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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Light It In Red/Throw Us A Line

Light It In Red/Throw Us A Line

The live event trade body the Professional Lighting and Sound Association (PLASA) hosted a number of events up and down the country calling on the Government to help the event industry through the COVID-19 crisis under the banner THROW US A LINE! Seven hundred and...

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John Blaylock (Press)

John Blaylock Shares Reflective New Single ‘Where Did All My Friends Go?’ Ahead Of Debut Album

Manchester songwriter John Blaylock has unveiled his latest single Where Did All My Friends Go?, offering a poignant preview of his forthcoming debut album Sounds Of The Dreadnought, set for release on 8th May.

Nerina Pallot (Press)

Nerina Pallot Celebrates Career With ‘Fire Escape Symphonies’ Ahead Of Royal Albert Hall Show

Nerina Pallot has announced a major milestone release with the arrival of her forthcoming compilation Fire Escape Symphonies: The Best Of, set for release on 29th May.

Tenille Townes (Madison Rensing)

Tenille Townes Announces UK Return With Intimate ‘Living Room Tour’

Tenille Townes has confirmed her long-awaited return to the UK this autumn, expanding her Living Room Tour in support of her newly released album The Acrobat.

Madonna @ The O2 Arena (Kalpesh Patel)

Madonna Returns To The Dancefloor With ‘Confessions II’

Madonna has announced her long-awaited return to club culture with the reveal of her new album Confessions II, set for release on 3rd July.

100% Wet (Lucas Kober)

100%WET Return With Expansive New Single ‘Eleanor’s Escape’ And Tease First UK Headline Show

Copenhagen’s 100%WET continue their ascent with the release of their new single Eleanor’s Escape, out now via Crunchy Frog Recordings—marking their first original material of 2026 and another evolution of their self-styled “hypergaze” sound.

Enter Shikari (Kate Hook)

Enter Shikari Drop ‘Find Out The Hard Way’ Video Following Surprise Album Release

Enter Shikari have unveiled the official video for Find Out The Hard Way, the latest visual to emerge from their surprise new album Lose Your Self, out now via So Recordings.

Creeper @ Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth (Simon Reed)

Creeper’s Glampire Rock Feasts Upon Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms

On a packed night at Portsmouth’s Wedgewood Rooms, Creeper brought their darkly theatrical world to an intimate stage, delivering a performance that felt both larger-than-life and deeply personal. Fresh from arena support slots and riding the momentum of their recent concept releases Sanguivore and Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death, the band transformed the small Portsmouth venue into a gothic spectacle—proving that even in close quarters, their ambition loses none of its bite.

Tarragon (Adele Mary Reed)

Tarragon Unveils ‘Blueprint’ Ahead Of Expansive New Album ‘Home At Cofa’s’

Coventry-based artist Tarragon has shared his latest single Blueprint, offering a luminous new glimpse into his forthcoming second album Home At Cofa’s, set for release on 1st May.

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