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Peachfuzz – ‘Raise High Your Bright Halo of Stars’

One of the great things about music is that there is a song and an album for every mood in the emotional spectrum. Do you want to stay inside on a rainy day and be introspective? There is a record for that. Are the highs and lows of

Thursday 11 June 2015

Versus the World – ‘Homesick/ Roadsick’

‘Homesick/ Roadsick’ treads a well-worn path through the field of pop punk. Comprising members from The Ataris and Lagwagon, Versus The World act as something of a timepiece for the glory years of the late 90s, when the genre hit its peak of popularity. The

Wednesday 10 June 2015

Muse – ‘Drones’

Whatever your opinions on the music itself, you can’t fault Muse for having a lack of ambition in recent years. From 2009’s three-part ‘Exogenesis Symphony’ to the EDM of 2012’s ‘Unsustainable’, it is quite telling that their idea of ‘stripped-back’ is a concept album with a ten-minute track.

Tuesday 09 June 2015

Slaves – ‘Are You Satisfied?’

It’s not overly surprising that Tunbridge Wells punk duo Slaves are enjoying commercial success. At least superficially, the pair have something to say. In a political climate where despondency is common place, Slaves attempt to offer the everyman’s opinion in their style of delivery. Delving a little deeper

Monday 08 June 2015

Young Guns – ‘Ones and Zeros’

Let’s just get this out of the way: ‘Ones and Zeros’ is the best thing Young Guns have ever done. From the huge promise of their 2009 EP ‘Mirrors’ came debut album ‘All Our Kings Are Dead’, followed by ‘Bones’ (which spurned the huge hit of the same

Saturday 06 June 2015

Mikal Cronin – ‘MCIII’

‘MCIII’ is the third album from noisy pop songwriter and musician Mikal Cronin. It’s bursting at the seams with indulgent orchestral arrangements and radiant pop melodies. Every song gives full-bodied warm tones; all the arrangements done by Cronin himself. This was definitely his ‘go big’ approach to writing when

Thursday 04 June 2015

Elvis Depressedly – ‘New Alhambra’

If you were to take the name Elvis Depressedly at face value, it would be easy to write the lo-fi duo off as nothing more than a joke. However, once you go further into the mind of primary songwriter Mat Cothran – accompanied by his fiancé Delaney Mills

Rolo Tomassi – ‘Grievances’

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since Rolo Tomassi first emerged, and created a huge buzz among the UK underground. They were the talk of the town with their spazzy, frenetic hardcore and they offered something different to fill a void in the UK scene.

Wednesday 03 June 2015

Employed To Serve – ‘Greyer Than You Remember’

Back in the earlier parts of this decade (Christ, that feels weird to say!), Holy Roar Records and their formidable stable unleashed some of the most memorable and powerful underground hardcore records the UK has seen, nurturing and fostering a love of British heavy music

Tuesday 02 June 2015

The Darkness – ‘The Last of Our Kind’

With album number four, The Darkness find themselves in a slightly difficult position. The former biggest rock band in the world created an unlikely success with 2003’s ‘Permission to Land’, bringing the spirit of 80’s rock to a time when AC/DC were the only other major band to