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From Thursday 02 September 2021

Tigress – ‘Pura Vida’

Nothing puts a halt to the summer quite so sharply as a sudden pang of self-realisation. Spent too much money on holidays? Had a fight with your best friend? Come to the conclusion you’ve become so self absorbed that it’s skewed your perception of the world and

Tuesday 31 August 2021

Children Collide – ‘Time Itself’

After a near decade-long hiatus, Aussie three piece Children Collide are back to release new LP ‘Time Itself’. After such a long time away from the scene, it can be difficult to reclaim your place in an industry that’s everchanging. Is the sound that made your name still relevant

Turnstile – ‘GLOW ON’

With 2018’s ‘Time & Space’, Turnstile put themselves at the forefront of modern hardcore. Over its 25 minutes, the Baltimore-based collective showed their ability to be forward-thinking, exploring areas beyond their hardcore roots – and it’s for this reason that follow-up ‘GLOW ON’ is so highly anticipated. For their third

Friday 27 August 2021

Smash Into Pieces – ‘A NEW HORIZON’

Music is created in many different spaces, for many different audiences. Some bands are born to play dirty sweaty clubs, others are designed to play arenas. Smash Into Pieces aim squarely for the second option. Formed in 2009, the Scandinavian four-piece has one thing in their sights, success. You

The Bronx – ‘Bronx VI’

Realistically, this review could be two sentences long. If so, it would go something like this: The Bronx doesn’t make bad records. If you like the band already, you have to listen to ‘The Bronx VI’. That’s because it’s hard to review an album like this – it’s another Bronx

Thursday 26 August 2021

Jinjer – ‘Wallflowers’

Ukraine isn’t the first place you’d think of when it comes to brutal and unrelenting metal, but Jinjer are changing that. The technical metal quartet burst through the ranks after the video for their single ‘Pisces’ went viral, the diversity and power of lead singer Tatiana Shmailyuk blowing

Wednesday 25 August 2021

Chubby and the Gang – ‘The Mutt’s Nuts’

“Welcome to the Chubby and the Gang show,” Charlie “Chubby” Manning-Walker proclaims as the final bars of opener ‘The Mutt’s Nuts’ ring out. For the British punk scene of 2021, there really is only one show in town, and it’s the West London beatniks with their unique in-your-face sound. Springing

Tuesday 24 August 2021

Gloo – ‘How Not To Be Happy’

Made up of brothers Thomas and Max Harfield alongside bassist Simon Keet, Gloo came blasting out of Brighton back in 2017. They quickly made a mark on the scene with their debut album, which they followed with 2019’s seven-track EP ‘Stop and Stare’; for new album ‘How Not To

Sugar Horse – ‘The Live Long After’

Even in their Bristol hometown, Sugar Horse are a strange band. Something of a hotbed for creative talent, they came lurching out of its depths back in 2019 and over the course of two EPs have earned themselves quite a reputation – mainly because they like to do things

Monday 23 August 2021

Between The Buried And Me – ‘Colors II’

Every band has a record that makes their blip on the musical radar glow far brighter. An album that sees a band completely lock into their sound, so breathtaking and special that its brilliance is impossible to ignore. For progressive metal masterminds Between The Buried And Me, that