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Owen – ‘L’Ami du Pueple’

There is something enticingly subtle yet expansive about ‘L’Ami du Pueple’. For his first full studio produced album in Owen’s twelve year history, Mike Kinsella has retained the gentle tones that dominated his previous records while borrowing ideas from his earlier outfits American Football and Cap’n’Jazz. This seventh full-length

Friday 05 July 2013

When It Counts – ‘The Same Old Story’

With chugging guitar riffs, catchy vocal melodies and enough break downs to keep the RAC in business, the debut EP from Staten Island’s When It Counts is a cracking effort. ‘Moving Up’ starts at break neck speed, catching your attention immediately and never outstaying it’s welcome. It’s straight up harmonised

Thursday 04 July 2013

letlive. – ‘The Blackest Beautiful’

To say letlive.’s ‘The Blackest Beautiful’ is one one of the most anticipated albums of the year would be a fairly large understatement. The band have been riding the steam of ‘Fake History’ for a pretty long time now, and they have everything to prove this time out. The album

Saturday 29 June 2013

Bosnian Rainbows – ‘Bosnian Rainbows’

As lead guitarist and songwriter for acts such as At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta and about a billion side-projects and collaborations, Omar Rodríguez-López has been responsible for some pretty “out there” and left-field stuff. However, dark, synth-led electronica? That’s definitely a new one. Alongside singer Teri Gender-Bender of

Friday 28 June 2013

Caves – ‘Betterment’

Hey you! Yes, you! Remember when everyone moaned about the state of UK punk a few years back (/ all the time, ever)? And how many flocked to Florida once a year because that was the only way to get your real punk rock fix? Well, the UK has been

Thursday 27 June 2013

Boysetsfire – ‘While A Nation Sleeps’

Since 2006’s ‘The Misery Index: Notes from the Plague Years’, Boysetsfire have managed to break up and reform, and ‘While A Nation Sleeps’ marks the first new material from the band since that reformation. The album comes across a little like the band aren’t sure what they want to sound

Tuesday 25 June 2013

The JCQ – ‘Mechanical Young’

Clearly deciding that they changed quantity of members enough to warrant it, The James Cleaver Quintet have shed their skin a little and trimmed down to The JCQ, which is arguably their better known guise anyway. Returning for album two with Hassle Records, ‘Mechanical Young’ sees the band filtering the

Friday 21 June 2013

Listener – ‘Time Is A Machine’

There’s not many bands like Listener in this world. You could perhaps compare the swerving, blackened undertones of the band’s sound to mewithoutYou’s most recent effort, or even trace their blend of experimental rock and roll back to the band’s core influences, but the way in which they put

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Dinosaur Pile-Up – ‘Nature Nurture’

It has been two and a half years since Leeds rockers Dinosaur Pile-Up released their debut album ‘Growing Pains’, although “their” may not be the most accurate word to use. With Matt Bigland playing all the instruments on the debut recording, the result hinted heavily at the seemingly

Monday 17 June 2013

The Transplants – ‘In A Warzone’

Despite a few raised eyebrows and plenty of critics, the first album from The Transplants was pretty fucking great. The merger of Tim Armstrong and Travis Barker’s songwriting efforts produced solid gold hits in ‘DJ DJ’ and ‘Diamond And Guns’, and tracks like ‘California Babylon’ and ‘Tall Cans In