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From Tuesday 17 July 2012

One More Year – ‘The View From Where I Stand’

Built from the ashes of old bands, One More Year have spent just over creating debut EP, ‘The View From Where I Stand’. The EP manages to blend pop punk and post hardcore into a stunning amalgamation of the genres, and it shows that One More Year aren’t fumbling

Saturday 07 July 2012

Press To Meco – ‘Press To Meco’

Press To Meco’s self titled EP is an ephemeral burst of youthful energy, huge choruses and unexpected experimentation. The EP, which clocks in at under 15 minutes, displays the same frantic exuberance as early You Me AT Six releases, but is no simple pop-punk jaunt. The EP veers off in

Thursday 05 July 2012

Joia – ‘Match Light’

‘Match Light’, the debut EP by London via Greece five piece Joia, tells the story of a band trying to break out of the pigeonhole they may have inevitably found themselves hiding away in. Comparisons female fronted alternative bands have faced against some US female fronted pop punk band

Sunday 01 July 2012

This Calamity – ‘I’ll Paint You a Picture if You Promise to Put It Up’

Borrowing largely from progressive emo/hardcore bands, the debut mini-album (six tracks pulling in at just over half an hour) from Plymouth based This Calamity verges on needing a new sub-genre to label – the sweeping atmospherics provided by the spacious guitar and drum sounds hint at a an almost

Tuesday 26 June 2012

Ruin Everything – Lioniser

Well, this is an interesting little number. Originating from London/Hampshire, Ruin Everything here unleash 4-track debut ‘Lioniser’, which is downloadable for a nominal price on their Bandcamp and the good news for cheap music fans is that it’s a little bit fantastic. Falling somewhere between the technical approach of

Hate Your Friends – Keep Me At Home

Hate Your Friends are a band from North Texas who’ve just released an EP entitled ‘Keep Me At Home’. The EP flies relentlessly into ‘Bring Down The Center House (ft. Queen Latifah)’ with catchy yet repetitive riffs reminiscent of Joyce Manor’s finer work. The choruses throughout are catchy and

Wednesday 20 June 2012

B-SYDES – Wrecked Vessels

“Wrecked Vessels” is the second EP from the talented singer/songwriter B – Sydes (Benjamin Sydes). Having emerged from various bands and thus deciding to go alone in 2010 you can’t help but fell that when listening to the EP the support of a backing band might’ve made this

Tuesday 22 May 2012

Break Anchor – Black Hearts And Blackouts

Jay Navarro of The Suicide Machines and more recently Hellmachines is back with his latest venture. This time there isn’t any crossover thrash or ska-punk jams, but something drenched in so much more melody than either of his previous outfits. After enlisting various members from bands such as The

Friday 11 May 2012

Monet – The Chase

Following in footsteps of the soaring pop rock bands like Futures, Bury St Edmunds based Monet’s debut EP ‘The Chase’ isn’t something that will propel the band into popularity with immediate effect, but it’s certainly a solid foundation for where the band moves onto next. The band’s arrangements are well

Friday 04 May 2012

Dowsing/Parker Split EP

Twee indie/emo/pop punk bands seem to be cropping up all over the place at the moment, although that’s not necessarily a bad thing, especially when bands of DOWSING and PARKER’s calibre exist. DOWSING kick off the proceedings with two well-crafted numbers, fairly reminiscent of a less hectic DEFIANCE, OHIO. ‘That