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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

Wednesday 27 March 2013

What Now – ‘Move Like A Sinner’

‘Move Like a Sinner’ is the latest offering from South African rock trio What Now. The band grew up in Ballito, a little town by the beach, and later re-located to the UK to – in their own words – “get big”. The end result is thirteen tracks of

Wednesday 20 March 2013

Let’s Talk Daggers – ‘Fantastic Contraption’

With angular riffs and explosive vocals Let’s Talk Daggers tear at the hardcore scene with uncompromising ferocity. Having toured with Your Demise, Letlive and Lower Than Atlantis, they are swiftly establishing themselves as serious players on the live circuit. Recently they entered the studio with The James Cleaver Quintet’s

Friday 15 March 2013

The Smoking Hearts – Victory

The Smoking Hearts may be a band you’ve come across at some point. They’ve been doing the rounds for a while now, but for some reason their punk influenced rock n’ roll has remained largely off any mainstream radar. Luckily for them their debut album ‘Victory’ might just go

Tuesday 12 March 2013

Senses Fail – ‘Renacer’

Taken from the Spanish ‘to be reborn’ or ‘to revive’, ‘Renacer’ smacks of a band desperate to try something new. This is not necessarily a bad thing – Senses Fail are taking an obvious step outside of their norm with a considerable increase in heavy guitar riffs and unclean

Thursday 28 February 2013

RVIVR – ‘The Beauty Between’

A slew of fantastic albums have been arriving so far this year (almost standing up to 2012’s impressive opening quarter), and a late contender for the 2013 Q1 crown is RVIVR’s ‘The Beauty Between’. Up until now, RVIVR have been releasing pretty great releases with particularly great tracks on them,