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Lastoneout – ‘This Was Never My Story, It’s Yours’

In the early 2000s, Funeral for a Friend’s ‘4 Ways to Scream Your Name’, Thrice’s ‘Illusion of Safety’ and Thursday’s ‘War All the Time’ celebrated the virtues of raw, unpolished post-hardcore. Lastoneout’s debut EP transports you back to those days, possessing sparse production, up-tempo rhythms and multi-layered vocals characteristics. ‘This

Six Time Champion – ‘More Than Me’

Since The Hotelier’s ‘Home Like Noplace Is There’ in 2014, it’s been hard not to hold every other release in the alternative, emo, and pop-punk scenes against that of the Massachusetts quartet. This resurgence in excellence in the alternative genre is something that’s been missing for a while

Thursday 10 November 2016

Fullshore – ‘Cherish’

Alt-rock newcomers Fullshore invite you on a journey from calm reflection to upbeat catchiness with their second EP ‘Cherish’, to arrive at a destination filled with potential and promise. Across four tracks the band offer a variety of tempos and moods which not only proves their ability

Fangclub – ‘Coma Happy’

It’s going to be a good end to the year for Fangclub. Off on tour with Twin Atlantic and Pulled Apart By Horses, they’ve found themselves in the big leagues with little career to speak of behind them and new EP ‘Coma Happy’ – their second so far but

Tuesday 08 November 2016

Tiny Kingdoms – ‘I’ll Wait Around’

Some bands keep you waiting years for new music, but thankfully Tiny Kingdoms isn’t one of them. ‘I’ll Wait Around’ is their second EP of 2016 and it’s one that will further enhance their growing reputation. Previous release ‘Stay’ found Tiny Kingdoms in typically inventive form as

Monday 07 November 2016

Calligram – ‘Demimonde’

When most people think of black metal, they conjure up images of long-haired ghouls in corpse paint and spiked arm gauntlets, running around frost-bitten forests in Scandinavia and burning churches. The iconography of the genre is well known, and at this point also a little hackneyed. Where

Red Light Runner – ‘What Are You Thinking About?’

Hailing from Kent, four piece band Red Light Runner have returned after a six year break to start creating their own mix of pop tinged emo and indie once again. After a small taster in 2014, with the release of their double A-side single ‘Lucky Thirteen/Just Might Find’, they’ve

Sick Of It All – ‘When The Smoke Clears’

Three decades ago Queen headlined Wembley, the M25 Motorway opened and, in the brightest city in the world, Sick Of It All joined a thriving NYHC scene alongside the likes of Agnostic Front and Cro-Mags. Since then the band have spent 30 years changing the face of Hardcore Punk

Monday 31 October 2016

Swan Song / Who Cares? – ‘A Permanent Solution to a Temporary Problem’ split EP

Over the years London has been a major host and home to many different forms of UK Hardcore (UKHC). Proving that the scene is still alive and holds some of its original values, Swan Song and Who Cares? only confirm this to be true with their new split EP,

Sunday 30 October 2016

Fenix TX – ‘CRE.EP’

‘CRE.EP’ is the first release by Fenix TX since 2001, but it almost never happened. Originally part of the seemingly unstoppable Drive-Thru Records during their heyday, plans to reform and record new material were dramatically put on hold after frontman Will Salazar suffered a stroke that saw