HYPHEN’s rebel scum tour was the perfect start to the May bank holiday in Newcastle; a curated lineup of the best of contemporary punk and high energy sets making it a ninth birthday to remember for one attendee of Digital. Out of Rage favourite NATIVE JAMES began his set promptly at half seven, opening with lead Confessions of a Sinner single Fallen and quickly getting the crowd moving. The pit opened up for its follow up Hammer and the two steppers would keep their knees h

Real Life have been running the Punks For Palestine event at New Cross Inn, London since 2021 and this year, on 4th May, they are returning with more incredible live music, activism and more information about how you can support Palestinian-run businesses and projects in London. Since the start of the event, which brings together the underground hardcore, punk and hiphop scenes to support Palestinian charities, Punks For Palestine has raised over £10,000 for groups including

In a world on the brink of collapse, ravaged by hellish legions of cowboys, there is only one saviour we can turn to in our hour of need: Scotland’s COWBOY HUNTERS. Armed with lyrics sharp enough to kill and drumbeats that hit like rocket barrages, the rave-rock duo are one to watch - they’ve supported names like FRANZ FERDINAND and BOB VYLAN, and soon, WITCH FEVER, and have reached an incredible close-to-100k listeners on Spotify. They’re unpredictable, crass, and in every s

Hardcore has come a long way in the last nine years, and we’ve seen the monumental rise of the genre, going from strength to strength in underground venues to monstrous no-barrier sets at Coachella. Charli XCX made it known to the heavy music girlies that 2025 will be a Turnstile summer, and even in the UK, the community descends in its droves to Manchester for Outbreak Festival. In the blink of an eye, how we perceive a genre rooted in community, with its raw brutality of s

In a month plagued by anti-queer, anti-trans rhetoric, Nottingham (and the world) needs more queer music. Gender Warfare heard the call, and screamed back at it. We went a long to see them work their queer magic at JT Soar. With their bold and unapologetic music, accompanied by the three support bands, the gig was sure to be a chaotic but cathartic experience. First on the support bill was queer hardcore/emo grunge band Retina, a Nottingham based three piece who served up son

Out of nowhere, CANVAS SOCIAL shut down. A basement with a lot of heart and the ability to put on some amazing live shows, overnight the venue had a piece of paper cellotaped to the door with the words ‘WE ARE CLOSED’. This wasn’t widely reported, I had only seen it sandwiched in between a quickly-written article, listing it as another ‘live venue, bar or club that had shut down during the week’. Etcetera. However, this is the reality of the overwhelmingly devastating crisis