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From Sunday 18 September 2016

In Requiem – ‘In Requiem’

With the UK alternative scene currently in very good health, it’s conceivable that you may have missed out on In Requiem when they formed in 2014, such is the wealth of talent currently around. If so then this re-release of their debut EP will serve as the perfect introduction

Saturday 17 September 2016

Pastel – ‘Eyelids’

San Francisco four-piece Pastel have impressed with their self-released debut EP ‘Eyelids’. By blurring individual musical components they’ve created a nebulous shoegaze dream pop sound that washes over you like waves of euphoric nostalgia. It’s the perfect counterpart to a glowing evening – layers of mellow riffs soaked with

Thursday 08 September 2016

Less Deceived – ‘We Could Find New Ways To Walk Home’

There’s a lyric in the second song (and lead single) of Kingston Upon Hull punks Less Deceived’s new EP that very succinctly sums up a great deal about the band’s worldview, and also provides this release with its title. The line goes, “We could find new ways to walk

Wednesday 07 September 2016

My Only – ‘This Room & You’

Impossible to ignore, the debut EP from My Only ‘This Room & You’ is a raucous affair. ‘A Little (Less)’ opens with a racing drum solo, drives towards an unforgiving middle, and ends with a gentler vocal outro. It’s noise but it’s polished, each emotionally-charged lyric carried along by

Autumn Ruin – ‘We Make Our Own Damn Luck’

Manchester alt-rockers Autumn Ruin are the latest band to give the pop rock anthem a go and have made a five track EP – ‘We Make Our Own Damn Luck’ – that sounds like all our favourites. How easy is it to stand out in the pop rock world,

Thursday 01 September 2016

Milestones – ‘Equal Measures’

Despite their support slot with Hawthorne Heights (yes, they really are still around) and their legions of fans on Facebook, Milestones remain inexplicably unknown. We all know Manchester’s done indie well throughout the ages but it looks like it’s pop punk’s time to shine, as these guys’ new EP

Wednesday 31 August 2016

Kamikaze Girls – ‘Sad’

The cult of rock and roll is an easily accessible outlet for cool, open to anyone who wants to fit in, anyone who feels different, a place where you can belong and be accepted. Yet, for all its openness and honesty, there are still taboo subjects that rock refuses

Thursday 11 August 2016

Bad Sports – ‘Living With Secrets’

Hailing from the birthing place of some of the greats of garage punk, Denton, Texas (by way of Austin), Bad Sports are a trio comprising Orville Neeley (guitars/vocals), Gregory Rutherford (drums) and Daniel Fried (bass/vocals). Rutherford and Fried also play together in another Denton band, Radioactivity. Many of the

Lonely The Brave – ‘Dust & Bones’

Lonely The Brave aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. An absence of accessible melodies and recognisable song structures have shut them off from a wider audience. That being said, their darker, unpolished sound has given them a sound they can firmly call their own. One which, for those of us

Wednesday 10 August 2016

A World Away – ‘Wake Me Up’

An almost unheard of name, A World Away’s recognition so far has come from their hometown of Milton Keynes or their sought after support slots with Mallory Knox and Young Guns. Although they have roots in the sound of popular British rock, the band’s sound isn’t as polished as