Local Colour Records are a DIY label from the South of England putting out emo/punk bands, but mainly “any bands [they] like and think are cool.” The label is run by twin brothers Alex and Charlie Flowers who grew up and live in a tiny town, suffering the struggles a lot of us face: a […]
The mighty genre-mashers Will Tun & The Wasters are raring to release their brand new album ‘The Anachronist’s Cookbook’ this Friday (September 25th) via Riot Ska Records (UK) and Plan-It-X Records (US). Never the band to disappoint when it comes to music videos, this time they collaborated with award-winning animator Tim Wheatley to bring a fantastic visual […]
Birmingham has been a notoriously hard city to book shows in for a long time, and venues seem to be one of the main sticking points, so we have compiled a list of usable Birmingham venues. While there are a lot of venues, there aren’t any DIY spaces or any venues well known for putting on […]
Contrail, a brand new alternative punk shoegaze-esque band from Poznan in Poland, have just released a promising demo. Their songs aren’t the most complex, but are catchy with a relaxed feel and highlight what they could achieve in the future. Intro track “I Just Want To” is short but sweet, consisting of only a guitar […]
The split released digitally and on cassette through Small Avenue Records features two London based-bands; Attila the Fun and Middle Distance. Young in appearance as well as songwriting, each song is a document of British emo and DIY punk ethics. First song “Mantis Toboggan” by Attila the Fun twinkles into being with a faster take […]
One of our favourite new bands this year is certainly Bristol’s Viva Zapata! Since playing their first show at the start of this year the band have become highly productive and have wasted no time putting together their first EP recorded from their home in true DIY fashion. The band have already fused their own unique sound […]
Cheltenham’s finest and one of our favourite bands Austeros, fresh from their UK tour with Ghost on Tape where they played Seeing Your Scene shows in Bristol and Nottingham, have released their first ever music video for new song “We Seem Okay”. The track is available on a forthcoming 7″ from the fantastic Don’t Ask […]
Blackbird Raum are an acoustic anarcho-punk band from Santa Cruz, California. Liverpool is a portside city in the North West of England. Both are dead good. Towards the end of May I was travelling around with Ash and Dan, and we had a pretty fun sounding show booked in Liverpool with Blackbird Raum. We were […]
Having slaved away recording their much awaited debut full-length in Bristol over the last few months, Will Tun & the Wasters are ready to unleash it before the end of summer. Already they have signed with the excellent Riot Ska Records to release the album, The Anachronist’s Cookbook within the UK, the band are now delighted to announce that it […]
Our buddies in London pop-punk outfit Triple Sundae along with their Greek friends The Overjoyed have combined forces to do a joint tour this month with two legs, first Greece (along with Cereal Box Heroes) and then the UK for the following week. On June 17th they hit Bristol’s Roll for the Soul to play a Seeing Your […]