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From Sunday 11 September 2005

A Lifeless Alliance – The Creepshow EP

New Jersey‘s A Lifeless Alliance are a very promising prospect. Listing bands such as AFI, Good Riddance, Lagwagon and Rise Against as influences, the band are fast, loud and melodic. It’s the kind of musical diet I

Boy Set on Fire

Boy Sets Fire has officially signed to Equal Vision for the US and Burning Heart in Europe.

Saturday 10 September 2005

Rezmo – Water Down For Mass Consumption

I can imagine that if this kind of music was my ‘thing’, it’d be a very good exponent of it. Rezmo do the old-skool ‘fuck everything’ kind of punk rock very, very well. There are shouty gang vocals and plenty of quality harmonies, but for me

No Standards – Losing Blood Gaining Confidence

Now this is very good indeed. What is it with Manchester bands right now anyway? Five good ones come along at once, with each one seemingly raising the bar as they go. No Standards mix several different styles on this EP – throwing

Beyond All Reason – Words of Betrayal

With Thrice and Coheed and Cambria about to explode in a major label funded combustible bursting device (ok, that made no sense but you know what I’m getting at), there’s no reason why Beyond All Reason won’t do well this year. After

Goatorcycle – Fuck ’em if they can’t take a joke

Goatorcycle are a Somerset based three-piece who play a kind of old-skool influenced punk rock with plenty of twiddly solos. It doesn’t sound like the best mix, but it’s actually pulled off (oo-er) with vigour. Keeping with daft names, the band sing about fisting people

One Two Soldiers

One Toy Soldier have two new songs on their myspace page at www.myspace.com/onetoysoldier

Blink…

Tom Delonge’s new band, Angels And Airwaves, now has a myspace page at www.myspace.com/angelsandairwaves

Yellowcard new guitarist?

PunkRocks.net is reporting that Brian Kudora, guitarist for Fly by Night, was spotted playing with Yellowcard last night in Montreal.

HHN news item part 2

The Planet Smashers have a brand new video online for your viewing pleasure – visit www.householdnamerecords.co.uk for all the details.