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From 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

Tiger Army – ‘V’

It may have taken them the best part of nine years, but the legendary Tiger Army are finally back. Their last album, ‘IV: Music From Regions Beyond’, saw them move further away from their psychobilly roots and expand the more melodic elements of the bands arsenal. They had an

Thursday 19 May 2016

The Hotelier – ‘Goodness’

When Massachusetts’ outfit The Hotel Year morphed into The Hotelier with their seminal 2014 release, ‘Home Like Noplace Is There’, it marked a reawakening. Alongside a handful of contemporaries, their full-length brought with it a reinvention of their indie-punk or emo label. The Hotelier were offering experimentation without losing

Lonely the Brave – ‘Things Will Matter’

Cambridgeshire quintet Lonely the Brave have never been ones to shy away from soaring melodies and huge vocal hooks, which they’ve consistently demonstrated time and again in their previous releases ‘Backroads’ and ‘The Day’s War’. Since their inception, this band have set pulses and hearts racing and continues to

Wednesday 18 May 2016

The Stone Foxes – ‘Twelve Spells’

San Francisco’s The Stone Foxes play the kind of fuzzed-up, retro garage rock that’s been keeping Jack White in fancy hats and anti-smile serum for the last fifteen years. In other words, they sound pretty much exactly the way you’d expect a band called ‘The Stone Foxes’ to sound.