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From Wednesday 29 May 2013

The World Is A Beautiful Place and I’m No Longer Afraid To Die – ‘Whenever, If Ever’

The World Is A Beautiful Place and I’m No Longer Afraid To Die. Just think about that band name for a few moments. It’s ridiculous, isn’t it? Throw in the fact that they have eight members too and you quickly appreciate that this Connecticut based band certainly have a

Tuesday 28 May 2013

Stillbust – ‘A Few Things We Might Agree On (A Few Things We Might Not)’

Some bands just sound like they don’t give a fuck (in a good way). One of these bands happen to go by the name of Stillbust. Their new record, ‘A Few Things We Might Agree On (A Few Things We Might Not)’ mixes up a stack of different punk

Tuesday 21 May 2013

The Front Bottoms – ‘Talon Of The Hawk’

Firstly, two things to deal with if you’re not that familiar with The Front Bottoms: 1. yes, that IS their name. don’t let it put you off (it’s just short of losing all meaning anyway) 2. if Tom Delonge’s vocals wind you up, you’re not going to get on

Saturday 18 May 2013

Stagecoach – ‘Say Hi To The Band’

Having in 2009 impressed Alcopop! with their EP ‘We Got Tazers’, Surrey’s Stagecoach have now come to releas their debut album ‘Say Hi To The Band’. It is, from the word go, a delightful concoction of indie rock, with a Weezer like sense of melody and guitars that should

Monday 13 May 2013

Ben Marwood – ‘Back Down’

Having built up a dedicated following with his witty folk songs, Reading’s Ben Marwood has returned with his second album ‘Back Down’. Building on the success of his debut album, ‘Back Down’ sounds more accomplished in every way. The songwriting has been finely tuned while the production is crisp

Sunday 12 May 2013

The Dillinger Escape Plan – ‘One Of Us Is The Killer’

Firstly, ‘One of Us Is The Killer’ retains everything listeners would expect from New Jersey noise-artists The Dillinger Escape Plan. Their fifth full-length is filled with mismatched time signatures, insatiable drum patters, brutal riffs and distinctive growls. It also follows suit from predecessor ‘Option Paralysis’ by injecting the occasional

Saturday 11 May 2013

The Wonder Years – ‘The Greatest Generation’

The latest wave of the pop punk revolution has been in full swing for a good few years now. Some bands have come and gone, but others have managed to hold on by developing their sound and keeping it fresh. The Wonder Years are most definitely one of the

Thursday 09 May 2013

Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! – ‘Pardon My French’

Despite the fact that melody and metal have had a long and winding history, the almost pop punk levels of autotuned slickness that crashes into metalcore style br00tal breakdowns in bands like Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! is just about where you’d imagine there’s a line drawn in the sand

Wednesday 08 May 2013

Koji – ‘Crooked In My Mind’

Pennsylvanian native Koji has spent the past few years building a dedicated fan base on the back of EPs like ‘Some Small Way’ and his split with Into It/Over it. ‘Crooked In My Mind’ is his debut album. Opening with the simple acoustic strumming of ‘Chasing A Ghost’, Koji

Monday 06 May 2013

Sharks – ‘Selfhood’

Sharks are a band that really have had it all to battle against at home in the UK. Despite the relative quality of last release ‘No Gods’, they’ve still failed to really make an impact on this side of the pond, and with ‘Selfhood’ they’ll probably hit the same