Author: Lizzie Cooper-Smith


  • ‘Existing in the grey area where not a lot is certain’: An interview with Edd Simpson from Once Upon A Dead Man

    The Edge caught up with Edd Simpson from Once Upon A Dead Man to discuss their debut EP, ‘Concepts and Phenomena’.

  • Review: Catfish and the Bottlemen at O2 Guildhall, Southampton

    Catfish and the Bottlemen ended their 12-date UK tour on a high at Southampton’s O2 Guildhall (12/11/15).

  • Preview: The Vaccines at O2 Academy, Brixton

    Indie-rockers The Vaccines will play at Brixton’s O2 Academy on the final date of their winter UK headline tour (26/11/15).

  • Review: Fightstar at Southampton University

    Fightstar return triumphantly to the live circuit with brutal new material and huge amounts of future promise (18/10/15).

  • Preview: Catfish and the Bottlemen at O2 Guildhall, Southampton

    Catfish and the Bottlemen will play the final date of their sold out UK tour at the O2 Guildhall in Southampton (12/11/15).

  • Review: Fightstar – Behind The Devil’s Back

    Fightstar release their fourth studio album ‘Behind The Devil’s Back’ after returning from their 6 year hiatus.

  • Preview: Fightstar at Southampton University

    Fightstar will play at Southampton University in support of their upcoming album (18/10/15).

  • Review: No Devotion – Permanence

    No Devotion release their full-length debut album, Permanence.

  • Review: Bring Me The Horizon – That’s The Spirit

    Bring Me The Horizon release fifth studio album ‘That’s The Spirit’ – and it’s not what you were expecting.

  • Review: Young Guns – Ones and Zeros

    Young Guns release their third studio album, Ones and Zeros.

  • 40 Days of Rewind: Blink-182 – Enema of the State (1999)

    Enema of the State, on the other hand, took the impish, roguish spirit of punk and gave it a shiny pop gloss, renewing the pop-punk genre.

  • 40 Days of Rewind: Nirvana – Bleach (1989)

    We’re at 1989 in our 40 Days of Rewind, and Lizzie Cooper-Smith will be taking on Nirvana’s mighty debut album.

  • Review: All Time Low – Future Hearts

    Future Hearts is sure to be a hit with the Baltimore quartet’s current listeners, but it is not the game-changing album it could have been.

  • Part 2 Review: Takedown Festival at Southampton University (07/03/15)

    Southampton Uni’s own Takedown Festival showed why it’s still the best indoor alternative festival around with this year’s stellar line-up.