The world has woken up to Outbreak. Like it or not, at last year's London edition of the festival, we found ourselves in a place where TURNSTILE could headline the same weekend as CHARLI XCX. Now, she’s gone one step further in releasing her own “rock music”. We’re in a reality in which KNOCKED LOOSE could create a song with DENZEL CURRY, and Kim K is about to follow daughter NORTH WEST on a fourteen-date tour of her metal-tinged hyperpop across America. The same kind that Ha

For their 15-year anniversary, Outbreak Festival isn’t pulling any punches. Started in 2011 by 14-year-olds Jordan Coupland and Lee Fellows, Outbreak has blossomed into one of the biggest hardcore festivals in the UK, bringing fans from all over the world to the North of England for a weekend of barrier-free chaos. Since 2022, the festival has taken place in Manchester, and this year will see hardcore’s biggest and brightest talents return to Manchester’s Bowlers Exhibition

Ipswich’s alt-rock icons BASEMENT became a well-known name throughout the UK grunge scene over a decade ago, mainly thanks to the release of their cathartic second full-length record Colourmeinkindness in 2012, as well as a formidable stage presence that saw them open for acts such as BRING ME THE HORIZON and would establish a cult following that wouldn’t falter even after a half-decade hiatus from releasing music. To celebrate the band’s highly anticipated return with WIRED

BASEMENT is the tried-and-true example of letting their music speak for them. Returning to the heavy scene back in March with their first music in eight years, the British alt-rockers released dual tracks, Wired and Broken By Design. A statement piece of contradictions, shifting violently between elation and suffocation, the tracks complement each other in their own controlled chaos - as one agitates deeply, the other seeks to soothe and find compromise. Pushed together, they

Almost ten years ago, five guys from sleepy Ipswich opened for BRING ME THE HORIZON . At the time, basking in the pop-centric lull of...

Outbreak’s Saturday and Sunday were incredibly different from their Friday offering - you can check out our Friday review here! Saturday...