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From Friday 05 August 2016

Happy Diving – ‘Electric Soul Unity’

Proving itself to be almost totally discordant from the accompanying eleven tracks, ‘Holy Ground’ is fantastic. Hearing that single and being pumped for the full LP only to be hugely disappointed was a cruel reality, vibrant and engaging it sadly does not reflect the record. Unlike their contemporaries in

Tuesday 02 August 2016

Moose Blood – ‘Blush’

Surely we can all move on now from the notion of the difficult 2nd album? Bands are just getting better and better and better and Moose Blood, everyone’s favourites from Kent, have surpassed their debut with the absolute dream that’s ‘Blush’. It’s a dreamy, emo masterpiece made for anyone

Monday 01 August 2016

Dinosaur Jr. – ‘Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not’

Few bands can say they have had the impact and influence on the alternative music world like Dinosaur Jr. Since their inception in the mid 80s, J Mascis has become the unassuming poster boy for slacker rock, and one of the greatest guitar players in history thanks to his

Sunday 31 July 2016

The Bouncing Souls – ‘Simplicity’

By naming their tenth album ‘Simplicity’, The Bouncing Souls have perfectly summed up their brand of punk rock; simple, direct, and to the point. Each time the New Jersey legends release an album, you know exactly what you are going to get, and ‘Simplicity’ is certainly no different. It’s

Rob Lynch – ‘Baby, I’m A Runaway’

Having toured his debut album extensively, including a stint on the US Warped Tour a few years ago, English singer-songwriter Rob Lynch has returned with ‘Baby, I’m A Runaway’; a more refined, cultivated and better produced second outing. Musically, ‘Baby, I’m A Runaway’ is very similar

Friday 29 July 2016

Steve Adamyk Band – ‘Graceland’

There are certain areas of the world that, for one reason or another, breed some of the best bands and best music. Japan is one, Denton, Texas is another and the entire nation of Canada seems to be yet another. Canada’s Steve Adamyk Band are back with their fifth

Wednesday 27 July 2016

Owen – ‘The King Of Whys’

“The Kinsella Sound” isn’t something you can really describe; you just know it when you hear it. For years the Kinsella brothers have been making some of the most influential music to come out of the Midwest, most notably in Cap’N Jazz, American Football and Joan Of Arc. Yet

Cane Hill – ‘Smile’

To press ‘play’ on ‘Smile’, the début album from New Orleans metal mob Cane Hill, is to activate an all-encompassing nostalgia for Ross Robinson production, Todd MacFarlane artwork and nihilistic slogans daubed on school textbooks. The album is so savage a slab of unadulterated, 00s-inflected metal that the band’s hometown

Tuesday 26 July 2016

TTNG – ‘Disappointment Island’

‘Disappointment Island’ is TTNG’s third album, their first since becoming a three-piece in 2013. Although vocalist Henry Tremain now assumes the dual responsibility of bass and vocals, this record is no less musically complex, meaning those expecting the math-rock veterans to serve up interesting time signatures, complex

Monday 25 July 2016

GATES – ‘Parallel Lives’

From opener ‘Forget’ beginning with a simple minor chord hook, the twin influences of Alchemy Index/ Beggars era Thrice and some of The National’s later work are immediately present, particularly so in the style of drums played and their counterpoint to the main body of their respective songs. Gates’