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From Thursday 31 August 2023

Taking Meds – ‘Dial M For Meds’

Taking Meds are a classic “except for” band. I don’t like hip-hop except for Run DMC. They’re all softcore bands on the bill, except for Turnstile. All shredder bands are metal, all 90’s nostalgia sucks, all bands lose their edge when they get sober… except for Taking Meds. Combining

Wednesday 30 August 2023

Spanish Love Songs – ‘No Joy’

Returning for their fourth album, Spanish Love Songs have a difficult challenge upcoming. Their previous albums have all been adored, with 2018’s ‘Schmaltz’ introducing many to the LA-formed quintet, and 2020’s ‘Brave Faces Everyone’ being the perfect soundtrack to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. Telling stories

Friday 25 August 2023

Asking Alexandria – ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’

After fifteen years of dedication and seven studio albums, not to mention frontmen coming in and out like a cat next to an open door,

Tuesday 22 August 2023

Hot Milk – ‘A CALL TO THE VOID’

Reject all religion and moral principles, life is meaningless, and that’s a good thing. Or at least that’s what ‘positive nihilists’ Hot Milk want you to believe. They may be named after a warm, comforting beverage, but the pop-punk duo Hannah Mee and Jim Shaw aren’t trying

Friday 18 August 2023

The XCERTS – ‘Learning How To Live And Let Go’

Five years on from embracing heartfelt Americana rock on ‘Hold onto Your Heart‘, The XCERTS have returned for their fifth full-length outing in the form of ‘Learning How To Live And Let Go’. On the surface, it’s one where the Brighton-based trio have considerably regressed. Its 2018

Thursday 17 August 2023

Fiddlehead – ‘Death Is Nothing To Us’

If Fiddlehead had a motto, it would be ‘good things come in small packages’. The supergroup’s tours are short and sporadic, popping up like soap bubbles and disappearing quickly. Their albums, though appearing in rapid succession, contain songs like quick haikus lasting less than two and a half minutes.

Friday 11 August 2023

The Band CAMINO – ‘The Dark’

You know when a TV show features a fictional boyband to further a plot point? Think ‘Boyz4now’ from ‘Bob’s Burgers’ or ‘4*Town’ from ‘Turning Red’. The latest release from The Band CAMINO is the album that a teenage character from a sitcom would

Wednesday 09 August 2023

URNE – ‘A Feast On Sorrow’

If you haven’t heard of London metallers URNE yet, you will soon. After all, loads of your favourite bands already count themselves as fans. Trivium’s Matt Heafy has loudly championed the band on social media and given them shout-outs at shows, while Joe Duplantier of the mighty Gojira is

Tuesday 08 August 2023

Hail The Sun – ‘Divine Inner Tension’

Hail The Sun took their music and set a flame beneath their creativity; they sweated in the back of a van, boiled away the liquid and let their ideas ferment. Over the course of five albums, their sound has become potent and pure, and they’ve bottled it

Friday 04 August 2023

The Front Bottoms – ‘You Are Who You Hang Out With’

Fans of The Front Bottoms are firmly divided into two camps. There are those who believe that the duo from New Jersey were at their finest when they were indie wallflowers, writing streams of consciousness in the margins of their notebooks as if they were Michael Stipe circa 1985. On