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From 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

Saturday 15 June 2013

The Maine – ‘Forever Halloween’

It comes as a relief that, after years of label upsets and missed opportunities,The Maine haven’t turned inwards and hit the self-destruct button. In fact, instead of trying to release a carbon copy of the debut that made them the darlings of the pop-rock scene, they went a different

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Larry and His Flask – ‘By The Lamplight’

Right on the heels of their recent EP ‘Hobo’s Lament’, Larry and His Flask are back with their storming sophomore effort ‘By The Lamplight’. The album (their first to be officially released in the UK) is at times a debaucherous and crazed affair. The virtuosity displayed on ‘By The

Thursday 06 June 2013

Jimmy Eat World – ‘Damage’

Formed in Mesa, Arizona twenty years ago, Jimmy Eat World are a band that have written the soundtrack to the lives of many twenty somethings who grew up listening to pop punk in the late 90’s early 00’s. Some of their output during that era is looked upon as

Tuesday 04 June 2013

City and Colour – ‘The Hurry and the Harm’

“I don’t want to be revolutionary; I’m just looking for the sweetest melody,” Dallas Green sings on the album midpoint ‘Commentators’. In part a statement against the likes of yours truly, these lyrics provide a, perhaps unintentional, summary of ‘The Hurry and the Harm’. Dallas Green, the man behind the

Friday 31 May 2013

City Light Thief – ‘Vacilando’

If you’re looking for cutting edge post-hardcore played with a serious intensity then look no further than ‘Vacilando’, the new album from Cologne’s City Light Thief. These eleven tracks are the perfect blend of raw passion, biting emotions and huge guitar riffs – it’s a considerable progression from the