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From Monday 03 March 2014

Twin Forks – ‘Twin Forks’

Let it never be said that Chris Carrabba is lazy. With Twin Forks, the doe-eyed emo heartthrob brings his current project count up to four – alongside a CV-bursting list of collaborations and guest appearances – though this time taking a decidedly more folk-based route. Strangely though, Twin Forks

Friday 21 February 2014

Morning Glory – ‘War Psalms’

Born from squat punk roots in New York City, Ezra Kire of Choking Victim and INDK originally put together Morning Glory around his guitar duties in Leftover Crack. After years of inactivity and a turbulent existence with Leftover Crack, Ezra decided to leave the band behind and put together

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Bayside – ‘Cult’

Much like Motion City Soundtrack or Cursive before them, Bayside have reached a pivotal point in their musical career – a fork in the road where one path offers the potential to reinvigorate their sound, and the other takes them down the same route they have been travelling

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Issues – ‘Issues’

Let’s get this out of the way early: nu-metal was brilliant. The holier-than-thou among us may dispute this, but as an antidote to the solemnity of early nineties grunge and emo, the rap-rock hybrid injected a much-needed shot of fun back into the music industry. Thankfully, these things come

Friday 14 February 2014

The Hotelier – ‘Home, Like Noplace Is There’

The Hotel Year’s 2011 album, ‘It Never Goes Out’, struck a chord with a lot of people. We suddenly had this new, raw band that captured the essence of growing up in nine of the best pop-punk tracks in years. Each track carried huge amounts of character, a heavy

Tuesday 11 February 2014

Algiers – ‘You’re The Captain’

Pretty much since the arrival of the Internet, record buyer faith has been put firmly in the hands of independent labels. Labels like American based Run For Cover and London based Xtra Mile Recordings are fine examples and we’ve learned to trust that the acts they’re putting out will

Sunday 09 February 2014

††† (Crosses) – ‘††† (Crosses)’

Anyone familiar with ††† vocalist Chino Moreno’s other musical endeavours won’t find any trouble adjusting to the electronic driven sound on the trio’s long awaited debut full-length. Fundamentally, the record dials down the heavier moments on more recent Deftones ventures, acting as an amped up take on

Thursday 30 January 2014

You Me At Six – ‘Cavalier Youth’

You Me at Six have always been a big guilty pleasure for me. ‘Take Off Your Colours’ was a great breakthrough album, and over the past few years the band themselves haven’t been shy in penning some big tunes. ‘Underdog’, ‘The Consequence’, ‘Bite My Tongue’ and ‘Reckless’, to name

Monday 20 January 2014

Blitz Kids – ‘The Good Youth’

If it wasn’t documented that Cheshire pop-rockers Blitz Kids formed in 2009, it would be forgivable to assume that the quartet have existed since the emergence of modern rock music. Stalwarts on the underground circuit for some years, this isn’t the first time they have found themselves on the

Friday 17 January 2014

The Lawrence Arms – ‘Metropole’

Eight years is a long time to wait for something but almost a decade since their last album, The Lawrence Arms have released their new album, ‘Metropole.’ The Chicago punk mainstay’s sixth album has a lot to live up to, particularly as ‘Oh! Calcutta’ was such a strong