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PUP – ‘The Dream Is Over’

Out of their many contemporaries, Toronto’s PUP are the masters of combining their brash punk attitude with a rock and roll swagger; one that best presents itself on album closer ‘Pine Point’. Similar to ‘Yukon Valley’, the comparably downtempo number from their seminal 2014 self-titled breakthrough, the track sees

Against The Current – ‘In Our Bones’

Man alive, that’s a good album. It’s not often nowadays a band makes you stand up and listen not for a political agenda, a scandalous headline, heart breaking lyrics or nostalgia; but just by being great. Against The Current aren’t here to shock you in to submission or leave

Friday 27 May 2016

Thrice – ‘To be Everywhere is to be Nowhere’

‘To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere’ is the eighth studio album from post-hardcore Demi-Gods, Thrice. That #makeuthink title comes from the advice a Roman philosopher gave to a friend to ease up on his book habit (really) and focus on fewer, better authors. Quality over quantity.

Thursday 26 May 2016

Vinnie Caruana – ‘Survivor’s Guilt’

Perpetually bridging the divide between pop-punk and hardcore, The Movielife and I Am The Avalanche frontman Vinnie Caruana has carved himself a very specific niche: heartfelt rock songs which work as well played by a 5-piece band on the main stage of a punk festival as they

Wednesday 25 May 2016

Architects – ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us’

Jurassic Park 2 was a great movie. There we said it. Yes, it’s not as good as the first one, and yes there are some pretty obvious flaws, but it was still incredibly enjoyable. ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us’, Architects’ seventh album, is to their last

Tuesday 24 May 2016

Cute Cute Death – ‘Vessels’

There was a time when finding new music involved thumbing through items in a record shop and taking a chance on an unheard band. If that was still the case, ‘Vessels’ may well be overlooked, the garish cover art and questionable band name not giving the best first impression.

Fatherson – ‘Open Book’

Scotland has a lot to offer, with acts such as Biffy Clyro, Twin Atlantic and Frightened Rabbit all calling it their home. Fatherson are the latest group to break out of the highlands and after the success of their debut album ‘I Am An Island’ the trio are

Monday 23 May 2016

Youth Code – ‘Commitment To Complications’

Youth Code are an important band. In a time of stale punk rock and countless 90s revivalists, its about time someone came along and shook things up a bit. Coming from hardcore and punk stock, the L.A. duo of Sara Taylor and Ryan George are one of very few

Issues – ‘Headspace’

Since their first EP in 2012, Issues have endeavoured to do something different. Whether it’s mixing poppy, R&B vocals with downtuned, heavy guitars, or keeping our nu-metal memories alive with scratching samples and screamed vocals, the band have tried a variety of methods to make themselves stand out. Putting

Friday 20 May 2016

Helen Love – ‘Smash Hits’

Helen Love have existed for almost twenty-five years, releasing twenty-one singles, three EPs and seven albums during that time. Yet you are forgiven if you’ve yet to hear of the Welsh oddities. For much of that time, the now three-piece have existed predominately in the underground, rarely making live