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From Friday 24 June 2016

Direct Hit – ‘Wasted Mind’

In its twelve tracks, ‘Wasted Mind’ – the third full-length by Milwaukee’s Direct Hit! and their first on Fat Wreck Chords – provides a tale of consistent drug use. A concept album about narcotics following the exploits of a series under the influence outcasts, the music follows suit. Neither

Thursday 23 June 2016

My Jerusalem – ‘A Little Death’

From the brooding opener ‘Young Leather’, ‘A Little Death’ – the third full-length by Texas based My Jerusalem – presents itself as fundamentally unclassifiable. The first album since transitioning from an artistic collective to a firmly cemented band, the record travels from ‘Rabbit Rabbit’’s commercial hooks to the driving

Wednesday 22 June 2016

Pinkwash – ‘Collective Sigh’

For the members of Pinkwash, naming their debut record ‘Collective Sigh’ couldn’t be a more appropriate album title. It is a record born out of frustration and desperation, and is the aural equivalent of a deep intake of air, followed by a long and anguished exhale. Tackling subjects of

Night School – ‘Blush’

Every so often a very special album comes along. That is the best possible way to describe ‘Blush’, the debut album from Californian trio, Night School. After their well-received 2014 EP, ‘Heart Beat’, which is both raw and sweet in equal measure, and a split with their Graveface Records

Odonis Odonis – ‘Post Plague’

‘Betrayal’, the penultimate track on Toronto based industrial-punks Odonis Odonis’ thirty-minute onslaught ‘Post Plague’, is like a jackhammer to the brain. With its heavy synth-led techno opening, it breaks briefly for an unsettling ethereal post-punk rest bite before relaunching into its unapologetic electro punches. It’s indicative of the remainder

Monday 20 June 2016

Angel Du$t – ‘Rock The Fuck On Forever’

Lets get one thing straight from the start; ‘Rock The Fuck On Forever’ is probably the best album title of the year so far, right? Of course it means that Angel Du$t needed to make sure that their second album rocks harder than anything else right now. Thankfully, they

Tuesday 14 June 2016

Trash Boat – ‘Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through’

The Wonder Years vocalist Dan Campbell’s involvement in ‘Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through’ is telling. Not only appearing prominently on album opener and lead single, ‘Strangers’, Campbell has handled production duties on Trash Boat’s debut full-length. Juxtaposed against the juvenile turn of phrase in

Monday 13 June 2016

Long Distance Calling – ‘TRIPS’

Germany’s Long Distance Calling started life as an instrumental band, allowing them a wide range of style choices and creative freedom. ‘TRIPS’ is the band’s third album since introducing vocals to the mix, but that hasn’t stopped them experimenting with styles and influences. ‘TRIPS’ is a rich tapestry of

Fallujah – ‘Dreamless’

The terms ‘atmospheric’ and ‘death metal’ might not sound like they belong together to most people. Generally, when one pictures death metal, the mental image painted is one of rotting corpses, blood-splattered medical tools and ominous hellscapes filled with any number of demonic beasts ready to savagely pummel you

Sunday 12 June 2016

A Giant Dog – ‘Pile’

A Giant Dog were formed from the ashes of a covers band. Taking on tracks by AC/DC, Ramones, and Joan Jett, it laid the foundation for what A Giant Dog would become; a storming rock ‘n’ roll force. On this, their third LP, the influence of their heroes shines