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football, etc. – Corner

Almost a decade on from their debut EP ‘First Down’ – a razor sharp love letter to the emo genre – ‘Corner’ finds Football, Etc doing exactly as they always have, softly raging through the imperfections and anxieties of everyday life. You’d be hard pushed to find a band who do it better though. The

Rise Against – ‘Wolves’

It has been over 15 years since Rise Against released their debut full length ‘The Unravelling’ and since then they have been consistently present and undeniably influential, honing their distinctive brand of political punk rock. Their formula may be well worn – ‘Wolves’ isn’t exactly packed with surprises –

Malevolence – ‘Self Supremacy’

This mortal realm has no shortage of modern metalcore meatheads in Affliction tank tops. Hit the pit of your run of the mill bro-core flailing party and more than one lukewarm Carling will end up in your hair. That’s just a fact. But how do you deal with it?

Thursday 08 June 2017

Kamikaze Girls – ‘Seafoam’

Music has a power to reach right to your emotional core, vibrations that resonate with you in a way no other art can. On ‘Seafoam’, Leeds punks Kamikaze Girls reach right for your heartstrings. The duo of singer/guitarist Lucinda Livingstone and drummer Connor Dawson last year released ‘Sad’,

Wednesday 07 June 2017

No Sin Evades His Gaze – ‘Endless Disconnect’

The first thing you notice about ‘Endless Disconnect’ is the use of electronics. Obviously there are scores upon scores of bands these days that use some form of electronic element and for a group of young, clean cut guys to throw them into a modern metal album should

Blood Youth – ‘Beyond Repair’

North Yorkshire’s very own Blood Youth are back with purpose. Their debut album ‘Beyond Repair’ is hard-hitting, rhythmic and emotional from beginning to end. After feeling frustrated with the lack of stability for the future of their generation, they formed in 2014 to channel and express their concerns about life into music. Their previous releases

Tuesday 06 June 2017

Anathema – ‘The Optimist’

The career of Anathema has been interesting one. Starting life as a powerful death-doom band back in the ‘90s, they have transitioned through alternative and progressive rock, evolving and growing with each release. Now on album number eleven, as the band continues their ascent into the stratosphere with ‘The

Monday 05 June 2017

Endon – ‘Through The Mirror’

“That’s just noise.” If you like any kind of alternative music, you’ve heard this epithet before, supposedly derogatory, demeaning. Japan’s Endon, an act lauded for being one of the most extreme in the Tokyo music underground, would revel in the label. But to limit them by calling them ‘just’

Eighteen Visions – ‘XVIII’

Of the countless bands that spawned from the late ’90s/early ’00s metalcore boom, there may not have been a single one more influential than Eighteen Visions. Though some bands, like Killswitch Engage or Eighteen Visions’ Orange County buddies Avenged Sevenfold, might have seen greater levels of commercial success and

All Time Low – ‘Last Young Renegade’

One thing you can’t fault All Time Low for is their work rate. Since forming in 2003 they’ve released an EP, six studio albums, and two live albums. They’ve also toured worldwide, regularly headlining arenas and playing high up the bill at festivals. However, they still find