Photography: Hinds, Willie J Healey & SWEAT @ Academy2, Manchester.

Blackpool alt-rock favourites Boston Manor are celebrating ten years of the record that launched their career with the release of Drowned In Gold (Acoustic), the latest preview of the forthcoming Be Nothing. 10 Year Anniversary Edition, arriving on 14th August via Pure Noise Records.

Another glorious summer’s day greets BST Hyde Park as London swelters under the opening spell of the country’s latest heatwave. By mid-afternoon, thousands are already spread across the park, drifting between the Great Oak, Rainbow and Birdcage stages as a thoughtfully curated line-up unfolds.

Members of Canadian death metal powerhouse Tomb Mold are taking another step away from their crushing roots with the release of Hard To Destroy, the latest single from their melodic side project Daydream Plus. The track arrives ahead of the band’s debut full-length album, Second Last Day of Summer, due for release on 10th July via Run For Cover Records.

London is already baking in the opening days of the country’s latest heatwave as 45,000 fans descend upon Finsbury Park for one of the biggest rock bills of the summer. Under cloudless blue skies, Wavves, Marmozets, Don Broco and Nothing But Thieves steadily raise the temperature before Biffy Clyro deliver the kind of career-spanning headline performance that reminds everyone exactly why they remain one of Britain’s greatest live bands.

ARIA Award-winning sibling duo Angus & Julia Stone are back with their seventh studio album Karaoke Bar, which...

Yorkshire indie-rock favourites Shed Seven have announced their seventh studio album, Shed Seven, due for release on 8th January 2027. Marking a fitting milestone in the band’s three-decade career, the self-titled record arrives alongside the anthemic new lead single Stand Together, offering the first taste of what promises to be another major chapter in the group’s remarkable resurgence.

London rap-punk trailblazer Hyphen has returned with explosive new single Said What I Said, pairing one of his most politically charged messages yet with the high-energy blend of rap, punk and alternative rock that has rapidly established him as one of the UK’s most exciting independent artists. Alongside the release, Hyphen has also announced he’ll join Kid Kapichi on their UK headline tour this November, while continuing a packed summer festival schedule.

After record temperatures all week, Crystal Palace Park was more of a dustbowl than a vibrant Southern Californian post punk legends The Offspring hosted the hottest and possibly the noisiest party in town as they played the biggest London show of their career.