Her Head's On Fire is a fierce quartet with an impressive pedigree (Garrison, Small Brown Bike, The Bomb, and Saves the Day) serving up heart-seeking post-hardcore and emotive rock with enlivening riffs and melodies. The indie rock supergroup offers their strangeness to beauty with Strange Desires, their sophomore effort and follow-up to their debut, College Rock & Clove Cigarettes. Strange Desires deepens and expands on their first release. It has moments reminiscent of late 80s New Wave, early 90s indie, and post-hardcore peppered with poetic oddities that make the band's music memorable.

Fright Years are a cinematic indie-rock four-piece based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Formed in 2021 by art school students, the band is known for an emotive soundscape that blends 90s alt-rock, 80s post-punk, and modern dream-pop.

Following a new single 'This Here Ain't Water' hitting the BBC 6 Music A-List poetic post-punk duo Big Special headline.

Samantics is a one man machine of honesty, energy, words and noise. Using lyrics to portray his own unique vision of the world were all wandering, he speaks and shrieks from the centre of his erratic heart. Using a trolley full of sounds, including ukulele, bass, beats, piano, harmonies, blips and bloops and more, all brought together with loop station and sampler to create a hot pot of powerful, noisy poetry. It's not quite hip-hop, but it's not quite not.

TV Smith was founder member, singer and songwriter for the Adverts, who formed in late 1976, and were one of the leading bands in the first wave of British punk rock. In early 1977 they performed regularly at the newly-opened Roxy Club in London, and gained cult success with the Stiff Records single "One Chord Wonders." Their next release, "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" became a top twenty hit record, leading to radio and TV appearances and extensive media interest. A further single, “No Time To Be 21,” also entered the charts, and the band spent the rest of the year playing live, including major tours with The Damned and Iggy Pop. The album that followed in early 1978, "Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts," is still considered a genuine classic of the era and is often cited as one of the twenty best punk albums ever released.

Chuck Ragan’s bracing new release Till Midnight once again confirms what the iconoclastic singer-songwriter’s fans have known all along: that he’s a deeply compelling songwriter and an effortlessly charismatic performer, as well as a true believer in music’s ability to illuminate and inspire. Till Midnight‘s ten typically impassioned new Ragan compositions embody the artist’s trademark mix of eloquent lyrical insight and catchy, forceful songcraft. The album’s formidable blend of head and heart is reflected on such new tunes as “Something May Catch Fire,” “Vagabond,” “Non Typical,” “Bedroll Lullaby” and “Wake With You,” on which Ragan applies his distinctively raspy voice and sharp melodic sensibility to vividly expressive tunes that reflect both his early grounding in traditional American music and his deep affinity for rock n’ roll. “There’s a lot of love songs on this one,” notes Ragan, whose work has always shown a knack for addressing individual concerns as well as societal ones. “I love to write love songs because it’s the most powerful emotion. It’s what grounds us to this Earth and makes us want to fight to make the world a better place. “I always just try to write from the heart and make the music as genuine as I possibly can,” he continues. “By doing that, I’m usually writing about whatever’s going on in my life. This is a 14+ event.

HAIL THE SUN is an American post-hardcore band from Chico, California. Formed in 2009, the band currently consists of lead vocalist and drummer Donovan Melero, guitarist Shane Gann, guitarist Aric Garcia, bass guitarist John Stirrat, and touring and studio drummer Allen Casillas. SUPPORT FROM BLIGHT TOWN + EXIT DREAM

Live bands followed by Indie DJs. DJs playing the best in Indie sounds inc. The Clash - Bastille - Bloc Party - Klaxons - MGMT - Tame Impala - The Libertines - Parquet Courts - The Stone Roses - Blur - Oasis - Pixies - Kasabian - Kaiser Chiefs - Arcade Fire - The Gossip - Jamie T - The Verve - Arctic Monkeys - The Strokes - Pulp - Blondie + much more! DJs on right after Crooked Little Sons.

CARRIER are a fierce and dynamic metalcore outfit from Devon, blending the melodic power of 2010s riffs and lead work with the evolving, intricate sound of 2020s modern metal. Formed in 2017 at a rehearsal studio in Plymouth, the band quickly made their mark with their first two EPs, Wither and In Love And Faith, I Found My Vice, drawing inspiration from bands like Counterparts, The Devil Wears Prada, and Gideon.

Altern8 - Metal/Rock/Alternative Clubnight Exeter's top rock/metal club night! DJs playing the likes of Killswitch Engage - SOiL - Drowing Pool - S.O.A.D. Slipknot - RATM - Reuben, Slayer - Iron Maiden - Slipknot - Motorhead - Metallica - Pantera - Black Sabbath - Anthrax - Megadeth - Soundgarden - Korn - Dragonforce + much more.

Hail the Sun is an American progressive post-hardcore and math rock band formed in Chico, California, in 2009. They are best known for their unique setup featuring a singing drummer, complex time signatures, and high-energy emotional intensity.

Big Lava High-functioning stoner rock. Off the back of their highly acclaimed first album and subsequent singles in 2025, alt-rock trio Big Lava are back with a fresh batch of groove-focused, angular fuzzy weirdness. Previous appearances supporting Mother Vulture and Tom Meighan, and featured on BBC Introducing South West, Leopalooza, Burn It Down, Vesterbro Fest and Attitude Festival. FFO Queens Of The Stone Age, Demob Happy, De Staat, Radiohead. Sans Froid: Sans Froid disengage you from the shackles of modern madness. Their intent is clear, to make you feel like you’re not the only one going crazy. In light of the recent release of their sophomore album “Back into the Womb” they’ve gained plaudits from a host of music tastemakers including BBC 6Music, PROG Magazine, Kerrang! & Everything Is Noise. With performances at ArcTanGent, 2000Trees, Strangeforms and Portals Festivals, as well as supporting Maybeshewill and Foxing, their live performances get you as close to real magic as you can get. Lana Death Ray: Lana Death Ray is a Psych-Gaze band formed in 2023. Having released their latest single ‘The Mould’ in April, the five piece have taken their fuzzed up sounds across the UK - notably headlining The Hope & Ruin in the heart of Brighton and London’s Sebright Arms. They have also featured on festival lineups such as Manchester Psych Fest, Homegrown, 234 Fest, The Alt Escape and The Eclipse.

Scarlet Rebels are a five-piece Welsh melodic rock band residing in Llanelli, South Wales.

Ice Baths are a band that sound as if they play music for themselves and don’t really mind if anyone else likes or gets it. Luckily, for anyone with good taste and a passion for guitar music, you will love Decadent Sprinter. This is a band that who appreciate and explore atmosphere, feeling and dynamics within the constructs of the ‘pop’ song. You could even call it post rock at times. The vocals don’t strain anything beyond a deep mumble, similar to David Gedge of The Wedding Present. Combine that with the driving drone of the drums and rhythm section, Ice Baths sound like latter day Wire. ICE BATHS have performed live on BBC Radio 6 (Tom Ravenscroft show) & released albums & EPs on London's Blank Editions label, alongside Thurston Moore, Housewives and Black Country, New Road as well as supporting the likes of Ulrika Spacek, Squid, Ditz, Drahla, FACS & Crack Cloud. Shaki Tavi is an indie shoegaze and alternative rock music project led by Los Angeles-based songwriter Leon Manson. The project has maintained a positive, underground reputation in the DIY music scene, particularly following the release of the sophomore album Minor Slip on the Felte record label.

Dermot Henry is a singer-songwriter whose music blends storytelling with insightful emotion and wit.

Created by Gordon Chapman-Fox, the Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan is a musical project that explores this history and its reverberations today. Looking backward and forward, Chapman-Fox explores the artistic traces of this modernist architecture's lingering hauntology.

Wild Oceans are an alt rock band from the South West of England consisting of Jon Burnell (vocals and guitar), Phil Thomas (lead guitar), Mark Lee (bass and keys) and Steve Fuller (drums). All four members have previously toured the UK, Europe and US extensively in various bands and acts, and have come together to make a record that’s inspired by some of their favourite acts, including Smashing Pumpkins, Biffy Clyro, City and Colour, Radiohead and Queens of the Stoneage. January 2025 saw them enter the incredible Sawmills studios with legendary Producer and Engineer, John Cornfield, to make an old school rock album - all in a room, playing together with loud drums, loud guitars and big melodies. Having toured and opened for the likes of 3 Doors Down, Pop Evil, The Rifles, Infadels and Embrace, Wild Oceans draw on years of experience to hone their craft and live performance. Reflecting on adulthood, love, loss, high, lows and the impossible world we all live in now, Wild Oceans are here with big riffs, big chrous’ and big heart and are releasing new material in 2025 Plus Supports

The Cloverhearts are one of the newest, and fastest growing bands in the Celtic Punk scene today. Fronted by Australian singer/songwriter, Sam Cooper, in just a matter of years the band has accumulated millions of streams online, whilst performing alongside genre giants such as The Mahones, Ferocious Dog, Flogging Molly and Zebrahead to name a few. Full bio at thecloverhearts.com"

From the people that brought you SERVING DARKNESS, it’s SERVING ANARCHY - a punk all dayer at The Cavern, Exeter. Featuring FANTAZMAZ - Punkrock from London featuring members of UK Subs RAT ATTACK - hard rock heroes Exeter comeback show. Plus loads more to be announced.

A powerhouse of raw live energy with songs that you can’t get out of your head! In the short time Wild Oceans have been on the South West Alternative Rock scene they have already been played on Radio X, being championed by John Kennedy with continuous play on BBC Radio, Amazing Radio UK and US and iHeart Radio. In a rehearsal room with the amps cranked loud, long-time friends Jon Burnell (Guitar and vocals), Mark Lee (Bass), Phil Thomas (Lead guitar) and Rich Walker (Drums) built a collection of demos that grew into something undeniable. With huge guitars at the forefront driving their sound, the band caught the attention of legendary producer John Cornfield (Oasis/Muse/ Supergrass/Stone Roses) who came on board to produce their first collection of songs at the iconic Sawmills Studios in early 2025. With a slew of sold out shows, captivating audiences with their on-stage energy leaving crowds in awe and hungry for more, they have quickly become a force to be reckoned with on stage bringing their huge sound to life. Lyrically weaving a tapestry of life, love, loss and addiction through energy fuelled songs, cascading guitars, a driving rhythm section, huge riffs and memorable chorus’. Their name says it all, Wild, beautiful and undeniable. This is Wild Oceans. Support from Will Odgers (ex- Count to Fire) and Revelation Roots

Elephant Talk are a post-punk and goth band that emerged from Cornwall, England in the early 1980s. Their music blends the driving, dark basslines typical of early Joy Division and The Cure with melancholic, dramatic vocals. Because very few physical copies of their 7" record ASK (Fragile Records) were pressed, original vinyl copies are highly sought after by collectors of regional UK DIY post-punk. Support from Exeter band MUSIC CHANNEL

SNAYX were formed from a mosh pit. Sure, the Brighton & Sheffield based trio have been in other bands before, dabbling in everything from indie rock to ska, but those groups never incited the communal carnage that Charlie Herridge, Ollie Horner and Lainey Loops crave. So they formed SNAYX, originally a two-piece, now a three. For a good chunk of time though, SNAYX was more of an idea than an actual band since the pair were too busy going to as many gigs as possible, rather than working on things like songs. They’d talk about SNAYX to anyone who would listen though, hungry to be part of the scene. And then in the smoking area of a Brighton venue, Hastings punks Kid Kapichi invited them to open for them. Of course, SNAYX said yes, despite the fact they didn’t have a finished song between them. That changed over a frantic few days, where all of those conversations about ethos, influence and intention quickly turned into a furious 30-minutes of music. The gig went better than it had any right to, and SNAYX were born. A series of support slots followed, alongside a very DIY headline tour. “That’s when everything clicked into place,” says Charlie. “Onstage we really understood what it was, and what it could be.”

Get ready for a night of big brass, funky grooves and plenty of tunes to get you on the dance floor as Exeter University Jazz Collective’s Anything Goes Funk Band hits the stage! AGFB is here to get you moving and grooving to some of the finest funk in Exeter!!

Darkwave rock from Denver, Colorado. Dead On A Sunday was formed in early 2021 by artist/producer Ross Ryan. After years of being in the electronic music scene under a different name, Ryan felt called back to his roots in dark rock music. Having never sung in a project before, he tried his hand at singing lead. The result was Dead On A Sunday's first single, "So What If It Kills Me." The track was released in August 2021, with other singles following over the next year. The debut album "Strange Days" was released in October 2022 and quickly reached millions of views on Spotify. Dead On A Sunday's live show is dangerously electric and emotionally charged, with theatrical makeup and sometimes orchestral instrumentation. The project's success quickly materialized after several TIK TOK posts reached viral status, with the most popular post comparing Ryan's vocals to those of Bob Belcher from the popular Fox television series Bob's Burgers, which fans have named the term "Bob-Core" to describe the band's sound. The viral videos have garnered several million views to date and have made Dead On A Sunday an active fan base of dark music lovers and the artist's debut LP as well as the recently released "Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead" EP.

Swansea Sound are Hue Williams (The Pooh Sticks), Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey (Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, The Catenary Wires), Bob Collins (The Dentists), Ian Button, (Death in Vegas, Railcard).

Willie J Healey is an Oxford based musician. With his unique blend of indie rock and folk influences, he has captivated audiences worldwide. Born and raised in Oxfordshire, Willie's passion for music started at a young age. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Bob Dylan and Neil Young, he developed his own distinctive sound that combines heartfelt lyrics with catchy melodies.

RITUAL ERROR is a subversive power stirring within the UK’s underground landscape. Melding the razor-wire sharpness of the Minutemen, the fury of early 90s San Diego post hardcore and the metronomic noise rock of the mid 90s, the London based trio have cemented themselves as a band to keep tabs on! Plus BIG SHIPPING- Exeter Cavern legends playing off kilter hardcore punk!

The UK's biggest emo night! Emo party anthems all night from My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, The Used, All American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, Hawthorne Heights, Pierce The Veil, All Time Low and loads more.

The YellaBellies are a four piece up tempo band blending a wide range of influences, from Southern Rock thru Bluegrass and Cajun to Alt country and the fringes of psychadelic rock via the Grateful Dead. Expect some well crafted original songs, Nick Cave, Split Lip Rayfield and Johnny Cash covers along with the likes of Wilco, The Velvet Underground and screaming Jay Hawkins. The line up features Tony Plato and Paul Bateman on Drums and Bass/vox the rhythm section of many classic indie bands including The Waxroom, Jackdaw music and the Garbage Grinders, along with Russell Frampton [ Vox guitar ] and Paul Wilson with roots in the alt folk scene through the Joyce Gang, The Venoms and Shaking ground. Russell was also a front man for the Bluegrass Flyers, for many years playing guitar, fiddle and mandolin. Plymouthian Paul Wilson is a great melodeon player, equally at home with Shetland/irish, Cajun and free form improvisation....! All of the band has toured nationally and have many years of gigging experience and these sets are culled from deep connections with Americana and Folk, Rock and blues and the common ground between these styles provides a rich territory to explore.

DJs playing the best gothic rock, post punk, new wave and more from the past and present! Expect to hear the likes of The Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie, Depeche mode and loads more of your favourites straight after the bands!

Local band Saturday night special with 3 bands, Sunny Times, Red River Hog and Music Channel. Doors at 7, first band 7:30. £7 to get in!

Step on it presents Brawl - Exeter fast hardcore punk (members of Wednesday club, Safe Ground, ex Donnie Brasco) Reality Check - Exeter heavy hardcore Mentality - Thrash hardcore from Plymouth Wrongdoers - First show (members of Backhand Saloon and We The Divide) Friday Jan 15th Doors 7pm £6

The Sweetest Ache are a Welsh indie-pop and jangle-pop band formed in Swansea in 1989. Signed to iconic Bristol-based indie label SARAH RECORDS, they became a defining name in the early-90s "twee" and jangle-pop/dream-pop scene, releasing celebrated 7" singles like "If I Could Shine" and "Tell Me How It Feels". Following the well-received 'Christine's Cat' EP in December 2025, The Sweetest Ache returned with a new album, Reframed, released on November 9, 2026, via Windmill Records. Support from SILK CUTS

BE NICE are a London-based punk band who have spent just over three years becoming one of the UK's most compelling live acts - and they're only getting started. Formed in late 2022, the four-piece have built their reputation show by show, driven by a DIY ethos, an anything-goes attitude, and music that balances absurdist humour with genuinely biting social commentary. Their genre-bending debut EP WHERE AM I announced them as a band with something to say and the charisma to make people listen. Loud Women called them "unbridled, vivacious 21st century punk" at the sold-out EP release show ThePunkSite gave it five stars; RTE came calling. The record explores personal struggle, social injustice, and the sheer absurdity of modern life - and does it without ever taking itself too seriously.

Spinning Sister are pleased to invite the slow-building jangling heroes Vehicle down from Leeds in support of their new record ‘Fumes’. Supports tba. Tickets 5.00 online or on the door