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Dublin's Fangclub have been making a name for themselves recently, being covered by the mainstream rock press, played on Radio 1, and soon, supporting chart-botherers Twin Atlantic for the Ireland/UK leg of their European tour, which includes three nights in Glasgow's Barrowlands. This tour leg commences just under a month after the release of their sophomore EP, Coma Happy.

When Busted announced their unlikely reunion a little over a year ago, we were all for it, if a little nervous. Now, the former-teenage heartthrobs venture into new territory with Night Driver, their first studio album since 2003.

Despite the occasional demo trickling out over the past several years, it wasn't until mid-October that we learnt ex-My Chemical Romance guitarist Ray Toro would be releasing his debut album Remember The Light in less than a month's time. Lead single Take The World soon followed, so we decided it was about time to catch up with Toro and find out just what's in store for us with his new project.

While it’s bloody devastating that the video of that night disappeared, Enter Shikari's 'Live At Alexandra Palace' reminds us of the cracking memories from one of the best shows ever.

Following a lack of new music for four years, Feeder are back with their ninth studio album All Bright Electric. Released earlier last month, All Bright Electric sees the band ditch the pop-rock chords that made them one of the first non-metal bands to grace Download Festival in favour of a heavier - almost grunge-like - sound.

When listened to again and again - and you'll want to listen to it repeatedly - Light We Made is the band discovering exactly what they can achieve by mellowing out a little more, and experimenting with a larger sonic spectrum. This isn't Balance and Composure with an entirely new sound, it's them building upon what they've done before.

You might be forgiven for thinking with such a ridiculous name, Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard were some kind of parody band, or pedallers of bog-standard doom metal. You'd be mistaken: on their sophomore album, Y Proffwyd Dwyll, MWWB have taken the doom metal format and shaken it up, incorporating airy vocals, keyboards and psychedelic rock influences.

The Classic Grand is absolutely packed this Sunday evening, with Royal Republic's small but dedicated fanbase turning up in spades. The venue's 500 person capacity is pushed to its limit, there barely being space for anyone to move by the time Dinosaur Pile-Up have started.

By this point it is inescapable to mention American Football without mentioning the fact that they haven't released a record since their self-titled debut back in 1999. Whilst somewhat of a cult hit at the time, it wasn't until the band had stopped making music that things began to click for the Illinois quartet. The band's rise to acclaim came during the so called "emo revival" and it eventually lead to a reformation back in 2014. Two years on we have finally been graced with the long awaited second album, American Football (LP2).

Jonathan Greenwood's recording project The Doublecross takes the basic mould of Hot Water Music's upbeat melodic punk and adds a bit of radio-friendly sheen to it. Keep Bleeding is an album that succeeds in spite of itself, and is shamelessly enjoyable as a collection of fun, if commercial, rock songs.