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Feed The Rhino – ‘The Sorrow and the Sound’

Melody has played an increasing part in Kent based hardcore five-piece Feed The Rhino’s sound. Their evolution from the debut ‘Mr Red Eye’ to 2012’s ‘The Burning Sons’ was largely based on an increase in ominous melody, and a breakout from the tried and tested hardcore formula that

Monday 09 June 2014

UME – Monuments

Punk bands that are predominantly female based are few and far between these days and never really standout within the music ranks with what tends to be delivered. UME are a band that are taking influences from 90s garage punk bands such as Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins and

Friday 06 June 2014

We Never Learned To Live / Human Future – ‘Split’

The art of the patient post-rock build up and cathartic hardcore release may have been overdone in recent years, but We Never Learned to Live and Human Futures have largely navigated any potential pitfalls on this split EP. We Never Learned to Live’s ‘Marionettes’ takes its time forging its

Verses – ‘Feel It Faster’

Pop-rock is a genre that is increasingly at risk of becoming over-saturated. As a handful of bands become more and more deservingly successful, recently it seems as though there’s a fair amount of bandwagon-hopping occurring. This could, unfortunately, lead to watering down a genre that is brilliant when it’s

Thursday 05 June 2014

Chuck Ragan – ‘Till Midnight’

When you read the words ‘rip-off’, the assumption is that whatever is being described is a butchery of something that has already been done. For that reason, Chuck Ragan’s latest solo record, ‘Till Midnight’ is best described as a tribute rather than a rip-off. One song in and hints

Wednesday 04 June 2014

Bear Trade – ‘Blood And Sand’

Bear Trade describe themselves as a band “with a love of the punk and the rock and the beers and the gigs and the just having fun.” If there were any good reasons to write songs as a band, it would be these. It gives the impression of not

Tuesday 03 June 2014

Caesars Rome – ‘Believers’

South Wales has delivered us many great things in music over the years, with everyone from Funeral for a Friend to Kids In Glass Houses, Save Your Breath and half the Punktastic team all calling it their home. Latest influential export though, comes in the form of Caesars Rome

Monday 02 June 2014

This Wild Life – ‘Clouded’

There’s something ultimately nostalgic about emo-tinged singer-songwriters. Even for those young enough to have missed the heyday of This Wild Life’s arguably closest contemporary The Early November, ‘Clouded’ doesn’t feel like a modern day album. Far from a negative, nostalgia certainly has its place in music, and

Weatherbox – Flies in All Directions

Occasionally you’ll meet a person who instantly reminds you of someone else you know. Perhaps they look uncannily like your best mate from school, or seem to speak identically to an old flame. On the contrary, a complete stranger may instantaneously conjure memories of that bastard who

Wednesday 21 May 2014

Gunner’s Daughter – ‘The Flowers & The Earth’

To listen to the new release by Chicago outfit Gunner’s Daughter is to clamber into Doc Brown’s DeLorean, punch ‘ANY DAY IN ABOUT 2001’ into the LED display and put the pedal to the metal. Whether by accident or design, this is a record which so strongly evokes the