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From Monday 09 February 2015

Fort Hope – ‘Fort Hope’

After the success of their debut Courage (released in early 2014), Fort Hope have returned with its follow-up. A self-titled record that is going to turn heads, batter eardrums and cause an absolute storm live. ‘Crosses (and so we dig)’ delicately begins this EP; a tranquil piano melody is

Friday 06 February 2015

Drug Church – ‘Swell’ EP

With the 90’s revival of alternative-rock in full swing and showing no sign of slowing down any time soon, you would be forgiven if you roll your eyes when another release comes up that is billed as such. Its easy to jump to conclusions and think that its

Wednesday 04 February 2015

North Seasons – ‘Eyes For the Blind’

Newcastle mob North Seasons have taken it upon themselves to make people fall in love with the hardcore scene all over again. And, to be honest, they must be doing something right; their brand of melodic hardcore has received airplay on Scuzz TV and Kerrang! radio, before Los

Tuesday 03 February 2015

Secret Lives – ‘Fortune Tellers’

Strap yourself in tight to your bucket seat in your goddamn Dodge Challenger or whatever the fuck you’re driving, because you’re going to riff city. A wiser man than myself once coined the term “a kick of rock ‘n’ roll to the nuts,” and this album appears to

Friday 30 January 2015

Elder Brother – ‘Wish You Were Here’ EP

It seems like just yesterday that Elder Brother released their excellent debut album ‘Heavy Head’, and now, less than a year later Kevin Geyer and Dan Rose have surprised everyone with a new concept EP of sorts. Concept records often range from simple love stories (Dashboard Confessional) to

Tuesday 27 January 2015

Milk Teeth – ‘Sad Sack’

If you are already familiar with Milk Teeth, then you will know exactly what the band are about and the aesthetic of these young UK punks. Their sound draws heavily on influence from 90’s grunge and alt-rock, with a strong punk sensibility about it, and over the course

Tuesday 06 January 2015

Meat Wave – ‘Brother’

The name of this band might make you cringe, but Chicago’s Meat Wave plays a kind of music that’s gross in a different way. It’s rough lo-fi punk, almost edging into that raw garage territory, that’s frantic and fun and a sound perfect for Chicago. Though Meat Wave’s

Tuesday 16 December 2014

Coldbones – ‘Distance’

Kent/Brighton trio Coldbones’ debut release ‘Distance’ brings about a pleasant assembly of post rock, released by the aptly titled Dream Atlantic Records. ‘The Hand Between Us’ starts off the EP with a dreamy riff, rapidly accompanied by an echo of drums that weave quickly between the other cluster of sounds.

Monday 15 December 2014

Days Like Today – ‘We’re Only Human’

Toronto’s Days Like Today produced one of the best unsigned releases of 2013 in our opinion. Their ‘Vacate’ debut EP was five tracks of hard hitting alt-rock with some huge guitar riffs and even bigger vocal melodies. That release, and the band themselves, should have got far more attention

Wednesday 10 December 2014

Perspective, A Lovely Hand To Hold – ‘Play Pretend’

‘Play Pretend’ is the new EP from Perspective, A Lovely Hand To Hold and it’s hugely enjoyable. This is four tracks of inventive emo-rock with shades of indie-pop and math-rock thrown in for good measure. The New Hampshire based quartet will be unknown to many but have, frustratingly a