As our epic weekend at Download drew to a close, it was left in the hands of the Sunday line-up to round it off in style.
With 'Nocturnal', Mothica continues to prove that the alt-pop and heavy music spheres shouldn’t just co-exist - they can safely bump into one another, as when they do, great results can and do come out. By taking her past and present experiences with trauma and mental illness, and coating them in poppy melodies driven by heavy guitars, she has crafted one of the finest and heaviest alt-pop albums in recent memory, if not of the whole year.
SeeYouSpaceCowboy down at New Cross Inn was in equal measures heavy, chaotic and confrontational all over.
After an incredible start to our Download Festival weekend, we were back for the fun which day two was set to bring!
Atmospheric indie mainstays Foals have renewed a new lease of life, one which they lived out on their 2008 debut 'Antidote'. Where 'Antidote' tapped into the dancey rhythms of 'Red Socks Pugie' and the fun-filled grooves of 'Olympia Airways', Foals have dusted off their dancing shoes fourteen years later and swept the dance floor they once departed, for an album full of bliss melodies, sun-soaked vocals and clear blue waves of joyous escapism.
Download Festival returned to Donington Park for a weekend of incredible live music. Find out what happened on day one!
Mayday Parade were the leaders in pull on your heart strings fuelled pop-punk to emotional perfection down at Troxy in London.
Though at times it seems to wander aimlessly with some less than inspired choices, 'Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind' is a more than suitable follow-up to 'The Unheavenly Creatures', acting as a sonic bridge between what has been and what will be in the world of Coheed and Cambria and their music.
A beautiful night in London was soundtracked by Las Vegas' finest exports.
West Coast goes UK and serves as the perfect slice of bliss pop-punk pre Slam Dunk.