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From Wednesday 20 January 2016

Delve into something different with the new Forty Four Hours EP

The Holden twins’ (Joe and Alex) vocals are layered all over Manchester trio Forty Four Hours’ melodic rock. Before the bouncy tunes have a moment to settle, it’s these vocals that immediately draw attention. Inherently soulful, it gives the sound – that still shares some stylistic intent with Mallory

Tuesday 12 January 2016

Listen to colourful grunge on Autumn Diet Plans’s new EP

Heavily influenced by 90s grunge, Midlands based Autumn Diet Plans self-identify as spacerock and shoegaze. “We like to run around and jump and throw guitars around when we play live, either that, or bully Wes our drummer,” they say, shortly after listing a number of bands from which they draw

Saturday 26 December 2015

Best of 2015: The Playlist

Christmas is all but over. Yes, there’s still the leftover turkey to chow down on, and the family might not even be out the door just yet. But really, the next few days are about trying to digest all the chocolate you’ve force-fed yourself despite your stomach’s consistent objections,

Friday 11 December 2015

First play of the new Missing The Action EP, ‘Vacancy’

Back in May 2015 we premiered the new track by Boston, Massachusetts pop-punks Missing The Action, promising the release of their debut ‘Vacancy’ EP in the next few weeks. Those few weeks turned into a few months, with the band now ready to release the four tracks including lead

Monday 07 December 2015

Get the new EP from Turnspit into your ears.

The last time we posted about Turnspit was in POV, where we declared that they would fill the hole in your heart that The Gaslight Anthem had left since they went on hiatus. We stand by that statement and today have a stream of the band’s debut EP ‘I

Friday 04 December 2015

Highlives soundtrack their ‘Misguided Youth’

Highlives are quite literally soundtracking youth. Each of the five songs on their new ‘Misguided Youth’ EP represents a different period of modern upbringing, one which vocalist Liam Edwards describes as “constantly being influenced and manipulated by our surroundings.” ‘Wake Me Up’, the EP’s opening track, marks the start of

Thursday 26 November 2015

Bobby Funk’s new EP is anything but a piss take

“We realised fairly early that a few of the songs had piss references in,” say Falmouth four-piece Bobby Funk of their new EP. “These were purely accidental but it seemed only right to call the record ‘Piss’.” Seems as good a reason as any. With that, Bobby Funk prepare to

Friday 20 November 2015

Remind yourself why Meet Me In St Louis were your favourite band

May 2007. I find myself on a boat in the middle of a roundabout in Leeds (known as the Dry Dock to most), either preparing for or recovering from the nearby Slam Dunk Festival. Which of the two it was, I can’t remember. Either way, a group of youngsters

Thursday 12 November 2015

Stream the debut full-length by Norway’s stunning After Words

Norwegian After Words are excellent. With a sound all their own, they mash together elements of Seaheaven, The World Is A Beautiful Place and their heavier counterparts, forming their distinctive emo infused math-rock. The trio manage to retain the dense atmospherics of the aforementioned, yet with guitar work that

Tuesday 10 November 2015

Stream the new Radical Boy and pjaro split

As with most cities, Sheffield celebrates its own vibrant DIY punk scene. Radical Boy and pjaro are both regulars on the local scene, which didn’t pass by Tye Die Tapes. Having released cassettes for the last 5 years, the split release by the two marks the first vinyl outing