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From Tuesday 12 November 2013

GreaterGhost – ‘Polarity’

Coming in at over twenty-four minutes despite its relatively minimal four track total, post-hardcore quartet GreaterGhost have continued where their debut EP left off on ‘Polarity’. Steadily wavering between understated melodies and powerful explosions of sound, the band’s second release ramps the epic nature of their compositions up

Monday 07 October 2013

Hill Valley High – ‘Hill Valley High’

That Hill Valley High’s moniker harks back to hormone laden school days is of little surprise when considering the predominantly upbeat sugary pop-punk on offer. Released earlier in the year, the mini-album is as close to bubble-gum pop as the alternative scene allows. It’s a style that will

Sunday 22 September 2013

Confessions Of A King – ‘Monarch’

Just seven months after their formation, Confessions Of A King have released their debut EP. While a baby of similar age would be barely moving onto solid foods, COAK’s press release proudly boasts of the band’s meteoric rise to “thousands of followers on Twitter” – though on this

Tuesday 10 September 2013

Canterbury – ‘Satellite’

After releasing one of the most underrated full-lengths of 2012, British melodic rock quartet Canterbury have returned with a short four track EP to precede their forthcoming third album. Taking donations for the completion of this album, ‘Satellite’ is both a reward for those pledging and a means

Tuesday 20 August 2013

Big Dreams – ‘Look Alive!’

Punk enthusiasts will be pleased to hear about Bristol’s newest D.I.Y group, Big Dreams, who are independently releasing their promising new EP ‘Look Alive!’ by way of a free online download. Recorded by their guitarist Nick in his spare bedroom, there is an air of the old Leatherface records

Friday 16 August 2013

Make Out Kids – ‘Idiots’

Acoustic songwriting duo Make Out Kids, made up of Alan Jaggs and Paul Knewman, were recently part of Punktastic’s monthly compilation with their track, ‘Expecting The Rain’. They’ve now returned with a brand new six track EP bravely titled ‘Idiots’. It’s a record which maintains a lo-fi approach, keeping

Thursday 15 August 2013

Teen heart-throb Danny Meeks – ‘The Dopest Thing In The History of Freshness’

This week saw the debut release from Teen Heart Throb Danny Meeks, an EP brimming with confidence, which is all the more impressive when you consider that that band only formed and played their first gig in 2013. Opening up with ‘If Humanity Was A Horse It Would Be Taken

Tuesday 13 August 2013

Honorable Mention – ‘Coalescence’

Since 2003, many bands have tried to encapsulate, channel or recreate the spirit left behind by the ill-fated yet ultimately seminal Long Island pop-punk outfit The Movielife. Few, if any, have managed, something which could conclusively be attributed to the zeitgeist of their particular scene having passed in a

Sunday 11 August 2013

Resolutions – ‘Demo’

If Hanover’s Resolutions are anything to go by, then we should all be paying far more attention to the German punk-rock scene. This five track demo is straight up gruff-punk-rock, blending everything we love about the genre. It’s raw, catchy and honest, and it really wouldn’t be out of place

Wednesday 17 July 2013

Against Me! – ‘True Trans’

When Tom Gabel announced that he was to become Laura Jane Grace last year, the reaction from the wider punk community was something special. Despite Against Me! moving on from being Gabel’s acoustic punk monicker and becoming a major label signed four piece that split and expanded their fan