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From Wednesday 03 October 2012

Voices – ‘No Angels’

In an age where pop music is just the same old shit churned out time and time again, with lyrics continuing to be the same vapid excuse for sentiment, even the alternative scene has started to become emotionally wretched. But then along comes ‘No Angels’, an album which is

Monday 01 October 2012

Lower Than Atlantis – ‘Changing Tune’

A band that’s risen through the UK toilet circuit signing to a major label is always regarded as a big thing, and there’s little doubt that Lower Than Atlantis putting to pen to paper with Island Records was one of the most talked about “scene graduations” of recent years. Despite

Friday 28 September 2012

Tonight Alive – ‘What Are You So Scared Of?’

Already heavily established in the Australian charts and with an American release back in late 2011, the UK release of ‘What Are You So Scared Of?’ – the debut album by Sydney based Tonight Alive – aims to broaden their appeal across the globe. Those interested in the female

Wednesday 26 September 2012

Dischord – ‘The Wakes’

“This town is a zoo, and I’m here to shovel the shit from the cages”. Dischord’s “The Wakes” is an album against governments and against getting up in the morning. Labelled the angriest band in the UK by Reverb Nation, Dischord bring a refreshing facelift to the

Monday 24 September 2012

P.O.D – ‘Murdered Love’

“We are, we are, the new revelation. We are, we are, the youth of the nation”. This what P.O.D. proclaimed on “Youth Of The Nation” back in 2001, when nu-metal was in its heyday. That was a year when Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and Korn were sniffing around the top

Sunday 23 September 2012

Bowling For Soup – ‘One Big Happy’

Following on from a successful jaunt in the US and in support of their upcoming UK tour, Bowling for Soup, The Dolly Rots and Patent Pending have released a spilt cover album called ‘One Big Happy’. The three bands each cover two songs from one another, as

Wednesday 19 September 2012

Go Radio – ‘Close The Distance’

It’s not that much more than a year since the debut Go Radio album dropped, and ‘Close The Distance’ follows a fairly strong chart showing from the Floridian alt rockers. Now back with ‘Close The Distance’, it’s safe to say that Go Radio are carrying the torch aloft for

Tuesday 18 September 2012

Green Day – ‘¡Uno!’

It’s fairly unlikely that anyone reading this will not have an opinion on Green Day. Some will have lost their way in the ‘Warning’ era shift commercialism, some around the “second coming” they had with ‘American Idiot’ and some may not have been able to digest ’21st Century Breakdown’,

Saturday 15 September 2012

Hardside – ‘Time is Punishment’

On Hardside’s ‘Time Is Punishment’, apocalyptic rolling drums and pinch harmonics blend with low, distorted guitars to rip the listener’s ears off from the word go. On first listen, the crisp and eloquent production of Paul Miner (Trapped under Ice and Terror) is clear, but the mood is set

Friday 14 September 2012

Devil Sold His Soul – ‘Empire of Light’

There is an instant accessibility to Devil Sold His Soul’s fourth full-length, which separates it from their back-catalogue. Although remaining in the art-metal mould that the southerners forged on 2005’s ‘Darkness Prevails’, the album structure on ‘Empire of Light’ allows for a more direct satisfaction, which largely stems from