brat summer is over. it’s time for grand theft autumn

.As It Is have made the days of everyone who was emo in the mid 2010s (me included)

An accurate representation of me at gigs

'Gentrification' is such an apt choice of word here. The music world mirrors the economic situation in the UK - billions for those at the top, the stadium fillers and the household names, with the grassroots level left the scraps, and the infrastructure being torn away.

I've heard an EP that's making me want to run through walls. Happy Wednesday to me. 😊

My parents like a bit of my music but not loads - nonetheless, my dad's got Beyond Belief by Holding Absence in his heavy rotation right now and I'm very proud 😅

what if we took the money used to pay the salaries of people who conduct these endless, pointless surveys and used it to fund working class arts programmes. what if we cut exec salaries and paid creatives more. what if we strung up landlords. what if we did literally anything.

Mike Cunniff from Boston Manor might be one of the nicest people I've ever interviewed. In my latest for Ticketmaster I got him to tell me some fun gig stories from over the years, from a lovely time at 2000trees Festival to the time only one person applauded...

I tweeted this exactly a year ago, fittingly, but the point remains - I'm always open for music based commissions! I'd especially love to do some more bios in before the end of the year or music copywriting gigs. You know where to find me - [email protected]! 😊

Me when someone plays generic metalcore

My love life is very uneventful right now but God I don't miss a) trying to text someone I like or b) the nervousness of waiting for them to text back

In the last week I've kept finding out things I have not enjoyed finding out 🫣

That song I was talking about is out today. It's DC Mini by Boston Manor. AND it has deb on it, if you needed more reasons to listen. Song of the year? Maybe...

This track is magical. It's also that lovely kind of heavy that makes you think you could lose control of your bladder at any moment.

If Nails ever play Outbreak the ceiling of the BEC Arena is going to fall in

Explaining hardcore to my sister: "Some bands yell their own name in the song and it goes SO HARD." My sister: "Like, 'Shakira, Shakira?'"