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From Tuesday 30 August 2016

Johnny Foreigner – ‘Mono No Aware’

It’s rare in this bare bones music scene to come across a band still going strong from the late noughties glut of indie-punk weirdness. The wayside ditches in the age of austerity have claimed many bands that combined indie hooks and punk weirdness, burnt bright, but flickered out a

Wednesday 24 August 2016

Apologies, I Have None – ‘Pharmacie’

As vocalist Josh Mckenzie vents on ‘Anything Chemical’, it’s heart-breaking. “There’s no coming back from here,” he cracks, the pain in his voice palpable. It’s indicative of the anguish running through ‘Pharmacie’, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2012’s exceptional ‘London’ debut. And it’s by no means a standalone moment.

Thursday 18 August 2016

Sect – ‘Sect’

The first thing that almost anyone will be quick to address when talking about Sect is those who play in bands pedigree. Granted, we are pretty much doing the same, but really, that’s just a formality. Yes, they are made up of current and former members of Cursed, Earth

NARCS – ‘A Thinking Animal’

Northern alternative rock band NARCS had begun to make waves last years after playing the iconic Reading & Leeds festival. Since then the band had a buzz surround them and has pushed these guys to create something different. Opening track ‘Drains’ has an eerie vibe with its gradual guitar build

Tuesday 16 August 2016

Alteras – ‘Grief’

As a band, Alteras is driven by the honourable aim of using their music to offer a message of hope to those who need it the most, whatever they may be experiencing. It’s an idea that they’ve taken with them into their debut album ‘Grief’, but at

Black Foxxes – ‘I’m Not Well’

Black Foxxes’ journey has been something of a spectacle. The release of their debut EP, ‘Pines’ in November of 2014 was closely followed by their signing to Universal’s Search And Destroy label in July of 2015, and now just over a year later Black Foxxes are ready to

Rough Hands – ‘Let Me Win Your Hearts And Minds’

This year sees the return of Brighton / London based quintet Rough Hands, who entered the studio once again at the tail end of 2015 to begin work on their debut album ‘Let Me Win Your Hearts And Minds’. Two years on since their last release, the second of

Wednesday 10 August 2016

Fallen to Flux – ‘Transitions’

The current British alternative rock scene is a thriving pool of huge choruses, catchy songs and uplifting rhythms and it continues to get deeper. With their debut album ‘Transitions’, Fallen to Flux don’t waste any time getting acclimatised, diving straight in with a barrage of heavy instrumentals

Sunday 07 August 2016

Farewell, My Love – ‘Above It All’

First things first: Farewell, My Love is not a good name. Let’s just sweep that under the carpet and move on. Advertised as a band for fans of My Chemical Romance, Jimmy Eat World and AFI, let’s – again – forget about that and move swiftly onwards. Whatever you

Billy Talent – ‘Afraid Of Heights’

After releasing a curiously timed greatest hits album, I had no expectations of ‘Afraid Of Heights’, assuming we’d be getting another collection of single-gear power rock released out of necessity more than passion. And boy, was I right, but Billy Talent really do pull this sound off