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From Wednesday 18 January 2017

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – ‘Modern Ruin’

The name Frank Carter comes with revered uncertainty. His musical back catalogue and onstage antics lean towards an angry and passionate performer. It is easy to forget about Pure Love, because what he is so often praised for are the bands where his intensity shines through. This album is

Drab Majesty – ‘The Demonstration’

Picture the scene, if you will: a dark Los Angeles side street. A neon sign hangs above a door to beckon you into a club. Amidst piercing strobes and a wall of dry ice stands the androgynous Deb Demure; Part Aladdin Sane-era David Bowie, part Genesis P-orridge, and the creative

Tuesday 17 January 2017

AFI – ‘AFI (The Blood Album)’

It seems that whenever AFI make their return, they are met with the same comments. “I wish they still sounded like their old stuff,” or “I only like the first three albums,” are often spewed across the Internet with a refusal to let go of the past. It’s true

Monday 16 January 2017

Spill – ‘Top Ten’

Spill’s debut ‘Top Ten’ is a bouncing and optimistic antidote to these cold winter months and dismal times we find ourselves in. Ten tracks full of catchy choruses and riffs that will stick in your head for days, ‘Top Ten’ is a remarkably assured record from the four piece

Sunday 15 January 2017

Tequila Mockingbyrd – ‘Fight And Flight’

You have to tip your hat in admiration to the Tequila Mockingbyrd girls: firstly, for coming up with such a great name for a band and, secondly, for throwing in the substitute Y so they can be found easily on the internet. The Aussie trio also recently sold up everything

Friday 13 January 2017

Joan of Arc – ‘He’s Got The Whole This Land Is Your Land In His Hands’

One of Tim Kinsella’s off again/on again projects (including Cap’n Jazz and Owls, amongst others), Joan of Arc has always been more experimental than the other bands. They have evolved from their earliest days as a straightforward indie group with interesting song structures into one that features a more

Thursday 12 January 2017

Saviour – ‘Let Me Leave’

Australian six-piece Saviour released their debut album ‘First Light To My Deathbed’ back in 2013 but went on hiatus soon after. ‘Let Me Leave’ sees the band reinvent themselves with a refreshed line-up and demonstrates enough quality to confirm that the project is worth investing more time

Jupiter Hollow – ‘Odyssey’

In typical prog-rock fashion, Jupiter Hollow begin their futuristic, debut concept EP with a journey through various moods, styles and dynamics. Opening with a driving riff that would’ve been at home on Tool’s ‘10,000 Days’, the track moves into Rush territory thanks to the Geddy Lee-style vocals,

Wednesday 11 January 2017

Gone Is Gone – ‘Echolocation’

The term ‘supergroup’ is one which is banded about all too easily these days. It’s pretty much used to define any band containing members from successful backgrounds. Once in a while a band emerges on to the scene from prestigious beginnings and Gone is Gone are one

Tuesday 10 January 2017

Code Orange – ‘Forever’

It can sometimes take years for a band to find a sound that is truly their own; the type of sound that as soon as you hear it, you know who it is. Code Orange have managed it in a relatively short period of time. While they have progressed