Visions is akin to a mini SXSW or Great Escape, in which five different venues in the Hackney area of East London host an array of bands over the course of one day. A wristband allows you the freedom to wander in and out of the venues, which are all within easy walking distance of each other. The big draw on this year’s lineup was a headlining set from Spiritualized, but before that there were hours of other artists to see.

Be Your Own Pet are back and their Nottingham show last month was an absolute blast!

Jeff Rosenstock’s status as a figure of cult adoration on the underground punk scene has long since been cemented. HELLMODE is his fifth studio album since abandoning Bomb The Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches monikers a decade ago.

After releasing three acclaimed EPs and touring relentlessly, including playing to a sold-out audience of 97,000 at the Stade de France outside Paris opening for the French band Indochine, Coach Party finally release their debut album, KILLJOY.

Craft Recordings has done a commendable job at reissuing R.E.M.‘s catalog on vinyl. Collapse Into Now was the R.E.M.‘s final studio album, its 15th in total, and was originally released in 2011.

Will Sergeant’s new book “Echoes” documents the making and subsequent touring of Echo and the Bunnymen’s first two albums.

R.E.M.‘s 2004 album, Around the Sun, reissued here on 180g double vinyl, is an underrated slow burn that reveals itself more and more with multiple listens.

All-Night Pharmacy follows the story of a young woman who is entangled in a life of drugs, partying, and risky pursuits with her older sister, until a violent event changes the course of her life.

X rolled back the years at New York’s Palladium Times Square last week and Under the Radar were in attendance.