There’s something about firsts — first gigs at new venues, first albums from rising bands, first moments when music hits you in the chest and makes you move. On November 6th, Oswald Slain delivered all three in one glorious swoop at Bristol’s Jam Jar, a venue I’d somehow never visited until now. That nagging voice of “Why haven’t you been?” was finally silenced — and what a way to make an entrance.

Some bills feel too good to be true. On November 9th, Bristol O2 Academy hosted a night that felt like a gift — a double headline of poetic powerhouse Kae Tempest and Mercury Prize-nominated rising star Jacob Alon. The city responded in kind, packing out the venue early and ready to be moved.

If your idea of a perfect Christmas involves power chords, flying drumsticks, and a ukulele-wielding frontman serenading you in multiple languages — then rejoice, because Spike and the Gimme Gimmes are sleighing their way across the UK this December with their “All I Want For Christmas Is You” tour.

Download Festival 2026 is shaping up to be an absolute stormer. From June 10th to June 14th, Donington Park will be set ablaze by an epic lineup of both legendary and emerging talent, with three headline acts that are guaranteed to leave you in awe.

Simple Things Festival returns to Bristol on 8 November 2025 with its most ambitious edition yet—an all-day, multi-venue celebration of boundary-pushing music curated by Crack Magazine, Team Love, and Bristol Beacon.

Slam Dunk Festival celebrates 20 years with its biggest lineup yet—Knocked Loose, Good Charlotte, Sublime, and over 40 more acts will ignite Hatfield and Leeds next May. Two new heavy stages promise nonstop chaos with zero set clashes.

I was sent the latest track ‘Margate’ from Swiss indie-pop artist CORI NORA, I listened to it, loved it and wanted to learn more about the artist behind it. Read on to see how we got on chatting to her about her musical upbringing, influences, artistic freedom and returning to her flat in East London.

British-Norwegian horror auteur Kyle Sevenoaks makes a chilling debut with Taste In Music, a cosmic cabin nightmare that’s already earning standing ovations and festival acclaim.

Bloom’s sophomore album The Light We Chase is a cathartic, genre-defying triumph—melding melodic hardcore with shoegaze haze, post-hardcore grit, and emotional depth. Released 31 October via Pure Noise Records, it marks a bold new chapter for the Sydney five-piece.

London’s KEO are leading the charge in the UK’s guitar renaissance. Following the breakout success of their debut EP Siren and a sold-out UK/Ireland tour, they now announce a 14-date headline run across March and April 2026.

Dominic Harrison, aka YUNGBLUD, continues his meteoric rise with a collaborative EP titled One More Time, dropping 21st November alongside rock legends Aerosmith.

Emerging from the windswept edges of Cornwall, Fletchr Fletchr—formed by childhood friends Rohan Fletcher and Adam Sanders—are ready to make their mark with debut EP We All Feel the Same, landing Friday 28th November.

Sananda Maitreya, the artist formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby is on 9 date tour of the UK that kicked off last week.

The Damned announce special new covers album

“Not Like Everybody Else” in tribute to Brian JamesAlbum out 23rd January 2026, on earMUSIC

First single "There's A Ghost In My House" out 30th October

One-off covers show announced in Manchester 28th January 2026

French collective Nouvelle Vague is back — and they’re bringing their signature bossa nova shimmer to UK stages this November for a 16-date celebration of their genre-defying legacy.

Micko & The Mellotronics have announced their infectious new single “Misery Guts”, out now.

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Gogol Bordello are back with explosive new music ahead of their return to the UK this Autumn.

NYC psychosleaze provocateurs - Puzzled Panther - have announced the vinyl release of their second EP, ‘Fits of Serenity’, as well as a support tour with Gogol Bordello in the UK and EU this Autumn.

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