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From Monday 03 August 2026

Citizen – ‘HALCYON BLUES’

There is a saying. Over a long enough time span the chance of survival drops to zero. It’s all about probability. The longer something exists the more likely it is to end. The same applies to bands. Eventually the magic fades. The more albums you release, the

Friday 31 July 2026

Future Palace – ‘RESURGENCE’

Two is company. Three is a crowd. But what is a band? In recent years it has become difficult to say. Once upon a time you needed a band to write, to record, to be a band. Now, modern technologies and online spaces allow you to exist

Wednesday 15 July 2026

The Menzingers – ‘Everything I Ever Saw’

There’s a good chance a lot of reviews are going to slate the new Menzingers record. ‘Everything I Ever Saw’ is so different from their raging punk past, and that’s going to alienate the folk who want to slam their feelings away. With respect, those reviews are going to

Friday 10 July 2026

Show Me The Body – ‘Alone Together’

Hardcore is starting to appear to encompass an ever increasing range of musical styles, but at its heart, hardcore remains more than just a sound; it’s an attitude, a community, a feeling. With their fourth full length release, ‘Alone Together’, Show Me The Body capture this spirit

Tuesday 23 June 2026

Exploring Birdsong – ‘EVERY HOUSE WE BUILT’

The comedian Nick Revell once performed a show based on the premise of exploring birdsong. It was hilarious, funny enough to remember decades later. The premise was that beneath the beautiful songs were base emotions. If you understood what the songs were about you would be driven

Friday 19 June 2026

Warning – ‘Rituals Of Shame’

Arriving twenty years after 2006’s seminal, genre-defining ‘Watching From A Distance’, to describe ‘Rituals Of Shame’ as “much anticipated” would be the understatement of the century. As one of doom metal’s most emotionally affecting and resonant records, ‘Watching From A Distance’ was always going to be a

Thursday 18 June 2026

Prince Of Failure – ‘PRINCE OF FAILURE’

Music is basically mathematics, and there is a rule. A simple one. One that is always correct. Two plus two equals four. When people start talking about supergroups, they seem to think this doesn’t apply. Prince Of Failure are a new project consisting of the instrumental virtuoso

Friday 12 June 2026

Des Rocs – ‘To Hell And Back’

With hindsight, the collaboration between Des Rocs and the Borderlands franchise feels so obvious. Both the artist and the looter-shooter game series channel a renegade energy, whether you’re fighting off maniacs on an alien planet or singing about New York bikers with a heavy old-school rock influence. Both draw

Wednesday 10 June 2026

BIG|BRAVE – ‘in grief or in hope’

It’s amazing to think there was a time when BIG|BRAVE performed as an acoustic project. During the early 2010s, the then-nascent band were a folk duo. Their evolution since – from duo to trio – has dramatically broadened the band’s scope. During this time, the Canadians have traversed most

Tuesday 09 June 2026

Sleeping With Sirens – ‘An Ending In Itself’

Sometimes you just need a little pick-me-up from the stresses of daily life from someone who gets it. That’s what the new Sleeping With Sirens album is; a friend when you’re in need of a helping hand. The arc that they’ve followed over the last two records is completed