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From Wednesday 30 March 2022

Carpenter Brut – ‘Leather Terror’

Of all the progenitors of that cult-of-neon we call synthwave releasing new records this season, Carpenter Brut may well be the most highly-anticipated. The slasher-inspired icon of the genre has never been one to be satisfied with standing still for too long, with his last full release

Tuesday 29 March 2022

Pillow Queens – ‘Leave The Light On’

Once the darlings of dive bars and DIY venues, Dublin four-piece Pillow Queens now tread the boards of US talk shows, the smoke-filled rooms of the famous SXSW and sold-out shows in LA. Each show allows their star to shine a little brighter and their sophomore record ‘Leave The

Monday 28 March 2022

Placebo – ‘Never Let Me Go’

It’s been close to a decade since we were last treated to new music from the mighty Placebo and just as the world has changed drastically in that time, so, too, have the founding members of this iconic London two-piece – vocalist / guitarist Brian Molko and

Wednesday 23 March 2022

Absent In Body – ‘Plague God’

Language is a strange thing. In the world of doom metal and sludge, words like festering, rotting and disgusting flip their meaning. This is doubly true when discussing Absent In Body’s debut album, ‘Plague God’. It’s good that a record sounds like picking through the ashes of a ruined

Spill Your Guts – ‘The Wrath It Takes’

Spill Your Guts are based in Shanghai, giving them a different perspective to many of other bands you may be listening to. Not to discredit those other bands, but the most recent single from Spill Your Guts, ‘Lift The Curse’, opens with a description of events that happened in

Monday 21 March 2022

Extinction A.D. – ‘Culture of Violence’

Long Island’s Extinction A.D. are a band who never do things by halves. Fusing a brutal blend between ’90s thrash metal and bruising hardcore, the New Yorkers deliver every body of work they have done in the past with hellish heaviness and a no-holding-back attitude. On their

Friday 18 March 2022

Hot Water Music – ‘Feel The Void’

Nothing makes you feel old like your beloved bands celebrating anniversaries. When Hot Water Music passed over their 25th year in 2019, it’s one of those moments that transport you back to those sweat-filled basement clubs that are now sadly no more, before catapulting you into the present to

Monday 14 March 2022

Drug Church – ‘Hygiene’

For the past decade, Albany and Los Angeles five-piece outfit Drug Church have been a band making music fearlessly, not afraid to tred the delicate lines between aggressive post-hardcore and blazing post-punk. Never backing down from their voice – one that shouts about life’s dark moments and

Ghost – ‘Impera’

At the risk of alienating our international readers in the first sentence, Ghost are like Marmite. What we mean by this is that most rock fans have a strong, firmly held opinion of them, one way or another. While legions of fans around the world adore their unashamedly cheesy pop-rock,

Thursday 10 March 2022

Ho99o9 – ‘Skin’

Whoever came up with the name Ho99o9 was a genius. The letters and numbers are a fusion of two things that don’t belong together, the word means something frightening and, just as it implies, they’re a nightmare to write about. The three-piece actively push against your expectations, they defy