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From Wednesday 25 February 2015

Oceans Ate Alaska – ‘Lost Isles’

Metalcore five-piece Oceans Ate Alaska have done incredibly well in the last few months. Late 2014 saw them sign a record deal with the prestigious Fearless Records, whilst landing tours alongside metalcore heavy weights, such as The Color Morale and The Word Alive – and they’re not quite

Tuesday 24 February 2015

Big Fin – ‘Ebb & Flow’

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a rock musician in possession of a great singing voice, must be in want of an acoustic solo career. Whether it’s the toll of touring, the psychic drain of creativity-by-committee or good old fashioned ‘maturity’, the acoustic rebirth is a phenomenon which seems to have

Monday 23 February 2015

Anakin – ‘Celestial Frequency Shifter’

Since forming in 2010, Anakin have always taken a wholeheartedly inventive approach to the creation of their music and ‘Celestial Frequency Shifter’ is the most fully realised example of their vision to date. It would be easy to dismiss Anakin as simply another post-rock band given their influences

Wednesday 18 February 2015

Adventures – ‘Supersonic Home’

It would be impossible to talk about Adventures without mentioning the fact that three out of five members of the band are shared with Pittsburgh hardcore kings Code Orange. The only other similarity between the two that needs mentioning is that whatever the members of these bands put

Tuesday 17 February 2015

Billy Talent – ‘Hits’

You’ve got to feel for whoever at Warners was tasked with choosing a name for this, a collection of tracks from the four albums thus far produced by glossy Canadian punks Billy Talent. ‘The Best Of Billy Talent’, for example, would have been disingenuous as that album was released in

Monday 16 February 2015

36 Crazyfists – ‘Time And Trauma’

Just as some bands who find themselves grouped under the loose banner of metal focus on the theatrical side of things, there are those whose strengths lie with a more direct sound. 36 Crazyfists have always been one such band, and ‘Time And Trauma’, their first release since

Friday 13 February 2015

Derek Grant – ‘Breakdown’

Derek Grant, perhaps best known as the drummer from Alkaline Trio, released his solo album ‘Breakdown’ on Red Scare Industries last month. He’s somewhat of a punk-rock legend, having previously appeared for bands such as the Gaslight Anthem, Face to Face, and the Vandals, and it’s therefore not

Thursday 12 February 2015

The Sidekicks – ‘Runners In The Nerved World’

The Sidekicks have strayed away from their roots over time. Perhaps it’s maturity, or just sub-concious evolution from a slightly gritty melodic-punk to a more airy, harmonised indie sound. Their change in sound doesn’t need to be questioned, but ‘Runners In The Nerved World’ does have its highlights –

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Blacklisted – ‘When People Grow, People Go’

The path of Philadelphia hardcore band Blacklisted has not been one easily tread over the course of the last 10 years or so. The band has suffered turmoil, member changes, and several break ups that would ultimately give birth to a back catalogue of releases filled with despair.

Thursday 05 February 2015

Hindsights – ‘Cold Walls / Cloudy Eyes’

Immediately evident from the opening one and a half minutes of ‘Everything Inside Me Echoed’, – the first track on Maidenhead four-piece Hindsights’ debut – ‘Cold Walls / Cloudy Eyes’ is as atmospheric as they come. Rather than generating this through epic post rock or melodramatic clichés, Hindsights