Latest news and updates from across the British rock and metal world. Typically, festival line-ups and fun new initiatives.
Six years in the making, south-coast rockers Hypophora are about to unleash a debut album that tracks the various sounds and influences that have honed the band as we now know it. It’s coming up to a year since we introduced you to the band’s 90s guitar throwback sound and, with debut album Douse due…
There’s another exciting new festival to add to your hit list this summer as Torbay has launched Burn It Down, the region’s first-ever alternative music festival. The English Riviera will see the likes of SHVPES, Mallory Knox, Dream State, Carcer City, Continents and Lotus Eater take to stages across three pubs in Torquay on 1…
If you read our review of the recent Pulled Apart By Horses gig at Fluffer Pit Parties, you’ll have seen some awesome photos by our man Sam Huddleston. The Hackney Wick-based photographer focuses on live music and portraits, with a particular knack for capturing the feeling, style and emotion of music. He’s kicking off his…
North London’s annual live music feast Camden Rocks Festival is just over a week away and, with 8,000 music fans ready to descend upon Camden next Saturday (2 June), organisers have today announced the full line-up and stage times. 200 bands, selected from an impressive 5,000 applications, will take to a whole host of Camden…
An exciting new musical project is about to hit the British shores, as British band Eyre Llew and South Korean band In The Endless Zanhyang We Are (we’ll call them ITEZWA) join forces for a cross-continental mash-up. The project kicks off with ITEZWA coming to the UK next month to play ten shows supporting Eyre…
Fluffer Pit Parties have gained a reputation for being fine purveyors of all-out, face melting fun. After all, the concept is simple and fail-safe. Set up a 360-degree stage in the middle of a room. Invite the hottest scuzz, thrash, noise and punk act to play, and let punters go wild as they get a…
The number of amazing rock festivals taking place this year is frankly staggering. And one of the best lineups, even in the face of such strong competition, is ArcTanGent Festival in Bristol, which takes place on 16-18 August. The ultimate festival for math-rock, post-rock, noise rock, alt-rock and more, which will be headlined by the…
New bands and DIY musicians can now publish and distribute their music across all major stores and earn money from it for free, with the launch of digital platform Kycker. Officially showcased at Texas emerging music showcase SXSW earlier this month, the free online platform provides DIY musicians with a range of tools that help…
The annual day of celebration for the UK’s rich array of independent music stores is almost upon us. With Record Store Day UK (RSD) little over a month away, its organisers have revealed the limited edition releases coming to independent record shops on 21 April. The list includes special, limited edition records from the likes…
Here at GigRadar we’re all about promoting new bands and new music, and encouraging people to support ‘grassroots’ music. We’ve interviewed so many bands over the last 18 months or so bemoaning how hard it is to make a living in music, and we’re always looking for ways to help them. So it was music…
We’re feeling very nostalgic today with the news that mid-2000s legends The Pigeon Detectives will headline this year’s Warton Music Festival. The Leeds rockers shot to fame with their 2007 album Wait For Me, which sold over half a million records with classic tunes like Take Her Back and I Found Out, and a decade…
This week it was our pleasure to be invited into the audio realm of the Internet for the very first time. We appeared on our buddy Short Chris’ emerging metal podcast, The Short Chris Rock Show, to talk a bit about GigRadar, share our excitement about the emerging UK metal scene, and have a look…
