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From Wednesday 27 July 2016

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’

Friday 22 July 2016

Capsize – ‘A Reintroduction: The Essence Of All That Surrounds Me’

Defining choruses and melodic deliverance go hand in hand on Capsize’s new record ‘A Reintroduction: The Essence of All That Surrounds Me’. The album is harshly composed but compelling, pushing the band closer to prominence, under the lights of the post-hardcore dream. Their music could be perceived as being haunting

Thursday 21 July 2016

JPNSGRLS – ‘Divorce’

Hailing from Japans futuristic capital city of Tokyo, these ladies are rewriting the laws on all things J-pop. Okay, that was a slight fabrication of the truth, JPNSGRLS are in actual fact: four dudes from Vancouver that play kick ass rock music. Tours with the likes of Turbowolf and

Saosin – ‘Along the Shadow’

Twelve years ago, Saosin held open auditions to replace vocalist Anthony Green who left the band for personal reasons after only recording one EP, ‘Translating the Name’. Cover Reber would go on to take the helm, following a demo tape that sounded so similar to Green’s vocal styling, guitarist

Descendents – ‘Hypercaffium Spazzinate’

“The world just kicked our ass again,” Descendents vocalist Milo Aukerman admits on the ultimately defiant ‘We Got Defeat’. Surely an understatement considering the band’s well-documented health battles since the release of 2004’s ‘Cool To Be You’ which have seen drummer Bill Stevenson overcome a brain tumour and bassist

Wednesday 20 July 2016

In Dynamics – ‘Everything I See’

The wait for a full-length In Dynamics album has been agonising, not only for the band but for anyone who has witnessed the growth of the exciting alt-rock trio over the past few years. Since unveiling their accomplished, refined debut EP ‘Circle’ in 2013, In Dynamics have

Raging Speedhorn – ‘Lost Ritual’

Corby hellraisers Raging Speedhorn had something of a cult following in the early noughties, although they never really elevated themselves above the status of support band, touring with the likes of Earthtone9, Will Haven and Skindred. ‘Lost Ritual’ is their first album since 2007, and marks the return of

Frameworks – ‘Smother’

It has to be said that Deathwish Inc. always has an eye for some of the best aggressive music. They serve as a launch pad for some of the brightest talent, and many of their bands go on to much bigger things. Just take a look at Deafheaven, Touche