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From Thursday 17 August 2023

Fiddlehead – ‘Death Is Nothing To Us’

If Fiddlehead had a motto, it would be ‘good things come in small packages’. The supergroup’s tours are short and sporadic, popping up like soap bubbles and disappearing quickly. Their albums, though appearing in rapid succession, contain songs like quick haikus lasting less than two and a half minutes.

Friday 11 August 2023

The Band CAMINO – ‘The Dark’

You know when a TV show features a fictional boyband to further a plot point? Think ‘Boyz4now’ from ‘Bob’s Burgers’ or ‘4*Town’ from ‘Turning Red’. The latest release from The Band CAMINO is the album that a teenage character from a sitcom would

Wednesday 09 August 2023

URNE – ‘A Feast On Sorrow’

If you haven’t heard of London metallers URNE yet, you will soon. After all, loads of your favourite bands already count themselves as fans. Trivium’s Matt Heafy has loudly championed the band on social media and given them shout-outs at shows, while Joe Duplantier of the mighty Gojira is

Tuesday 08 August 2023

Hail The Sun – ‘Divine Inner Tension’

Hail The Sun took their music and set a flame beneath their creativity; they sweated in the back of a van, boiled away the liquid and let their ideas ferment. Over the course of five albums, their sound has become potent and pure, and they’ve bottled it

Friday 04 August 2023

The Front Bottoms – ‘You Are Who You Hang Out With’

Fans of The Front Bottoms are firmly divided into two camps. There are those who believe that the duo from New Jersey were at their finest when they were indie wallflowers, writing streams of consciousness in the margins of their notebooks as if they were Michael Stipe circa 1985. On

Chris Farren – ‘Doom Singer’

Anyone who’s had the joyous privilege of watching Chris Farren live will be forgiven for thinking that the brains behind Fake Problems and Antarctigo Vespucci has his jovial, hilarious and uber talented musician persona down to a tee. However, Farren will readily admit that it’s only since he teamed

Wednesday 02 August 2023

Skindred – ‘Smile’

Skindred have spent twenty five years kicking down boundaries, and they won’t be stopping any time soon. Benji Webbe’s dreadlocked flair and distinctive Caribbean vocal style has always set Skindred apart from their weaker and more orthodox contemporaries, and the barriers between metal, dub, jungle and punk mean nothing

Tuesday 01 August 2023

Teenage Wrist – ‘Still Love’

Midway through 2022, Teenage Wrist frontman Marshall Gallagher was feeling lost. His mental health had taken a hit during the pandemic (“I hit rock bottom and didn’t recognise myself,” he says). His band – previously a trio, then a quartet – had shrunk to a duo in

Thursday 20 July 2023

As December Falls – ‘Join The Club’

Punk is the music of independence. From every teen with an off-centre, poorly dyed mohawk to an office worker rolling down their sleeves to cover their tattooed Black Flag bars, it’s a scene where you have to be prepared to go it alone. As December Falls represent that spirit

Tuesday 18 July 2023

James And The Cold Gun – ‘James And The Cold Gun’

James And The Cold Gun are, without a shadow of a doubt, the most hyped new band of the summer. After scoring a spot on the same bill as Guns N’ Roses in Hyde Park, and signing to Stone Gossard’s Loosegroove imprint, it’s easy to forget that “South Wales’