Here we are once again, another year over. So as is customary this time of year it’s time to look over the highs and lows from the world of music, and this time it is the turn of our own charismatic enigma, Simon Crampton. Album of the Year – Creeper – Eternity in your arms…
A couple of weeks ago, it was revealed that Arizona’s finest original emo rockers Jimmy Eat World were going to headline their first UK festival by topping the bill at Slam Dunk 2018. Then, on Monday, it was announced they had co-headliners in the shape of none other than Good Charlotte. The Madden brothers and…
Having been privileged to be involved with the Heavy Music Awards 2017 (aka the HMA’s) from quite early on, becoming a judge in one of the first groups of people to be selected, this was an event I had waited for eagerly for some time. The venue, the House Of Vans beneath London’s Waterloo Station,…
Following Friday night’s jubilation and partying into the early hours after Sum 41 and System Of A Down, team Rock Sins returned fresh, and not sporting too many hangovers, to tackle the second day of Download 2017, Middle Saturday. If you haven’t yet checked out our Friday coverage from Download 2017 and would like to…
Words by Jamie Giberti, Ali Cooper and Simon Crampton. So, with Download 2017 virtually upon us, we come to the final part of our stage-by-stage Download Festival 2017 preview. If you’ve missed the other parts of our preview and would like to catch up, you can read the previews of The Dogtooth Stage, The Avalanche…
Continuing Rock Sins’ highlights of last year in our end of year awards series, it’s the turn of longtime contributor Will Stevenson. Here are Will’s picks of the great, the good and the somewhat disappointing from 2016. Album of the year: Full of Hell / The Body – One Day You Will Ache Like I…
Continuing our summary of the great and the good (and the not so good) from 2016, our writer and photographer Connor Morris takes his turn to step up to the plate with his 2016 End of Year Awards. Over to you Connor! 1) Album Of The Year – Touche Amore – Stage Four In a…
As far as festival announcements go, you don’t get much bigger than this. The 2017 Download Festival have only gone and added a whopping FORTY EIGHT bands to the line up for this years’ event. There are some huge bands in this announcement so it’s tough to know where to start, but a good place…
Listening to the muttered words in the queue winding around the o2 Academy Brixton, small complaints could be heard about how those patiently waiting had never seen so many people waiting to attend a show. With the release of their latest album, Misadventures, Pierce The Veil were touring the UK, bringing their supports, Letlive and…
So it’s been awhile since our last video of the week contest, so we’ve decided to have a slightly bumper edition this time around, with six videos as opposed to our usual five. There is a huge eclectic collection this time around, so let’s see who can come out on top to follow Death Valley…
