LIVE REVIEW

The second day of London's premier indoor alternative, experimental, math-rock, and post-rock festival. Despite being on a sleepier Sunday, the lineup is just as varied as the name has come to mean.

A sunny morning in the bustling surrounds of Hackney welcomes those with a predilection for anything post-everything as Portals 2024 kicks off in earnest. As the clouds form and fall throughout the day, you can’t blame the weather for not making up its mind; Saturday’s line-up is so stacked that many punters feel the same way. At the impressively labyrinthine EArtH, Noizze heads in to keep an eye on all the action across three floors of incredible music.

On a night so hot, so sweaty that even the visiting Australians are beginning to feel the heat, Zerox in Newcastle Upon Tyne played host to a wonderful mixed bill of bands. From the local downtuned trio in Undertow and the Wolfmother meets Sabbath stylings of Giant Walker to the upcoming metalcore stars in Future Static, the riffs weren't the only things that were scorching. (Photos are from the Bristol date)

Legendary Chicago punk-rockers Alkaline Trio led a night of energetic sing-along bangers and moshable riffs alongside rising stars of the alt-rock world LOWLIVES in a performance that won’t soon be forgotten.

Under dripping rafters and within sweat-clad walls, ††† finally make their UK debut in Bristol. Here's what happened.

Oklahoma City’s bleakest sludge wranglers Chat Pile are back for a sold out show in Bristol ahead of their appearance at this year’s Outbreak festival. Joined by anxiety inducing experimental Chicago outfit meth. and powerfully noisy London duo Modern Technology for one of the most punishing shows of the year.

It wouldn't be Slam Dunk without a bit of rain, but this year things got taken to another level. In the midst of mud, torrential rain and the occasional spots of sun, the first big alt festival of the year had its second day and played host to bands of all shapes and sizes across the alt spectrum. It would be a day filled with album sets, festival debuts and, perhaps most notable of all, the final festival appearance of legendary UK group You Me At Six.

Right before their first ever festival appearance at Slam Dunk, rising pop rockers Honey Revenge put together a string of headline shows including their biggest headliner ever at London's iconic Underworld.

The goths have converged on one location and seized control of the country’s most iconic venue to witness the last breaths of the VV era with a sold out evening full of Love Metal as Ville Valo closes out his globe trotting solo expedition in grand fashion.