Glitchy chaos. Heavy drops. Pop meets metal in a full-blown identity crisis… and it absolutely slaps. 🤖🔥🤘 Alright butt… this one’s not here to behave. Not even a little bit. 😅 With Empty Hands, Poppy once again smashes genres together like she’s bored of labels — pop hooks, metal riffs, electronic weirdness, and moments of […]
Stripped back. Soul exposed. A bluesman standing tall on his own two feet. 🎸🔥🤘 Alright butt… this one hits different. No big theatrics, no over-the-top madness — just raw honesty, grit, and a whole lot of soul. 😤🍺 With On My Own, Laurence Jones dials things back and lets the music do the talking — […]
Indie bands, riff merchants and chaos merchants — this one’s for you. Right then, butt — if you’ve got a band grinding away on Band.us and you’re looking to get more eyes, ears, and beer-soaked attention on what you’re doing… you’ve just found your people 😈🍺 Here at The Riff Report Blog, we live for […]
Dry January usually turns pubs into sad museums of sparkling water, lime wedges, and broken spirits. You walk in hopeful… and leave clutching a Diet Coke like it’s some sort of court-ordered punishment. Not this year, mun. Because BrewDog have decided Dry January doesn’t have to be dry on vibes — and have unleashed one […]
In a world where everything’s paywalled, geo-locked, algorithm-mangled and flogged to the highest bidder, Neil Young has gone and done the most Neil Young thing imaginable. He’s given his entire music catalogue free to the people of Greenland. No subscription.No ads.No corporate strings. Just music, principle, and a massive, fuzzy-amp blast of peace and love. […]
As he continues to recover from illness — get well soon, legend ❤️🤘 Ahh man… this one hits right in the classic rock feels, mun. Mick Box — the riff wizard, wah-pedal warrior and founding force behind Uriah Heep — will sadly miss the band’s entire upcoming 15-date tour as he continues to recover from […]
Amazing scenes… but also mildly terrifying in the best possible rock ’n’ roll way 🤘😈 Clear your schedule, dust off the denim, and mentally prepare your vocal cords — because Little Angels have just dropped a teaser that’s sent classic rock fans spiralling faster than a dodgy backstage rumour at Donington. Four words.No explanation.Maximum chaos. […]
Right, take a deep breath and sit down for this one, because the price tag nearly sent us backwards into the merch stall. £1,600.To see Harry Styles live. Not a festival weekend.Not a European city break with gigs every night.Not a year’s worth of sweaty club shows and ringing ears. One. Single. Ticket. And suddenly […]
Two days. Three stages. Wall-to-wall bangers. Moor Park is about to get LOUD. Right then… strap in, crack a cold one, and alert the group chat. Rock Prest 2026 is rolling back into Preston, and it’s bringing a frankly ridiculous lineup of tribute brilliance with it. This is one of those weekends where you lose […]
Metalcore on a cruise ship was always going to be a bit unhinged.Throw in sunburnt emos, bottomless cocktails, nostalgia bangers, and thousands of passionate fans trapped together at sea… and yeah — drama was inevitable. This week, the Emo Cruise found itself right in the middle of social-media chatter after an on-board incident during a […]
Welsh rock fans, grab a brew (or a breakfast pint, no judgement) because this is proper tidy news 🤘Scarlet Rebels have officially signed with Rock People Management (RPM) — and honestly, this one feels like the stars aligning over a very loud rehearsal room. The band dropped the announcement with pure heart-on-sleeve energy, confirming they’ve […]
Riffs like thunder. Atmosphere like a storm rolling in. This one builds… then burns everything down. ⚡🔥🤘 Alright butt… brace yourself, because this ain’t a quick hit of noise — this is a slow-burning, sky-scorching monster of a record. 😤 With Setting Fire To The Sky, Urne deliver a proper modern metal masterclass, blending crushing […]
Right. Deep breath. Confession time, mun. Yes — The Riff Report absolutely, unapologetically loves The Apprentice.And no, we will not be taking questions from the metal police at this time 😅🤘 Twenty. Bloody. Series.That’s two decades of dodgy business plans, PowerPoint crimes against humanity, taxis to nowhere, and Lord Sugar firing people like he’s tuning […]
Another grim headline has landed on the bar top, and this one stings 😞🍺.The company behind Revolution bars has officially fallen into administration, resulting in 21 venues closing their doors across the UK. And honestly?The Riff Report crew are proper gutted. This isn’t just about a business going under. This is about nights out, sticky […]
Thrash metal riffs vs chart-polished pop hooks — and honestly, mun… this one matters. Right then, riff-heads. This week’s UK album chart race has gone properly unhinged — and we are absolutely here for it. In one corner, standing tall in battered leather jackets with decades of riffs behind them: Megadeth.In the other corner? A […]