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From Thursday 11 October 2012

APE! – ‘1991’

They’ve been playing ‘skuzzy blown out heavy rock to whoever can stand them’ across the US east coast for five years now, but APE! have just gone and made a second album to show for it. One which seems to be a tale of two halves… Once an unnecessarily long

Tuesday 09 October 2012

Thrice – ‘Anthology’

Live albums are a funny one. Obviously they are no substitute for the live experience; and roughly 10 out of 10 music fans would rather be there than listen on CD if they had to pick one or the other. Sometimes though, they recreate a special, one-off experience like

Monday 08 October 2012

All Time Low – Don’t Panic

After stagnating somewhat on Interscope Records, Baltimore based pop punk quartet; All Time Low are back with a new album on new/old label Hopeless Records. With previous effort ‘Dirty Work’ not impressing as much as its two predecessors, ‘Don’t Panic’ feels like an album from a band that has

Saturday 06 October 2012

Seasons Collide – ‘Horizons’

Essex based five-piece Seasons Collide are relatively new to the UK music scene, having formed in early 2011. Their debut LP – recorded and released dangerously close to their inception – plays as if it was created by a band far more established. ‘Horizons’ is padded with the conventional

Thursday 04 October 2012

We Are The Physics – ‘Your Friend, The Atom’

Every now and then a new band comes along that seems to blow everyone else out of the water with a sound that is fresh, totally different, and that makes your jaw drop with just how good it is. Unluckily for us, half of these bands tend to get

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