Words: Ollie Hopewell The UK’s pop-punk and alt. rock scenes are currently undergoing a resurgence the likes of which I never dreamt of seeing, but this time we seem to be skipping over the angsty teenage sound pioneered by the likes of Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco and heading straight for the more refined sound found in the catalogues of Avril Lavigne , Paramore , and Good Charlotte . Just a quick aside, Panic! and Fall Out Boy are nowhere near being the best pop-p

Words: Ollie Hopewell As 2025 came to an end, so did the collaboration of Tom Flemming , Elliot Sheerin , and Alex Bettany , better known to us as Clay Lake . Their final performance was a bittersweet one, with a packed-out crowd giving everything they had to match the energy, spirit, and joy that the trio had given to them in their just shy of ten years playing and performing together. Over this time there has been losses and gains, uncertainty and ease, joy and sadness, and

Words: Tom Gensler Photography: Izzi Glover The Molotovs are one of the UK’s hottest acts right now, strongly noted and tipped off by a lot of big industry names for their commitment to revivalist indie rock, and a clear love of performing and writing music for the live setting. Sound-wise, they take a lot of cues from the mod genre, and in terms of looks, they very much draw from the mod fashion space, with the look and feel of the band being a very large part of who they a