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  • Woods Stage at End of the Road music festival
    features

    6 artists to catch at End of the Road Festival 2026

    August 26, 2026 - By Matt Ganfield

    Another Country $$$$Ethereal synths, hyperpop chaos and euphoric releases collude to make Manchester duo Another Country $$$$ one of the most singular prospects on the live circuit. 2026 album CURSED FRAME plays like a supercut of the best nights out you’ve ever experienced, interspliced with some of the most beautiful…

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  • London duo Lifeloose
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    Best new songs this week: Ob Picks (27/3/26)

    May 11, 2026 - By Matt Ganfield

    Nia Archives // DangerOur first taste of new Nia Archives music this year, ‘Danger’ is an X-rated celebration of sexuality hand-crafted to soundtrack your Friday night. “I think people kind of get stuck in girlhood,” Nia says. “But really and truly, I’m 26 and I feel like I’m entering womanhood.”…

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  • Turnstile perform at London's LIDO Festival 2025
    live reviews

    Turnstile live at Outbreak/LIDO London: a biblical showing from the hardcore crossover titans

    June 16, 2025 - By Matt Ganfield

    A staple of Manchester’s alternative calendar for over a decade, Outbreak Festival launches its London franchise in some style. London’s day festival circuit may be nearing a point of saturation with two – maybe even three – sizeable options vying for the public’s attention on any given weekend. It’s plain…

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  • Outbreak Festival announce 2025 dates for London and Manchester
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    Turnstile to headline inaugural Outbreak Festival London in 2025

    November 27, 2024 - By Matt Ganfield

    The event will take place in the capital on 13th June before pitching up in Manchester for two additional days. Outbreak Festival London will see hardcore heroes Turnstile perform a UK-exclusive festival set, joined by Alex G, Danny Brown, Julie and Model/Actriz, before a majority of the roster relocate to…

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  • Wide Awake Festival 2024
    live reviews

    Wide Awake 2024: a sun-drenched paradise for the misfits, the moshers and the genre-defiers

    May 31, 2024 - By Matt Ganfield

    With ample representation from grassroots venues, magazines, record stores and radio outlets alike: Wide Awake’s colourful lineup poster reads as a United Nations summit for the head honchos of Britain’s rich alternative scene. Now celebrating several years since first announcing itself to revellers back in 2021 (2020 was scheduled to…

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  • Model/Actriz share WINNIPESAUKEE ahead of their EU and UK tour
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    Model/Actriz share ‘WINNIPESAUKEE’

    September 18, 2023 - By Will Fenton

    The New York band commence their UK/EU tour on 2nd November. One of a number of tracks which were created in anticipation of Model/Actriz’s debut album Dogsbody, ‘WINNIPESAUKEE’ – the name of a lake in New Hampshire – was initially a five syllable placeholder, before frontman Cole Haden grew attached…

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