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From Tuesday 03 February 2015

Secret Lives – ‘Fortune Tellers’

Strap yourself in tight to your bucket seat in your goddamn Dodge Challenger or whatever the fuck you’re driving, because you’re going to riff city. A wiser man than myself once coined the term “a kick of rock ‘n’ roll to the nuts,” and this album appears to

Monday 02 February 2015

All Eyes West – ‘Doomer’

In the world of punk-rock these days, there are enough sub-genres and micro-genres to make your head spin. Then there are bands who throw all of those labels in the trash can and craft straight-forward, hard-charging rock songs. This can easily be said for the Chicago, IL band

Friday 30 January 2015

Cloakroom – ‘Further Out’

There are very few records that can be described as special from the outset, yet Cloakroom’s debut full length ‘Further Out’ is one of them. Their sound is almost impossible to define, and refuses to be lumped into any genre or trend despite being incorrectly categorised as “shoegaze”

Thursday 29 January 2015

Meet Me In Montauk – ‘Where The Grass Meets The Pavement’

Meet Me In Montauk’s unashamed emo melodies are unambiguously retrospective. Their entire album is filled with dual vocals that would make Taking Back Sunday jealous. ‘Ouroboros’ even throws gang vocals into the mix. There are two epic tracks in the midst of the record’s forty minute running time

Wednesday 28 January 2015

Title Fight – ‘Hyperview’

Pennsylvanian four-piece Title Fight spent around twice as long working on their third studio album ‘Hyperview’ as they did on predecessor, ‘Floral Green’. It is therefore not much of a surprise that ‘Hyperview’ is a substantial jump from anything the band have released before, continuing an evolution that

Monday 26 January 2015

Papa Roach – ‘F.E.A.R.’

California’s Papa Roach are almost as old as their current fanbase now. Entering their 22nd year of life as a band, they’ve set about releasing their 8th album, which in this day and age, is a feat in itself. Having been through a bit of a career renaissance

Friday 23 January 2015

Light You Up – ‘All We’ve Ever Known’

Pop-punk is a heavily saturated genre at the best of times, but Light You Up have been working hard to make themselves heard above the masses. Not only have they shared stages with the likes of The Wonder Years, State Champs, and A Loss For Words (whose singer

Thursday 22 January 2015

Tim Barry ‘Lost & Rootless’

The singer/songwriter thing is what a lot of members of punk bands are doing to spiral off and try something different with their work, and we’ve seen it a lot in recent years; Chuck Ragan and Dave Hause are two that spring immediately to mind. Tim Barry is

Wednesday 21 January 2015

Enter Shikari – ‘The Mindsweep’

The fourth album from St Albans’ fearsome four-piece Enter Shikari might be their most divisive album in their 12 year lifespan. Some of the casual fans aren’t in agreement with the political stance the band put out on their songs, though this is what makes them stand out.

Tuesday 20 January 2015

Storm The Sky – ‘Permanence’

If there’s one thing that Australians do well, it’s their music scene. For years they have been churning out the best new bands this world has to offer, everyone from Tonight Alive, to I Killed The Prom Queen, Parkway Drive and some band called 5 Seconds of Summer