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From Monday 20 July 2015

Man Overboard – ‘Heavy Love’

Since bursting onto the scene with ‘Real Talk’ back in 2010, Man Overboard have worked tirelessly, complimenting their full length releases with a wealth of singles, EPs and splits, and here they are just five years later, with ‘Heavy Love’, their fourth album. It’s a record that finds

Friday 17 July 2015

Westkust – ‘Last Forever’

Make no mistake about it, when bands come out of Sweden they are always great. There’s just something about the scene there that inspires musicians to maximise their creativity and produce the best music. With Refused making their come back this year, Terrible Feelings playing some of the

Forrest – ‘Soluna’

Forrest’s debut album ‘Soluna’ is a statement of intent. This young band from South Wales formed in 2010 and have already released an EP, ‘Before You Go’ and a split with Ireland’s The Winter Passing (this is great, too. Check it out). ‘Soluna’, though, takes them one giant step forward.

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Brother/Ghost – ‘Buried’

Often some of the best music is that which is cloaked in despair, set to a dark, gloomy soundtrack. It’s nothing new, and bands have been fishing that creative pool for a long time. When artists like Chelsea Wolfe and King Woman are ruling the roost right now,

Tuesday 14 July 2015

Hundredth – ‘Free’

Myrtle Beach hardcore outfit Hundredth fit the bill perfectly in terms of what a hardcore band should be. They provide listeners with sing-along hardcore, interspersed with the ever prevalent political rhetoric that permeates the scene. Hundredth even go a step further with proceeds from their sales going towards

Monday 13 July 2015

August Burns Red – ‘Found In Far Away Places’

In 2015, it almost feels like an insult to call August Burns Red a metalcore band. But hey, let’s call a spade a spade – August Burns Red are a metalcore band, what makes them different however is that they may be the last truly

Wednesday 08 July 2015

Silverchair – ‘Frogstomp: 20th Anniversary’

If there is one way to make a reviewer feel old, it is when an anniversary reissue of an album is sent your way that you remember buying approximately a year after its original release. The initial reaction is usually met with statements such as “I remember buying

Tuesday 07 July 2015

mewithoutYou – ‘Pale Horses’

There appears to be an unspoken tradition when reviewing albums by mewithoutYou whereby at least fifty percent of the wordcount is handed over, keenly and without protest, to discussing the band’s religious beliefs. Paragraph after paragraph on lyricist Aaron Weiss’ faith, its interaction with branches of other faiths

Monday 06 July 2015

KEN Mode – ‘Success’

There are many revivals in music now, and more bands look to the past for inspiration. There’s nothing wrong with that at all, and for the most part they all do it really well. However sometimes, you just want a band to come out and make some good,

Friday 03 July 2015

Sam Duckworth – ‘Amazing Grace’

You probably already know Sam Duckworth. The brains behind Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. is back with ‘Amazing Grace’, his awesome new record released under his own name. Recruiting over 40 musicians (including Gomez, Yourcodenameis:milo, Kate Nash to name a few) to help him, Duckworth has created a