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From Tuesday 30 September 2025

Orbit Culture – ‘DEATH ABOVE LIFE’

The world is filled with incredible places. Should you ever have the chance to visit Krakow, take the time to explore the Wieliczka salt mines. A maze of tunnels, grand rooms, polished surfaces and pillars, these retired caverns offer a glimpse of the past. Deep underground, the

Friday 19 September 2025

Motion City Soundtrack – ‘The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World’

It never quite seemed fair that Motion City Soundtrack were painted with the brush of pop punk early in their career, or that their later albums were judged in that light. Certainly, ‘Commit This To Memory’ and ‘Even If It Kills Me’ were the closest the band came

Friday 12 September 2025

Die Spitz – ‘Something To Consume’

Austin rockers Die Spitz’s debut album, ‘Teeth’, was released two years ago, as the band turned twenty. Filled with a blistering punk energy, ‘Teeth’ cemented the band’s sound as both deeply inspired by ‘90s grunge and distinctly contemporary; a post-Covid Hole. Their sophomore, ‘Something To Consume’ sees the

Friday 05 September 2025

La Dispute – ‘No One Was Driving the Car’

Post-hardcore legends La Dispute have released their first album in six years – or rather, they have just finished releasing it. ‘No One Was Driving the Car’, an exploration of social and psychological decay, has been steadily releasing over the past three months. The album is split into

Friday 29 August 2025

Nova Twins – ‘Parasites and Butterflies’

It’s been three years since we were last treated to a Nova Twins record, and we already knew it was going to solid bangers from start to finish. ‘Parasites and Butterflies’ feels like the conclusion of a trilogy that Amy Love and Georgia South didn’t even know they were

Friday 22 August 2025

Dinosaur Pile-Up – ‘I’ve Felt Better’

It feels like it’s been a lifetime since we’ve heard some chunky output from the Dinosaur Pile-Up boys and to some extent, it has been. Six years since their last release, ‘Celebrity Mansions’, the world has changed immeasurably and, despite some serious shit happening to the band,

Thursday 21 August 2025

Hot Mulligan – ‘The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still’

When the tracklist for this album was made public, one Reddit user dubbed it ‘Goofy ass song titles for songs that are about to make me cry’. They weren’t wrong. If Hot Mulligan were a feeling, they’d be that jittery mix of “I just spilled coffee on myself” and

Tuesday 19 August 2025

The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – ‘Dreams Of Being Dust’

The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die have spent over fifteen years establishing themselves as one of the core pillars of emo revivalism. ‘Dreams Of Being Dust’, the band’s fifth full-length offering, is filled with the hypnotic atmosphere that fans of

really big really clever – ‘…huh’

Since the release of their self-titled debut album in 2023, Brighton alt-rockers really big really clever have established themselves as a rip-roaring live act, playing alongside the likes of Sweet Pill, Have Mercy, and Tigercub. Their sophomore release, ‘…huh’, feels like a serious attempt to grow and develop

Friday 15 August 2025

Good Charlotte – ‘Motel Du Cap’

“It’s gonna be whatever you want to make of it,” warns the silver-tongued narrator on the opening of Good Charlotte’s ‘Motel Du Cap’. While in the guise of a hotel check in, that phrase would be a little bit ominous to hear, but in the context of a comeback-after-a-comeback