it to the global rhythms that birthed it. Their new single ‘Snap Back’, released today on Bandcamp Friday, is another step in that mission: a fierce, sinewy track that feels both steeped in tradition and defiantly forward‑leaning.

A shimmering late‑summer haze hung over the Cotswolds as The Big Feastival returned to Alex James’s farm for its 15th August Bank Holiday celebration of music, food and family fun. Even the occasional rain shower couldn’t dampen the mood. People drifted between stages and street‑food stalls with that familiar Feastival resilience — a rhythm of colour, community and carefree wandering.

2026 has been the year The Guest List stopped being “one to watch” and became a band people genuinely believe in. The Manchester five‑piece have spent the past eighteen months building momentum the old‑fashioned way, sold‑out rooms, word‑of‑mouth devotion, and songs that land with emotional clarity. Today, they arrive at the next milestone: the release of their ambitious debut album, Something Real, a record that cements their rise and shows just how far their songwriting has evolved.

Well folks, it’s that time again for a good ole’ dose of Country, Americana and Roots — so it’s off to The Long Road Festival at Stanford Hall, Leicestershire. The sun was shining, spirits were high, and for a moment it felt like nothing could possibly go wrong.

Whilst at the BIG FEASTIVAL this year, we wanted to chat to as many bands as we could who were lucky enough to perform there.

We caught up with Devon based band TORS after their performance on the main stage.

Whilst at the BIG FEASTIVAL this year, we wanted to chat to as many bands as we could who were lucky enough to perform there.

We caught up with Sheffield based band THE ROSADOCS after their performance on the main stage.

Every so often, a band crawls out of the UK heavy underground with something that feels less like a record announcement and more like a warning flare. Altera Doomonica, a doom metal collective who’ve been quietly building a reputation for weight, atmosphere, and unflinching bleakness, have finally revealed their debut album, Angelic Doomology, arriving 25th September 2026 exclusively via Bandcamp.

Some singers tell stories; Mary Coughlan lives them. For more than forty years she’s taken the messier parts of life, heartbreak, desire, survival, the bits most people shy away from, and turned them into songs that feel less like performances and more like late‑night confessions. This autumn, she returns to the UK for a run of intimate shows that promise all the emotional force she’s known for.

Whilst at BEAUTIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL this year, we wanted to chat to as many bands as we could who were lucky enough to play there.

We caught up with Bristol based 5-piece art-rock trend setters EROTIC SECRETS OF POMPEII, before their spellbindingly fab performance on the main stage that opened up the festival on the Friday.

Whilst at BEAUTIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL this year, we wanted to chat to as many bands as we could who were lucky enough to play the festival.

We caught up with Swansea based band TRAMPOLENE after their appearance on the main stage.

We caught up with South East alt/punk/rock trio SNAYX, after their appearance on the main stage. We chatted about playing their first show at BEAUTIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL, their musical influences, what's been happening in their very busy lives, festival food, future musical plans and their top tips to surviving a weekend music festival.