Last weekend, our newly recruited Team Angel – but, trust us, there’s nothing angelic about this pair – found themselves once again at The Patriot, which has virtually become their “local” since the return of live music in the post-Covid era, for another triple dose of rock ‘n’ roll action.
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It very much was a case of the power of three when Norwegian stoner punks Bokassa brought their first ÜK headlining tour to Cardiff, ably supported by local heroes Florence Black.
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Whenever Jase W is offered the chance to go see a bunch of massively complex and busy music, there’s absolutely no way that he could possibly say no to that. Tonight’s show at The Peer Hat, a small and relatively unknown pub in the backstreets of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, Poly-Math, Codices and Lake of Ayes play an intimate show.
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It’s Halloween. Well, almost. And what better way to start our countdown to our favourite day of the year than with a dose of horror-inspired gothic punk rock ‘n’ roll from a bunch of guys who who wear so much white make-up and cover themselves in so much talcum powder that the cast of The Walking Dead look positively healthy in comparison? Oh, and write and deliver pop songs catchier than a dose of the clap in a nunnery? Nope, neither can I? Which is why this second full-length album from Belfast’s residents SLUTS (1… 2… 3… oh, you got it! Grand!) is the perfect appetiser for the ghoulish goings on ahead of us this coming weekend…
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Bullet For My Valentine have announced their seventh self-titled album, set to be released on the 5 November via Spinefarm/Search & Destroy. Lead singer Matt Tuck began writing this album in September 2019 and then when the Coronavirus pandemic struck, everything came to a halt. It wasn’t until almost a year later in 2020 that the band and long-time producer Carl Brown were able to get down in Treehouse Studios in Chesterfield to get the rest of the album written. The actual release of this album has been pushed back a couple of times, but the band have assured their fans through a tweet, saying “It’s important for us that you all be given the opportunity to experience this album at the same time, so as disappointing as it is to have to wait a little longer, we promise you it will be worth it”.
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