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From Friday 01 May 2015

Superheaven – ‘Ours Is Chrome’

By changing their name, Superheaven, formerly Daylight, might have lost some of their following, but their sound unquestionably remains the same. ‘Ours Is Chrome’ feels like a statement by the band that they continue to thrive and mould their own space in the current grunge and emo scene. This

Thursday 30 April 2015

Deez Nuts – ‘Word Is Bond’

It’s amazing that a band whose name centres around a joke – Deez Nuts – have lasted this long without calling it a day. It’s even more unbelievable that there’s no well-known band called ‘The Updogs’, but that’s a tangent which belongs in its own article. Deez Nuts,

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Hollywood Undead – ‘Day Of The Dead’

Hollywood Undead have pretty much built their career on the basis of maintaining a desperately contrived public image and ‘Day Of The Dead’ is a classic example of style over substance. A lengthy press release that accompanied the album refers to “pensive street poetry” and “sharp song-writing” but

Dance Gavin Dance – ‘Instant Gratification’

With their sixth album, Sacramento six-piece, Dance Gavin Dance construct something which is suitably eclectic, unexpectedly complex and ultimately strangely rewarding. ‘Instant Gratification’, the band’s second record with their current pairing of vocalists and their first since 2013’s lukewarm ‘Acceptance Speech’, is an excellent example of experimental rock

Tuesday 28 April 2015

Millencolin – ‘True Brew’

After seven years away from records, Millencolin are officially back to business as usual with their latest offering on Epitaph, ‘True Brew.’ As guitarist Mathias Färm said “we felt that it was important to have something really good to offer in terms of a new album”. Opening track ‘Egocentric

Sunday 26 April 2015

Awaken I Am – ‘Shields and Crowns’

We seem to be hearing a lot of good music coming from Australia these days. Rising from the ashes of ‘Sleepers’, Awaken I Am have grown a following having supported a number of Australia’s biggest touring bands including The Amity Affliction, Closure in Moscow and Parkway Drive. Now,

Thursday 23 April 2015

Carson Wells – ‘Tread a Northern Path’

To start this off, cast your eyes upwards to the album art. Firstly; corrr, that’d look lovely stretched across the packaging for a 12″ LP, wouldn’t it? Secondly, some album covers so perfectly encapsulate an album, a cohesive marriage between aural and visual representation; this second

Vanilla Pod – ‘Seeing Out The Sunrise’

2015 sees Vanilla Pod enter their twentieth year as a band and with a decent sized back catalogue behind them it would have been easy for them to decide to celebrate this milestone with a nostalgic re-release of their past material and nothing more. To their credit there’s

Tuesday 21 April 2015

Raketkanon – RKTKN#2

You like strange music, right? Of course you do, you’re looking at a website about punk music. Well, if you want something purely baffling to listen to, then go no further. Raketkanon’s first album, unsurprisingly called RKTKN#1 was a lovely (or not, actually) blast of music which sounded

Wire – ‘Wire’

It is something to marvel at when a band can create music for the best part of 40 years and still manage to sound relevant each time. One such band that has managed this is Wire. After emerging in 1977 with their post-punk masterpiece ‘Pink Flag’, they would