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From Thursday 06 April 2017

Diet Cig – ‘Swear I’m Good At This’

With the current climate and mainstream media being what it is, it’s always empowering to see the emergence of a strong female protagonist in any area of the creative arts. Front-woman Alex Luciano of the New York based two-piece Diet Cig, is just that. Their debut album ‘Swear I’m

Stolas – ‘Stolas’

An association with Dance Gavin Dance front-man Will Swan comes loaded with expectations of technical proficiency and quality songwriting. Stolas’ previous two records have been released through Swan’s own label Blue Swan Records and guitarist Sergio Medina plays alongside Swan in side-project Sianvar, so there’s no escaping

Tuesday 04 April 2017

Supergenius – ‘Supertired’

Seeing the tagline, “members of hardcore bands form indie-rock side project,” isn’t a surprise anymore. It happens almost monthly. We get it, you like Superchunk as much as you do Youth Of Today. That might sound like a criticism, but it’s not. Superchunk are a great band, and musicians

Wear Your Wounds – ‘WYW’

The visionary mind of Jacob Bannon has been part of the aggressive music community for over 25 years. Aside from fronting the transcendent hardcore band, Converge, he has produced stunning artwork, and dipped his toe into numerous solo or collaborative projects. Having already experimented with noise as Supermachiner, he

Monday 03 April 2017

A Will Away ‘Here Again’

‘Here Again’ is the first release by A Will Away since late 2015, and it’s worth the wait in almost every way. Having honed their sound on previous EPs – think a more youthful Jimmy Eat World – ‘Here Again’ marks the first step into album territory.

Deez Nuts – ‘Binge & Purgatory’

American/Australian hardcore group Deez Nuts return with their hard-hitting fifth album ‘Binge & Purgatory’ and it’s their best work to date. Over the course of their last four albums the guys have been labelled a party band as such, which of course has its advantages and disadvantages, however this album

Saturday 01 April 2017

Falling In Reverse – ‘Coming Home’

For those unaware of Falling In Reverse, let’s just have a quick recap: they have been the vehicle for Ronnie Radke to disrespect women, spill his guts about drug use and address his perception that people have hated him for the best part of ten years. He has been

Thursday 30 March 2017

Vasudeva – ‘No Clearance’

It’s been three and a half years since Vasudeva released their debut record and they certainly haven’t used those intervening years in vain. ‘Life In Cycles’ introduced the band as an upbeat, vibrant, instrumental act but for all its energy it became a little one dimensional. ‘No Clearance’ shows

OHHMS – ‘The Fool’

OHHMS’ ‘The Fool’ is every bit as exciting as the increasing fever pitch around this band suggested it would be. Superlatives are required in the bucket load, and synonyms for the word epic are all essential. The nice thing about this album, and indeed the band, is that they don’t play

Wednesday 29 March 2017

The Royal – ‘Seven’

Eindhoven metallers The Royal have had a steady rise. Up to now, all of their material has been self-released and barely made a splash in the scene, but they have caught the eye of Long Branch Records, who will now be responsible for bringing their second full-length record, ‘Seven’, into