Ragan appears without ceremony, a barely audible “whoah” his only call to arms. Somehow, between that iconic roar and Todd Beene’s pedal steel, a sound that can consume the whole enraptured venue is ...

Perhaps it’s the intimidatingly mostly seated hall, or the first half of the show loaded with deep cuts and later songs that doesn’t click with the crowd immediately, that cast a shadow over ...

In fact, it’s reasonable to say that every song has moments that exemplify the cathartic, landslide drops that we love from Sleep Token. Opener ‘Look To Windward’, with its repeated prayer to “halt ...

Time hasn’t altered the power of ‘Morning View’, the record that grabbed us with its deliberately constructed streams of consciousness two decades ago, and a slightly more lo-fi take drags the ...

Time has been kind to Mclusky. Perhaps because Falkous always sounded old and bitter they have grown into their sound. ‘The World Is Still Here And So Are We’ is the most Mclusky record, it might even ...

Politics plays an important part in ‘Glitter’, with Knives firmly (and correctly) leaning into inclusivity of all groups, both within diversity groups and the LGBTQ+ communities, and standing up for ...

Punktastic's current Editor-In-Chief. Photographer, nerd, I watch far too many horror movies and get way too attached to fictional characters ...

Brighton duo Regal Cheer have made quite a name for themselves in the local post-pandemic punk scene. Two EPs, an LP, shows played the length and breadth of the country, all powered by a frantic, ...

The award for ‘Most Misleading Album Title of 2025’ has to go to Propagandhi’s ‘At Peace’. The activist Canadian hardcore heroes are still fighting the good fight against the forces of oppression ...