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From Wednesday 20 April 2022

Spanish Love Songs – ‘Brave Faces Etc’

When Spanish Love Songs released their 2020 album, ‘Brave Faces Everyone’, we started our review with the line “Look, we get it. The world has gone to shit.” Little did we know, just a few weeks later, it was going to get worse. With live music put on hold

Tuesday 19 April 2022

Greyhaven – ‘This Bright And Beautiful World’

At first glance, Greyhaven’s new record ‘This Bright And Beautiful World’ looks like a relatively upbeat, happy outing. Ignore the monochrome balloons and metallic dullness of the cover art, it sounds like it’ll be a nice album based on the title doesn’t it? If you’ve heard of the

Prince Daddy & The Hyena – ‘Prince Daddy & The Hyena’

It’s been proven over the course of history that death is inevitable, so it’s no surprise we all naturally fear the end of our lives. It’s a notion that Kory Gregory of Prince Daddy & The Hyena feels deeply. While writing what would become the band’s third album, he

Wednesday 13 April 2022

Cancer Bats – ‘Psychic Jailbreak’

Not since The Style Council penned their 1985 hit ‘Come to Milton Keynes’ has a Buckinghamshire new town been so effortlessly crowbarred into a song. Then again, have you ever “melted faces in Milton Keynes”? Well Cancer Bats have, and they want you to know about it. The self-proclaimed ‘road

Monuments – ‘In Stasis’

One way to put pressure on yourself is to call your band Monuments. It’s a name that makes you think of a towering, dominant band whose music will last the ages, and it’s a name the UK band have spent the last ten years trying to live up to.

Friday 08 April 2022

Out Of Love – ‘So Far, So Good’

Since their inception in 2020, London 5-piece Out Of Love have set out to make their mark at any given opportunity. Releasing a steady stream of music from the off, fans have discovered and enjoyed 2020’s debut EP ‘I Am Not Me’ and the impressive ‘Funny Feeling
Monday 04 April 2022

Meshuggah – ‘Immutable’

Six years out of a game they have been playing for over three decades, Swedish legends Meshuggah are back with their brand new ninth studio album, ‘Immutable’, and after nine albums, this band’s innovative creativity in metal music and consistency to smash through their own expectations is

Friday 01 April 2022

PUP – ‘The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND’

The next release after a successful album can be a tricky one. After two successful albums, it’s even more difficult. For PUP, after releasing three almost flawless albums, they’ve left themselves an absolute mountain to climb to reach the Everest of heights they’ve set their standards at. Fortunately, they’re

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