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From Wednesday 07 September 2016

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

Tuesday 09 August 2016

Puppy – ‘Vol. II’

Whereas previous output could at times feel slightly disjointed in its approach, ‘Vol.ll’: a more cohesive group of songs, melds the traditionally head-butting styles of heavy metal and low-fi indie to a level far greater than ever seen before. The bands obvious love of a fat-off riff (or two) is

Cassels – ‘You, Us And They’

Moments of ‘You, Us And They’, the new EP by Chipping Norton duo Cassels, stop you in your tracks. The lyrical honesty is refreshingly blunt, be it the scathing attack on their step-dad on opener ‘Cool Box’ or the equally searing approach to inequality on the record’s title track.

Wednesday 03 August 2016

Grieving – ‘Demonstrations’

The four members of Cambridge outfit Grieving clearly have a love of turn of the century emo. Comparisons to the likes of Jawbreaker, Braid and Mineral have been present since the band began to unveil each of the EP’s five tracks ahead of its full release. Yet ‘Demonstrations’ is

Tuesday 02 August 2016

Syren City – ‘Paradise In The Dirt’

‘Paradise In The Dirt’ is not only the latest release by the South-West five-piece, but also the start of a new chapter for the band. Musically Syren City are continuing in the same direction they’ve been heading in since forming in 2011, but ‘Paradise In The Dirt’ is