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Guerrilla Monsoon / Gameday Regulars – ‘Split EP’

It’s immediately obvious from the opening track of New York punk-rockers Gameday Regulars and Birmingham’s (UK) Guerrilla Monsoon that you’ve entered a world of unfaltering melodic punk. In essence, these 11ish minutes are the epitome of pop-punk – fast paced drums and gritty vocals up against insatiably catchy

Tuesday 15 July 2014

Greenhorn – ‘I Want More’

Greenhorn is the studio side project from Roger Lima of Less Than Jake fame and this ‘I Want More’ EP sees him act as song writer, performer, and producer all in one go. He’s joined by friend Jen Vito here too, balancing out the vocals and giving the EP

Wednesday 09 July 2014

You Blew It! – ‘You Blue It!’

Weezer’s debut album is iconic, and that it’s affectionately dubbed ‘The Blue Album’ speaks volumes. It’s an influential alt-rock record centred around loneliness but all the while being fun and accessible, with some brilliant melodic guitar work. It doesn’t really need much more of an introduction. Twenty years on, every song on the

Monday 07 July 2014

Annabel / Dowsing – ‘Split EP’

Count Your Lucky Stars have been responsible for some of my favourite releases of the last few years, none more so than Annabel’s ‘Youth In Youth’. Their 2012 album was layered in huge melodies, patient build ups, and some really life affirming breakdowns. Add this to Dowsing’s slightly awkward

Thursday 19 June 2014

Rapids – ‘Traction’

In the last decade we’ve seen the likes of Alkaline Trio, Fall Out Boy, and Rise Against fly the flag proudly for the city of Chicago, but there’s a vibrant underground scene bubbling up right now and Rapids are the latest to impress. This four track EP features former

Tuesday 17 June 2014

The Caulfield Cult / Godard – ‘Split’

Singapore and the Isle of Wight may be almost 7,000 miles apart geographically but this split – released on Don’t Shoot The Messenger in the UK and Shivery Productions in Germany, and mastered in the USA by John Naclerio – demonstrates how easy it is in this connected age

Thursday 12 June 2014

Brendan Kelly/Sam Russo – Split the Tip

The theory behind split EPs is all well and good – two acts with potential crossover appeal to their respective fans appearing on the same release in order to milk that Venn diagram for all it’s worth – but too often they can serve to highlight the differences

Tuesday 03 June 2014

Mr Shiraz – ‘God Hates Mr Shiraz’

Currently it seems we live in a world perpetuated by run of the mill emo bands, or four-chord punk bands that we have all heard a million times before. It comes as a breath of fresh air then, to hear Huddersfield’s Mr Shiraz doing something a little different in

Ex Friends – Animal Needs

Though the release of Ex-Friends’ debut LP, Rules for Making Up Words, may not seem like too long ago, it’s always a pleasure for fans to get more music as soon as possible. Just months after the fall 2013 release of Rules, listeners are treated to the four-piece’s

Monday 02 June 2014

Coldbones – Winter 2014

Hailing from the areas of Kent and Brighton, the ambient, post-rock Coldbones are just shy of turning four months old. However, their recently released ‘Winter: 2014’, recorded at Emeline Studios, would suggest that this trio have months of experience under their belts – an achievement that established bands have