There were blue skies over Lloyd’s Amphitheatre as gulls stole the food from the hands of unsuspecting punters waiting for Placebo to take to the stage for their sold-out Bristol Sounds gig. While keeping one eye on their hog roast,…
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Feeder, Portsmouth Guidhall, 05/03/24
Feeder is one of those bands that evokes a certain time in the lives of many of their long-time fans: the long summers spent listening to Buck Rodgers and just a day, Humming High while you were out with your…
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Beano-inspired Slapformer Thank Goodness You’re Here revealed
Announced as part of Opening Night Live, Coal Supper and publisher Panic reveal Thank Goodness You’re Here!, a comedy slapformer guaranteed to mek thi spit art thi tea laughin’. After arriving early for a big meeting with the mayor of…
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Scars Above review – Knowledge is power
Scars Above is an enjoyable, slightly soulsy Metroidvania, with some great environmental puzzles, decent monster designs, and a lot of neat ideas that don’t always land. However, thanks to a compelling narrative and engaging combat it’s well worth the weekend…
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World War Z: Aftermath shambles onto PS5 and Series X via free upgrade
World War Z: Aftermath, the co-op zombie shooter inspired by the film, which was vaguely inspired by the collection of short stories by Max Brooks (well they have the same name at least) is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series…
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NOFX Double Album release date announced
NOFX has announced their new record, Double Album will be out on 2nd December. The follow-up to the SoCal punks 2021 album – Single Album, the new LP, completes the band’s double album project ahead of a world tour in…
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Ellie Gowers intimate UK tour kicks off this week
Warwickshire’s folk siren, Elllie Gowers intimate UK tour in support of her haunting debut album, Dwelling by the Weir starts this week. Dwelling by the Weir is a meditation on the nature of belonging, love, loss, nostalgia, and home. Taken…
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Goldie Lookin Chain, Tramshed, Cardiff, 12/11/22
A party atmosphere descended on The Tramshed in Cardiff as Newport’s greatest export, Goldie Lookin Chain (GLC), for a night of soap bar-fueled working-class Welsh rap. But before GLC stormed the stage, the night opened with fellow Welsh rockers, Punk…
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Ted Lasso star Cam Cole kicks off UK tour next week
Ted Lasso star Cam Cole is embarking on a tour of the UK, and Ireland with his band, next week. From the streets of Camden his songs, his guitars, his Farmer foot drums and most importantly his followers, have helped…
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Jaret Ray Reddick returns with gut-punching new single Drunk As It Takes
Bowling for Soup frontman, Jaret Ray Reddick, has released a new single and video from his debut country album, Just Woke Up.The latest single from the critically acclaimed debut is soulful, gut-punch of lost love, Drunk As It Takes, featuring Frank Turner, while the…
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Trifox review – My dear Foxy
Trifox is a retro 3D platformer inspired by Crash, Ratchet and Clank, and a little bit of Zelda, with some nice little twists of its own, on top. It’s an interesting mix that works for the best part as our titular hero embarks…
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Paper Cut Mansion Review – Such a lovely place
Paper Cut Mansion is one of the most unique and entertaining roguelikes I’ve played in years. It’s clear from the outset that Papercraft Mansion wears its hodgepodge of influences on its sleeve. A roguelike dungeon crawler crossed with an adventure game,…
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Goldie Lookin Chain set to play Cardiff show
Straight out of Newport, Wales best rap group from the Cwmbran area, Goldie Lookin Chain is heading to Cardiff’s Tramshed on November 12. Raising to fame with bangers Guns Don’t Kill People Rappers Do and Your Mother’s Got a Penis,…
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Resident Evil Village: The Winters’ Expansion review – Country roads
Resident Evil Village: The Winters’ Expansion is a decent epilogue to Resident Evil: Village with some genuinely unsettling moments and adds some great little additions to the core game, but it is by no means essential. The bulk of the expansion comprises the…
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef review – WAAAHHH has never been so much fun
This review was written by a Freeboota who broke into the office, stole our copy of Warhammer 40,000: Shootas Blood & Teef, and then posted us a letter written in crayon ‘wiv iz thorts’. For the sake of clarity, and…
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Lucy Dreaming review – Never quite as it seems
Lucy Dreaming is a quirky retro point-and-click adventure that was clearly a labour of love for everyone involved. You take on the role of Lucy, a young girl who keeps having a nightmare that she’s plummeting to her death. After reading…
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