Download Festival Is More Than Just the Metal

Download Festival Is More Than Just the Metal

I’ve been attending Download Festival since 2005. Every year, as I walk through those gates, I feel something that can be difficult to explain to people who have never experienced it. For a few days each June, I stop feeling like I’m standing on the outside looking in. I belong.

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Albums Of The Year 2025

Albums Of The Year 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, it’s impossible not to marvel at just how rich, varied and boundary-pushing this year has been for music. From bold reinventions by established heavyweights to fearless debuts and long-awaited returns, artists across genres have stretched...

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Albums Of The Year 2024

Albums Of The Year 2024

2024 has been yet another year of fabulous new music and reimaginings of music of bygone eras brought afresh for a new audience. Here is a curated list of records the Rockshot Magazine have been playing over and over throughout the year, a feast for the senses even if...

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Albums Of The Year 2023

Albums Of The Year 2023

2023 has been an incredible year for new music, both from artists putting our their debut LPs and new, innovative and gorgeously textured records from established acts. The Rockshot Magazine team ourselves are a music-loving troupe with diverse and eclectic tastes,...

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Sophie B. Hawkins Lays It Down In London

Sophie B. Hawkins Lays It Down In London

The Forge is an intimate venue, newly refitted in steel and glass. Only three hundred people can get through the doors, just off the well-trodden Camden High Street, and tickets sold out long before tonight. It’s Sophie B. Hawkins’ first London show in fifteen years...

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Albums Of The Year 2022

Albums Of The Year 2022

While not in any particular order and by no means an exhaustive list of our favourite records of 2022, here are a handful of those that stuck out in what has been a massive year of music. From earworm-filled LPs and thought-provoking records to the banger-laden...

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Wealthy Women (Nate King)

Wealthy Women Confront Difficult Truths On Powerful New Single ‘Shit Breaks’

San Francisco trio Wealthy Women have unveiled their striking new single Shit Breaks, offering another emotionally charged preview of their forthcoming debut album Children, due for release on 7th August.

Chloe Star (Aimee Arreguin)

Chloe Star Confronts Rehab Industry Corruption On Powerful New Single ‘Walking On The Sun’

Rising Los Angeles pop-punk artist Chloe Star has unveiled her powerful new single Walking On The Sun, a deeply personal track inspired by her own experiences navigating the treatment and rehabilitation system during her battle with substance abuse.

Two Door Cinema Club @ Crystal Palace Park (Abigail Shii)

Two Door Cinema Club Celebrate Tourist History With First UK & Ireland Arena Tour In Seven Years

Fresh from a euphoric headline performance at London’s Crystal Palace Park, Two Door Cinema Club have announced their first UK & Ireland headline arena tour in more than seven years, celebrating the 15th anniversary of their landmark debut album Tourist History.

Alexandra Kay @ BST Hyde Park 2026 (Kalpesh Patel)

Alexandra Kay Announces Biggest UK & European Headline Tour To Date Following BST Hyde Park Triumph

Fresh from an acclaimed appearance at BST Hyde Park, where she opened for country legend Garth Brooks in front of the biggest crowd in the festival’s history, Alexandra Kay has announced her largest UK and European headline tour to date.

Sadurn (Juliette Boulay)

Sadurn Announce Sophomore Album ‘The Underworld’ And Share Heartfelt New Single ‘whole thing’

Philadelphia indie folk outfit Sadurn have announced the release of their long-awaited second album, The Underworld, arriving 16th October via Run For Cover Records. Alongside the announcement, the band have unveiled the album’s lead single, whole thing, accompanied by a beautifully understated music video that offers an emotional first glimpse into the band’s next chapter.

Two Door Cinema Club @ Crystal Palace Park (Abigail Shii)

Two Door Cinema Club Turn Crystal Palace Park Into One Giant Indie Disco

Summer concerts are all about momentum, and Crystal Palace Park delivers exactly that. From emerging indie talent through established festival favourites to one of Britain’s most enduring modern indie bands, the bill builds perfectly throughout the day before Two Door Cinema Club close proceedings with a euphoric headline performance that transforms South London into one enormous outdoor indie disco.

Return To Dust (Briana Sista)

Return To Dust Unleash Explosive New Single ‘Sweet Escape’ Ahead Of Sold-Out UK Debut And Arena Tour

Los Angeles alternative rock outfit Return To Dust continue their rapid ascent with the release of their powerful new single Sweet Escape, arriving alongside an atmospheric new music video that further showcases why the quartet have quickly become one of modern rock’s most exciting emerging names.

Rowena Wise (Nick Mckinlay / Nick Mckinlay)

Rowena Wise: Bad Things Feel Beautiful

Naarm/Melbourne-based alternative indie folk artist Rowena Wise releases her second solo album on 7th August. Having just released a new music video featuring four minutes of improvised, interpretive dance, one might have expected her to have compiled a positive collection of songs. “There’s a song about realising that the most loving act is to let go of someone, and there’s also a song about sort of complex intimacy within like family dynamics, or within a romantic one, or with friends, or with someone you can’t really label your connection with. And there’s more themes about mental health, all throughout this new album”.

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