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From Wednesday 27 February 2013

The Rockingbirds – The Return of the Rockingbirds

The Rockingbirds don’t hail from Nashville or Austin but that hasn’t stopped these plucky north Londoners from being compared to alt-country greats. A career spanning two decades, their third album ( and their first in 17 years) sees these pedal steel guitar veterans returning to what made them so

Sunday 24 February 2013

Texas Is The Reason – ‘Do You Know Who You Are? The Complete Collection’

So, band reunions. What a crock of shit. At The Drive-In, Refused and Sunny Day Real Estate reformed to play a few shows then promptly disappeared again. Returns of the Pixies, Pavement and Public Enemy prompted cries of ‘Meh…’ up and down the land. Small Brown Bike came back

Thursday 14 February 2013

Wounds – ‘Die Young’

Irish noise merchants Wounds have been doing the rounds for a while at their own pace, and ‘Die Young’ sees them take a step up to the plate in a big way. Largely, ‘Die Young’, is great. It’s full of vitriol, great riffs and dominating vocals from Aidan Coogan, and

Wednesday 06 February 2013

Hatebreed – ‘The Divinity Of Purpose’

Being a band like Hatebreed usually means one or two things – firstly, plenty of people are going to find their way to you from other bands and, secondly, some people just aren’t ever going to like you. Being a band like Hatebreed also means you can pretty much

Tuesday 05 February 2013

My Chemical Romance – ‘Conventional Weapons’

My Chemical Romance’s “lost” album ‘Conventional Weapons’ has resurfaced over the last few months in two track bursts, and this week saw ‘Part 5’ completing the pentalogy. The overall sound won’t be a surprise if you’ve been checking it out in parts, and it’s split down the middle in terms

Fidlar – ‘Fidlar’

Remember skate-punk? The stuff of a thousand Punk-O-Rama compilations, Deconstruction Festival line-ups and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtracks? It’s back, and against all conceivable odds, it’s cool. This snotty young LA quartet, named for a skater acronym (Fuck It Dog, Life’s A Risk) are riding the wave (or rather,

Monday 04 February 2013

No Exit Plan – ‘Out of the Dark’

No Exit Plan are just two members strong, but they make one hell of a big noise between. Pop-punk and dance are probably not the immediate choice of crossover genres on paper, but the band manage to blend the two to great effect here. No Exit Plan have built their

Monday 28 January 2013

Mallory Knox – ‘Signals’

2012 proved particularly successful for home-grown British bands, with the likes of Don Broco, Canterbury, Straight Lines and We Are The Ocean releasing albums that were well received by critics and the wider public. As 2013 reaches the end of its first calendar month, Mallory Knox attempt to keep

Saturday 26 January 2013

Funeral For A Friend – ‘Conduit’

The major label shackles have been off for a while now, and with each release since it’s seemed as if Funeral For A Friend have been trying to find their feet again. It was only with ‘Welcome Home Armageddon’ that we saw a band who were truly heading back

Tuesday 22 January 2013

Lights & Motion – ‘Reanimation’

Over its 18 year existence, Deep Elm Records has carved out quite the name for itself. Whether you’re familiar with the label for its release of landmark releases by bands such as The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson and Planes Mistaken For Stars, or for its semi-legendary Emo Diaries compilations of