Jack Ridsdale, Author at Distorted Sound Magazine

LIVE REVIEW: Alcest @ SWX, Bristol

Before DEAFHEAVEN, there was ALCEST. Pioneers of the ‘blackgaze’ movement (which is the hybrid of black metal and shoegaze, for

The post-hardcore collective made up of members of HAVE HEART and BASEMENT known as FIDDLEHEAD have been on one hell

Having first emerged in 2013 as a tight, if a little generic metalcore outfit, DAYSEEKER have put the time and

When POLYPHIA first hit the YouTube scene, playing mind-bogglingly technical shred-athons it was clear that there was immense talent and

Bristol’s independent music venue SWX tonight plays host to four brutally heavy bands playing metal, hardcore, and just about everything

With the buzz that HOT MULLIGAN have generated in the last couple of years, you could be forgiven for not

Bristol’s 250-capacity venue is packed to the rafters tonight for a visit from Michigan’s pop-punk sensation HOT MULLIGAN. Considering the

In the early 90s, Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuoso STEVE VAI discovered a unique talent in the most unlikely of places.

Typically operating in the math rock subgenre, COVET, the San Francisco trio fronted by virtuoso Yvette Young, are often seen

Digbeth’s O2 Institute might be hosting pop royalty in the form of CARLY RAE JEPSEN, who occupies the venue’s main