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Arcane Roots – ‘Blood & Chemistry’

About once a year, a British band releases an album that outshines everything else around it. Arcane Roots threatened to produce this last time around with mini-album ‘Left Fire’, and with ‘Blood & Chemistry’ they’ve produced something unique, exciting and beautiful, taking that accolade in their stride. The band’s grasp

Thursday 11 April 2013

Allison Weiss – ‘Say What You Mean’

So, who is Allison Weiss and where has she been hiding? Her latest album is the perfect antidote to living in a Britain where it snows, rains, and burns with sunshine all in one week. Showcasing her folk-influenced brand of upbeat pop music, ‘Say What

Tuesday 09 April 2013

Coliseum – ‘Sister Faith’

From the outset ‘Sister Faith’ dispels any misconceptions that Coliseum may return to their hardcore infused routes. The album continues where ‘House With A Curse’ left off, contorting punk and grunge while straining it through an onslaught of distortion. Rather than running with the increasingly typical snarly vocals, this

Fall Out Boy – ‘Save Rock And Roll’

You know how you get those bands who were just integral to your music taste as you were growing up? For a lot of people it was Blink-182, for others it was My Chemical Romance, Jimmy Eat World or Taking Back Sunday. For me and a lot of other

Friday 05 April 2013

Great Cynics – ‘Like I Belong’

Now and again, bands just go right ahead and make a niche for themselves. Great Cynics – now matured far beyond singer/guitarist Giles Bidder’s solo work – are a unique entity in the UK scene, and since 2011’s ‘Don’t Need Much’, they’ve blossomed into a formidable and promising talent.

Thursday 04 April 2013

Paramore – ‘Paramore’

It’s been a tumultuous three (ish) years for Paramore since ‘Brand New Eyes’. They’ve lost band members and pondered a split, so there were doubts that we’d even get to see a Paramore album again. Instead, they’ve come up trumps and ‘Paramore’ – their fourth studio album – is

Wednesday 03 April 2013

Alkaline Trio – ‘My Shame Is True’

Alkaline Trio turn seventeen this year. SEVENTEEN. It’s a little difficult to comprehend if you’re their typical fan (low/mid twenties Tony Hawk Pro Skater alumni). This here is a band who seemingly remain forever current, that started making music when many of our readers had just got over shitting

Masked Intruder – Masked Intruder

A good place to start with a band is right at the very start. The only problem you have there with Masked Intruder is that the only history that they seem to have involves jail terms… Their back story is that they’re four ex-cons who apparently formed a band in

Monday 01 April 2013

Glossary – ‘Long Live All Of Us’

Hailing from Murfreesboro (yeah, try saying that while drunk) Tennessee, Glossary’s smooth southern rock leaves the listener in no doubt that they have arrived to heal the soul with an irresistible mix of funk, pedal steel guitar and punk. ‘Long Live All of Us’ is Glossary’s first record to

Saturday 30 March 2013

Transit – ‘Young New England’

Once upon a time, in the lands of emo past, Brand New’s lead vocalist Jesse Lacey played bass for Taking Back Sunday. Following Lacey’s departure, the two bands took radically different directions – but, had both parties remained united, Transit’s ‘Young New England’ might have been the result. Following