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From Wednesday 15 April 2015

Super Luxury – ‘Ten Solid Years Of Applause’

Leeds based four-piece Super Luxury inhabit a similar musical sphere to stateside distorted noise makers such as Metz and their ilk, running on a healthy dose of party and condensing it into a punk inspired scuzzy whirlwind. Yet there’s a quirkier edge on ‘Ten Solid Years Of Applause’,

Tuesday 14 April 2015

Seasons Change – ‘Please Don’t Leave’

The last couple of years have proven to be a great time to be into pop-punk; if you can put aside the laughable hand-wringing from earnest dudes in checked shirts about what does and doesn’t constitute the genre’s values and attitudes (come on guys – we’re talking about four chords and songs about

ACODA – ‘Truth Seeker’

ACODA’s latest album has been hailed as their new beginning – a fresh start, if you will. That’s not to say that the last few years have seen them fail; in fact, it’s been quite the opposite. They’ve toured with Hawthorne Heights, shared stages alongside Funeral For a

Monday 13 April 2015

Gallows – ‘Desolation Sounds’

Having parted ways with their former iconic frontman Frank Carter, Gallows’ 2012 self-titled album, the first featuring Alexisonfire guitarist Wade MacNeil, saw them make a defining statement of intent: Gallows are not, nor have ever been a one-trick pony. On their ‘Desolation Sounds’ follow up, Gallows truly

Saturday 11 April 2015

The Brokedowns – ‘Life Is A Breeze’

If you’re expecting a punk band like The Brokedowns to put out their third album ‘Life is a Breeze’ and employ a drastically different approach from their first releases, you are wrong, they aren’t that type of band. However, if you consider the full scope of their catalog

Friday 10 April 2015

Marriages – ‘Salome’

There have been many bands over the course of the years that have proved alternative music doesn’t always have to be ugly, and that within even the bleakest moments there can be beauty. No band applies such traits to their music quite like Los Angeles trio Marriages, who

Thursday 09 April 2015

All Time Low – ‘Future Hearts’

It’s a fairly big achievement for pretty much any band to reach their sixth studio album these days. It shows resilience and complete and utter dedication to the music you create. All Time Low have gone about their business with little to no fuss, churning out albums that

Wednesday 08 April 2015

Disgrace – ‘True Enemy’

Do you remember a time in the 90’s when Roadrunner Records were the premier label for releasing solid metal albums? When they were putting out classic albums by Obituary, Sepultura, and Suffocation to name but a few, and before nu-metal came along and ruined everything? Well California’s

Tuesday 07 April 2015

Palm Reader – ‘Beside the Ones We Love’

Only the other day, an acquaintance of mine tweeted that “(he has) the utmost respect for any musician that, after hearing (The Dillinger Escape Plan’s début full-length) ‘Calculating Infinty’, didn’t head into the garden and burn their instruments immediately”, his point being that the incomprehensible

Thursday 02 April 2015

Death Cab for Cutie – ‘Kintsugi’

Kintsugi. One word, but a whole world of ammunition for music writers the world over. Referring as it does to the Japanese art of ‘golden joinery’ – repairing broken pottery using precious metals – we can’t help but see the title of Death Cab for Cutie’s eighth studio