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From Thursday 19 January 2017

Palisades – ‘Palisades’

Generally speaking, it should take longer than a year to write, produce, and release a record. Like a fine wine, the process should never be rushed or the output suffers. Yet, 12 months and 5 days after ‘Mind Games’ hit the shelves, Palisades will drop their third,

As It Is – ‘okay.’

Even if you don’t actively listen to pop-punk quintet As It Is, it’s more than likely you’ll have heard their name crop up somewhere within the music scene. Since the release of 2015 debut ‘Never Happy, Ever After’ this Brighton via Minnesota band have grown stronger: headline UK tours,

No Sun – ‘If Only’

It’s come to the point again that when a band is given the shoegaze tag, it makes your skin crawl. Even the unassuming pioneers of the genre detested the term. More often than not, a large percentage of bands that have that tag bestowed upon them are nothing but

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