You're browsing the archives « Previous PageNext Page » From Thursday 01 November 2018 Tenacious D – ‘Post Apocalypto’ It is hard being a fan of Tenacious D. The nostalgia for songs like ‘Tribute’ and ‘Wonderboy’ can be a powerful drug. Yet, every fan of “The D” must admit that the comedy rock duo has had a downward trajectory from the start. From the cult hit of the original Monday 29 October 2018 Silent Planet – ‘When The End Began’ >More and more bands are emerging that use the same old tricks, performing them with subtle changes and passing them off as brand new. From time to time, though, a band will power it’s way through the crowd and stand tall. A unique, intelligent and impressive band. A band Wednesday 24 October 2018 Basement – ‘Beside Myself’ Since debuting in 2011, there has been a gradual transformation of Basement’s sound. Bursting into the public conscious toeing the line between pop punk and post-hardcore, they have subtly morphed into a straight-up rock band. The Ipswich five-piece’s fourth studio album ‘Beside Myself’ is the latest Normandie – ‘White Flag’ Giving up. It’s something we’ve all done, whether we’d like to admit it or not – giving up on a relationship, a job, a dream, or just on all hope of ever getting a USB the right way up on the first attempt. So when Normandie announced that their Tuesday 23 October 2018 Daughters – ‘You Won’t Get What You Want’ Being a music fan can turn you into a cynical bastard. Sure, we’ve all heard a lot of great music this year. But with every album or song that you can imagine available at the click of a button, its hard not to feel like you’ve heard it all Monday 22 October 2018 Cloud Nothings – ‘Last Building Burning’ From the very first moment of ‘Last Building Burning’, you are thrown into the chaos of a Cloud Nothings live performance. The raw, incendiary tones rip through the whirlwind of a half an hour packaged up as the Ohio indie rockers’ fifth studio album. The latest Disturbed – ‘Evolution’ You would think that a band who sprung into the world’s consciousness with a song as gloriously goofy as ‘Down With The Sickness’ would be destined to occupy nu-metal’s cavernous bargain bin. Disturbed instead avoided also-ran status by evolving their sound, and cultivating a surprisingly large cult following. This Monday 15 October 2018 Hellions – ‘Rue’ Theatrics in music are most commonly found on the stage. Be it pyrotechnics, dry ice, CO2 cannons or Gene Simmons in a harness flying over your head, they’re a visual aid used to enhance the music. Every now and again, though, Wednesday 10 October 2018 mewithoutYou – ‘[Untitled]’ The growth of Philadelphian experimental rock troupe mewithoutYou over much of the past two decades has been fascinating to watch. From the direct and bracing post-hardcore of debut album Life, through embracing folk rock on 2009’s ‘it’s all crazy! it’s all false! it’s all a dream! it’s alright’, Friday 05 October 2018 Cursive – ‘Vitriola’ Cursive have never been a band to hold back, and their eighth studio album certainly doesn’t either. Through the lens of nihilism and desolation, ‘Vitriola’ sees the Omaha natives express their thoughts on modern society, comparing the artistic cycle of creation and destruction to that of society’s seemingly impending
