I’ – the band’s admirably ambitious collaboration with Chelsea Wolfe – prevented the passing of a near-decade of Converge-less time, the wait for a new Converge album proper has never been greater.

Gogol Bordello have drawn on so, so much from their musical heritage to make this album, passing beyond the gypsy-punk label and through to glorious self-definition. We’ve got the gorgeous Madness ...

It’s no surprise that DIY punk supergroup YAKKIE’s debut offering, ‘Kill The Cop Inside Your Head’, is a political, feminist melting pot of anti-capitalist rage. The band is fronted by Dream Nails ...

A new Mariachi El Bronx album can’t have been on many bingo cards for 2026, right? The sincere mariachi alter-egos of The Bronx have taken over a decade away from the spotlight, and the announcement ...

Joyce Manor have distilled the sound of watching gentrification happen to your favourite grimy neighbourhood into Californian punk gold. Their sixth album, ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’ drips with ...

Owen Paulls is no stranger to navigating the alternative landscape across multiple mediums. From touring the DIY circuit behind the kit to crafting detailed black and grey realism on skin across ...

Jagged City is an ideal name for this project. Not just because its collaborators are based in different locations, but because there is a spiky, slightly unfriendly feel to their music, the kind of ...

Harpy’s already taken on festival fields and pushed the limits of experimental goth-industrial-power-electronica, but now? Goth Metal Mommy’s embodying all seven sins in style. ‘VII’ takes in a sin ...

It feels like we’re all Kid Kapichi. Roaring out of the pandemic years with their 2021 debut through their political disillusionment and galvanisation of their next two releases, Jack Wilson and Eddie ...

Delayed mourning hangs in the atmosphere at O2 Forum Kentish Town. The Wonder Years are at the end of their four date run of the UK to celebrate the re-issue of ‘No Closer To Heaven’, and after their ...

“It’s gonna be whatever you want to make of it,” warns the silver-tongued narrator on the opening of Good Charlotte’s ‘Motel Du Cap’. While in the guise of a hotel check in, that phrase would be a ...

Bristol noise punks Knives have had a killer year. Their debut LP ‘Glitter’, released in April, is a churning powerhouse of nightmare rhythms; a personal favourite of 2025. They’ve taken their ...