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From Friday 27 October 2023

Taking Back Sunday – ‘152’

With seven studio albums and two decades in the music business already under their belt, where could Taking Back Sunday possibly go next? They’ve checked emo and post-hardcore off their subgenre to-do list in the intervening years after since their 2006 breakthrough, but their desire to make music that

Wednesday 25 October 2023

The Gaslight Anthem – ‘History Books’

A lot has happened since 2007, and the Gaslight Anthem are not the same men who sat down to write ‘Sink Or Swim’. The fifteen intervening years since their debut have sent the Alexes, Brian and Benny through a gauntlet of divorce and relentless touring, plus an eight year

Monday 23 October 2023

Magnolia Park – ‘Halloween Mixtape II’

“When did everything get so awful complicated?” Magnolia Park’s frontman, Joshua Roberts, opens this year’s Halloween Mixtape with this plaintive question. He makes a good point. When did Halloween become about more than just funneling a distressing amount of sugar or sugary alcohol (depending on your age and preference)

Friday 20 October 2023

Blink-182 – ‘One More Time’

There haven’t been many reunions that have been greeted with such fanfare as when images emerged of Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker back together again. A generation of millennials saw an opportunity to relive their adolescence one more time and three 40-somethings got to play the jester

Wednesday 18 October 2023

The Callous Daoboys – ‘God Smiles Upon the Callous Daoboys’

It probably goes without saying that The Callous Daoboys aren’t a band that demand to be taken completely seriously. Even if you’ve never heard a note of their music, their name alone – a spoonerised take on the NFL team the Dallas Cowboys – probably give you a bit

Friday 13 October 2023

Twin Temple – ‘God Is Dead’

Cast yourself back in time to the age of the Twilight Zone in black and white, grab yourself a martini and revel in the haunted retro reinvention of Twin Temple. Their satanic, sex-positive take on the late fifties vocal harmony sound has led to spots supporting Behemoth and Danzig,

Thursday 12 October 2023

Creeper – ‘Sanguivore’

If you arrive at a new Creeper record to be met with a 9-minute opener complete with a ‘Tubular Bells’ intro driving straight into a modern day ‘Bat Out of Hell’ and are taken by surprise, you must be new here. For those that have been following the band’s

Beartooth – ‘The Surface’

Being a Beartooth fan, especially a long term one, is like having an entry ticket into frontman Caleb Shomo’s psyche. The frontman’s public struggle with depression and self-hatred has informed most of their records, but now he’s working towards recovery and self-acceptance. As a result, the messages and themes

Wednesday 11 October 2023

The Menzingers – ‘Some Of It Was True’

There was a time when The Menzingers were the favourite band of people with their finger firmly on the pulse of the punk scene. While that’s still the case to an extent, their output in recent years has shown they have what it takes to cross over and reach

Wednesday 04 October 2023

Shower Of Teeth – ‘Eternal Gut Rot’

With a name like Shower Of Teeth, the expectation is a terrifically dark deathcore band with plenty of songs detailing the macabre and haunting aspects of life and death. Likewise, ‘Eternal Gut Rot’, their latest album, evokes similar imagery, and that’s without pointing out the album cover