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From Tuesday 28 April 2020

Boston Manor – ‘GLUE’

Boston Manor have proven once before that they struggle to sit within their comfort zone, and you’ll be delighted to hear that as they embark on their third album cycle with ‘GLUE’, this refusal to conform to expectations remains strong. Boston Manor are not here

Crywank – ‘Fist Me ‘til Your Hand Comes Out My Mouth’

After over a decade of delivering a unique brand of “anti-folk”, Crywank are calling it a day. Should this be the last time our paths cross with the Manchester duo, then ‘Fist Me ‘til Your Hand Comes Out My Mouth’ encapsulates the entire chaotic, and often confusing,

Monday 27 April 2020

The Rocket Dolls – ‘The Art Of Disconnect’

Big riffers The Rocket Dolls are hardly new kids on the block, having worked tirelessly playing around their native Brighton and beyond since 2008. All this persistence paid off, and their bombastic 2018 album ‘Deadhead’ arrived with generous praise, aimed mostly at its powerful sound: a type of hard

Dance Gavin Dance – ‘Afterburner’

Dance Gavin Dance have become a real force to be reckoned with over the last few years. Forming back in 2005, they were quickly picked up by Rise Records and released a slew of powerful and varied albums, quietly plagued by line up changes and complicated

Friday 24 April 2020

Elephant Tree – ‘Habits’

There is a real sense of impending doom around the world at the moment, so it seems a great time for psychedelic prog-doom merchants Elephant Tree to release their highly anticipated third album ‘Habits’. Their last full length LP was in 2016, but this new release is

Elder – ‘Omens’

Elder’s fifth full length release is their first as a quartet, having added former guest guitarist Michael Risberg to the line-up, as well as welcoming new drummer Georg Edert to replace Matt Couto. This new addition of an extra member is evident in the depth of sound throughout this

Thursday 23 April 2020

The Used – ‘Heartwork’

If you were a fan of post-hardcore and emo back in its heyday and The Used weren’t included in your regular rotation of bands, you were doing it wrong. A vital component in the genre’s popularity surge and one of the early breakthrough acts of the movement,

Monday 20 April 2020

Trivium – ‘What The Dead Men Say’

Over the course of eight albums, Trivium have built a reputation as one of metal’s biggest bands. After a lull, they recaptured the thrill of their earlier work with

Wednesday 15 April 2020

Enter Shikari – ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’

Is there any success story in the British alternative music scene quite like that of Enter Shikari? These four champions of the underdog, of intensely exciting live performances, of the weird, the wonderful and the fantastic – over the course of the last thirteen years, they’ve become interwoven in

Tuesday 14 April 2020

Nightwish – ‘HUMAN. :II: NATURE.’

Brace yourself – Finnish symphonic metal titans Nightwish are back with their ninth studio album ‘Human. :II: Nature.’. If you thought 2015’s ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’ was an epic, this time around they’ve outdone themselves. Over the course of an hour and 20 minutes, they treat you to their