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From Wednesday 05 December 2012

Title Fight – ‘Floral Green’

Title Fight’s ‘Shed‘ was one of the surprises of 2011. A raucous, angry, yet catchy punk nugget that with a sophistication that many bands dream of reaching on their first full-length. Anyone who heard their EP collection ‘The Last Thing You Forget’ – especially the

Thursday 29 November 2012

The Cut Ups – ‘Building Bridges, Starting Here’

You know when you’ve been meaning to check something out properly for ages after an initial listen and it just sorta slips your mind? Well, that happened with The Cut Ups’ ‘Building Bridges, Starting Here’. The end of October and November came and went, and we’re now horrendously late

Tuesday 27 November 2012

Pentimento – Pentimento

Although original plans saw the debut album by Buffalo residents Pentimento being released in conjunction with record labels Paper + Plastick and Black Numbers, ongoing legal issues with Panic Records have resulted in a (free) self-release. There are no hard copies available in shops right now, nor will the

Monday 26 November 2012

The Hickey Underworld – ‘I’m Under The House, I’m Dying’

The Hickey Underworld’s ‘I’m under the house, I’m dying’ is a raw piece of production. It is like The Strokes being caressed by Fugazi, and it is definitely possible that “If your arse doesn’t shake to this, you could be dead.” This is filthy dirty pop-laden grunge, and The

Monday 19 November 2012

O’Brother – ‘Garden Window’

Produced by Mike Sapone (Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, Public Enemy), O’Brother’s ‘Garden Window’ is an album of powerful rock that lifts your spirits and tells the hair on your neck to stay raised for the duration. Putting O’Brother in a genre is a tricky business; their music encompasses so

Wednesday 14 November 2012

Lipona – ‘Networks’

“Lipona is a skate punk quartet who specialise in a fast tempo blend of melodic hardcore, ambient, and post-hardcore music”. Recently signed to Disconnect Disconnect Records, the latest offering ‘Networks’ from this Florida four piece is a great release. It is full of fast licks, sing-along choruses and packed to the

Sunday 11 November 2012

Major League – ‘Hard Feelings’

“I never said that I was a nice guy!” So opens Nick Trask on ‘Nightmares’ – the fourth track from the new LP by New Jersey based pop-punk quintet Major League. The spirit of these lyrics reverberate throughout the record and help give ‘Hard Feelings’ its accessible nature – one would assume

Thursday 08 November 2012

Deftones – ‘Koi No Yokan’

Where many of their generation have faded, changed beyond recognition or simply become terrible, Deftones have stood strong. Experts at their craft, they became one of the most respected alternative rock bands of the last few decades by avoiding clichés and largely keeping up a consistent quality. ‘Koi No Yokan’

Tuesday 06 November 2012

Green Day – ‘¡Dos!’

For the second time this year – dear Green Day fans – we’re sat here with a cup of tea and a new Green Day album. After a passable but largely uneventful first effort, the band’s middle part of their ‘¡Uno!’, ‘¡Dos!’, ‘¡Tré!’ trilogy arrives with twice the amount

Fighting With Wire – ‘Colonel Blood’

Everyone knows what happened to the big acts of the BritRock explosion of the early 2000s – Biffy Clyro now fill arenas, Reuben died and everyone misses them, and Hell Is For Heroes and Hundred Reasons are joining forces this autumn for a victory lap of the UK –