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From Wednesday 14 June 2017

INVSN – ‘The Beautiful Stories’

Dennis Lyxzén is a man who doesn’t do things by half. Not content to just front Refused, one of the most groundbreaking post-hardcore punk bands of the last twenty years, he also led the garage rock revivalists of (The) International Noise Conspiracy to

Bad Cop / Bad Cop – ‘Warriors’

When America went loco and elected a burnt pig in a suit as their almighty lord, a flood of interchangeable mainstream think-pieces tried unsuccessfully to see the bright side. Everyone’s favourite headline was something along the lines of ‘well at least blank will get better now’ and low and

Tuesday 13 June 2017

CKY – ‘The Phoenix’

Maintaining a career that spans almost two decades, CKY are a band that need little to no introduction. Over the course of their time together they’ve sold upwards of a million albums and have performed and toured with some of the biggest names in alternative music. That said, it

Hundredth – ‘Rare’

Doing a complete U-turn on your sound is a very bold move for any band. Some simply incorporate new elements with each record before making a grand change, easing their devoted fan base in slowly, but Hundredth have decided to go against the grain on ‘Rare’. So much so,

Sunday 11 June 2017

Seether – ‘Poison The Parish’

Seether’s much anticipated ‘Poison The Parish’ has caused excitement between fans for good reason, delivering something different to their 2014 album, ‘Isolate and Medicate’, which was much grungier

Friday 09 June 2017

The One Hundred – ‘Chaos & Bliss’

Sometimes you’ll sit down to listen to a record and on the first play you’re not keen. Then sometimes, by the third or fourth listen you might find yourself coming round to it. This is commonly known as a ‘grower’. The question is, does anyone know what the opposite

football, etc. – Corner

Almost a decade on from their debut EP ‘First Down’ – a razor sharp love letter to the emo genre – ‘Corner’ finds Football, Etc doing exactly as they always have, softly raging through the imperfections and anxieties of everyday life. You’d be hard pushed to find a band who do it better though. The

Rise Against – ‘Wolves’

It has been over 15 years since Rise Against released their debut full length ‘The Unravelling’ and since then they have been consistently present and undeniably influential, honing their distinctive brand of political punk rock. Their formula may be well worn – ‘Wolves’ isn’t exactly packed with surprises –

Malevolence – ‘Self Supremacy’

This mortal realm has no shortage of modern metalcore meatheads in Affliction tank tops. Hit the pit of your run of the mill bro-core flailing party and more than one lukewarm Carling will end up in your hair. That’s just a fact. But how do you deal with it?

Thursday 08 June 2017

Kamikaze Girls – ‘Seafoam’

Music has a power to reach right to your emotional core, vibrations that resonate with you in a way no other art can. On ‘Seafoam’, Leeds punks Kamikaze Girls reach right for your heartstrings. The duo of singer/guitarist Lucinda Livingstone and drummer Connor Dawson last year released ‘Sad’,