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Head Wound City – ‘A New Wave Of Violence’

When your ranks include former members of The Blood Brothers, The Locust and indie-experimenters Yeah Yeah Yeahs, playing it safe is far from the agenda. Over ten years since their first batch of material, the eventual debut full-length by Californian five-piece Head Wound City, ‘A New Wave Of Violence’,

Thursday 12 May 2016

Verdun – ‘The Eternal Drift’s Canticles’

There’s something bad in the water in Montpellier, France. Something tainted and evil, that corrupts the mind and soul of anyone who dares drink from it. Something inky and black that turns normal people into vessels of sadness, despair and raging fury. The previous statements are all complete lies,

Polar – ‘No Cure No Saviour’

Album number three is always difficult to make. Album number three can also seem pretty daunting when you revolve your album around political topics when your first two albums didn’t really enter that market. But Polar have done just that; they’ve dived straight into the global issue of homelessness,

Wednesday 11 May 2016

Max Raptor – ‘Max Raptor’

Max Raptor have always had an interesting sound. Something about them that screams of classic British punk bands. At times sounding like Gallows fronted by Frank Turner, it was 2013’s Mother’s Ruin that really piqued the attention, with its Billy Talent swagger and bounce to it, and a dark,

Friday 06 May 2016

Modern Baseball – ‘Holy Ghost’

It’ll come as no surprise that song writing can be a cathartic experience. As with any art form, it provides a means to process and express even the most difficult of feelings. More often than not, it is designed around relatability. Modern Baseball’s popularity has grown exponentially in their

Thursday 05 May 2016

Culture Abuse – ‘Peach’

On the surface, it might look like Culture Abuse aren’t taking anything seriously. After all, this is a band who describe the genre of music they play as “having fun” or “kitchen punk”, and make no secret of their love of partying. Even the artwork of their debut album,

Violent Femmes – ‘We Can Do Anything’

It feels slightly unfair to compare any band that has been around as long as Violent Femmes’ to their heyday, but in ‘We Can Do Anything’, there are moments of genuine brilliance, divided up by a small amount of filler. After releasing a relatively promising ‘Happy New Year’ EP last

Wednesday 04 May 2016

Empty Houses – Daydream

Every once in a while a record comes along and unexpectedly captivates you. It gets a hold of you so much that all you can do is listen to it over and over and over again, etching a groove in your brain and a smile upon your face.

Aliases – ‘Derangeable’

It hasn’t been the easiest of rides for Aliases. In the five years since their last full length release ‘Safer Than Reality’, guitarist Pin has reformed his “old” band SiKth and done plenty of work with them, and the band have gone through a slew of line-up changes. Finally

Tuesday 03 May 2016

Pity Sex – ‘White Hot Moon’

While change is often as good as a rest for some bands, there are others who find a sound that works for them and stick with. Two polar opposite examples could be Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. Both bands come from a similar scene, yet have a vastly different