Category: Music News


  • Tamar Berk – Indiesleaze 2005 

    We all had a particular times of our lives when we dreamed big without even thinking what future holds. For Tamar Berk, one of our favorite singer-songwriters, 2005 was a year where she spent her free time rehearsing and performing with various bands, looking for more gigs, and looking for more opportunites for her music…

  • Manchester Punk Festival Announces Next Wave Of Bands For 2026 

    Manchester Punk Festival have delivered an early Christmas present with their latest announcements for 2026. Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!) will finally grace the MPF stage, she will be joined by Fucked Up, Slow Gherkin, [Spunge] and Inner Terrestrials. 2026 will also see Manchester Punk Festival welcoming Split Dogs, Autonomads, Stoj Snak and Pengshui, but that’s not all,…

  • Angry at the world? Craving fast, furious punk rock with a political edge? Reading, UK’s Tape It Shut are set to deliver exactly that with their debut full length, Suspicious Package, that delivers a 16-track explosion of energy, anger, and social commentary. The album rips through themes of modern frustration, from the daily grind to…

  • The Empty Page Release “When We Gonna Run?” Single 

    Manchester, UK’s The Empty Page has never been a band for love songs. Across the northern trio’s two albums and three standalone singles, singer Kel’s lyrics have covered subjects as diverse as climate-destroying billionaires, panic attacks, bed rot, nightclub nostalgia, and house cats. So releasing a love song might be a surprise for ardent fans…

  • Pet Needs Commence Winter UK Tour Dates 

    Pet Needs are rounding off another benchmark year with some of their biggest UK shows to date, the band are seeing out 2025 with six dates spanning Scotland to the South Coast, the Essex Punks will be tearing up stages across the nation between, kicking off later today at Glasgow’s Nice ‘n Sleazy and running…

  • Hollows – Blood 

    Hollows – Blood 

    Hollows are not like any other band you could stumble upon nowadays. In a vast sea of same and repetitive modern rock music, their songs shine in a limelight, proving there are still bands able to resonate with the same warmth, depth, meaning, and emotion. These profoundly creative musicians are capable of delivering that special…

  • Michael Monroe Shares “Disconnected” From Upcoming “Outerstellar” Album 

    Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks / Demolition 23) has released his anthemic new single, Disconnected, that is taken from his forthcoming studio album, Outerstellar, that is set for release on February 20th via Silver Lining Music. Disconnected speaks of something that Michael Monroe feels passionately about: that live music is a rare and vital space for people to find each other…

  • LA’s veteran genre disruptors Fishbone have unveiled a brand new video for All About Us, the latest visual from their critically acclaimed album, Stockholm Syndrome, that was released in June 2025. With All About Us, Fishbone sharpens their focus on the ongoing struggle between economic justice and unchecked privilege, proving once again that their voice, their vision, and their…

  • Needy Pet Take On Toxic Masculinity On New Single “Alpha Male” 

    Irish Glam Punk band Needy Pet have released their second single, Alpha Male, that hits you with a two minute blast of feminist punk delivered with righteous anger by frontwoman Jenny Q. The song is a satirical takedown of insecure masculinity in the present day that was recorded with producer Stefano Vita, who recorded the…

  • Against Rebellion’s Romanticism: Hear Chloe Hawes’ Raw Punk-Tinged Confession “James Dean” 

    Chloe Hawes has released “James Dean,” a stripped-open punk-tinged confession that is a reckoning with self-destruction and the ghosts we carry. Hawes pushes back against the romanticism of rebellion, trading posturing for something messier and real. Playing every instrument but the drums (Anna Reed), the song features a smoky, intimate vocal that splits open the…