2022’s festival season kicked off with the return of Slam Dunk Festival, bringing some of the best in pop punk, with the first of two dates at Leeds’ Temple Newsam. We sent photographer Abbi Draper-Scott to capture the day and you can check out the photo highlights from Slam Dunk North below, including Cancer Bats,…
Given that her most recent show on UK shores a few weeks ago was supporting the reformed My Chemical Romance in a packed stadium, an early slot for Cassy Brooking, aka Cassyette (6) feels like somewhat of a change of pace. “Guys I’m still waking up, you’re gonna help me right?”, comes the jovial quip…
On the bank holiday weekend with two extra days added in, (thanks Lizzie) we adventured to the land of Hatfield to soak up the atmosphere of Slam Dunk Festival 2022. Scorching sun, drinks flowing and the mecca of pop punk was in full swing. Slam Dunk will always be one of our favourite festivals –…
After last year’s event being pushed back to September due to Covid, this year Slam Dunk Festival was back where it belongs in our calendars, kicking off the festival season of 2022 with a much needed dose of some of the best in rock and pop punk! Check out some of our photo highlights, captured…
Canadian pop, punk powerhouses Simple Plan kick off 2022 with the first new music since 2021’s The Antidote. It’s been six years since the band got together to record a studio album, promising in late 2018 that they were finally knuckling down to record but only dropping the odd single here and there along the…
Our Spotify playlist has been quiet for the first few weeks of the year, but we’re back up and running with a fantastic selection of tracks for our first installment of 2020! We have our usual selection of brand new singles, recent album tracks and some old favourites to have you moshing at your desk…
The second announcement for Slam Dunk Festival 2020 is out and it is a belter! Joining Don Broco as headliners at Slam Dunk 2020 are none other than Canadian punk rock favourites Sum 41! Sum 41 have recently been teasing a UK tour with Billy Talent and The Used on their social media, and guess…
Time for a brand new video of the week contest! We’ve got six very different bands with six very different songs and videos battling it out for your votes this week. Having set Download ablaze, almost literally, and with three mammoth shows at the end of November announced for English scores, Amon Amarth unleash hell…
Some time has passed since Devin Townsend won our last video of the week contest, but fear not, we’re back with a fresh batch of great songs and videos to crown a new winner. Firmly into the build up for their new, untitled album, we have to start things off with Rammstein. Following the overwhelming…
Sum 41 are back with a bang! Three years on from their comeback album 13 Voices, the Canadian punk rockers with a thing for heavy metal riffs can today reveal the first details of their brand new album Order In Decline. Sum 41’s seventh album, Order In Decline will be released on the 19th of…
It’s time once again for another update to the Rock Sins Spotify playlist. This time out we are, as you might have guessed from the title, focusing on the annual August bank holiday festival double header at Reading & Leeds 2018. This weeks’ 20 tracks are a mixture of old favourites and new releases from…
Overnight in the US, Linkin Park’s very, very special tribute concert in celebration of the life of their former frontman Chester Bennington has been taking place at The Hollywood Bowl in California. The show only finished about 45 minutes ago, and the full show is available to watch on Linkin Park’s YouTube channel. It’s an…
