As ever Desertfest was a blast, and I saw some great acts, but although it’s getting to be almost a cliche to say it now, the best thing about Desertfest is the atmosphere.

Our metal editor Sander van den Driesche went on his second Roadburn Festival pilgrimage. And he completely fell in love with the festival this time.

Yep, whatever your preference, commercial or cult, there is something for everyone on Friday at Desertfest, Camden.

Pontiak are at that point where they can pretty much do what they like and their fans will follow. They may be settling into a future of craft ales but it certainly hasn’t harmed their music making. In fact, you could even say it has revitalised them

Sander van den Driesche asked Lain Carney, drummer of psychedelic rock band Pontiak, some questions about the new album INNOCENCE and other things resulting in some great and interesting answers. Please read on…

INNOCENCE is indisputable Pontiak, but this fantastic new album has some of their heavier and more engaging work to date. – By Sander van den Driesche

A while back, like less than three months ago, my son suffered a ruptured appendix, which led to a really bad set of infections that landed him in the hospital for 21 days. Why am I sharing this? We are back in the hospital as I am writing this! But th …

Split albums are often a tricky prospect. So often half the album will be by someone great, you just get in to it and then in crash the other band and spoil it all for you. Not in this case though. Both of these bands are Baltimore based and the album …