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From Monday 28 February 2022

LIVE: Boston Manor / Movements / Jools @ Electric Brixton, London

Is there any greater recipe for excitement than a band booking their biggest headline show to date but having to wait two entire years before stepping on stage? The seemingly infinite line snaking around the block to the Electric Brixton doors this evening would suggest not. It’s

Graphic Nature – ‘new skin’

Hailing from Kent and boasting a sound that is both brutally precise and wildly unhinged, Graphic Nature’s new EP ‘new skin’ is the perfect introduction to what they’re about. If you’ve never heard of the band before, prepare yourself – this isn’t an EP for the faint of

Friday 25 February 2022

Copse – ‘Mara|Mondrem’

Let’s cut to the chase; this debut EP from Copse is pretty astonishing. It’s not often that a band nails it on the first attempt, but this Bristol-based post-black metal outfit have come straight out the gate sounding fully-formed on their debut EP ‘Mara|Mondrem’. These two sprawling tracks are more

Wednesday 23 February 2022

Dashboard Confessional – All The Truth That I Can Tell

Teenage diaries covered in Sharpie pen band names. A 128mb mp3 player with files entitled ‘papa_roach_last_resort_live_version.mp3’. A cracked jewel case CDR copy of Taking Back Sunday’s ‘Tell All Your Friends’. It is easy to see these staples of early 2000s emo culture as artefacts of a bygone age. On

Tuesday 22 February 2022

Mom Jeans – ‘Sweet Tooth’

Hailing from Berkley, California it’s pretty natural for a band to be inspired by all the greats that have come from this part of the Bay Area. Nearby to where pop punk four-piece Mom Jeans formed is the famous 924 Gilman Street, where a veritable who’s who

Lady Bird – ‘WE’

Hailing proudly from Tunbridge Wells, this Kentish trio have been making noise together for five years. Initially bursting onto the scene with 2018’s ‘Social Potions’ EP, they made strides with their rowdy brand of punk music, set apart by infectious choruses and unflinching social commentary. A slurry

Monday 21 February 2022

Schemata Theory – ‘Unity In Time’

If a week is a long time in politics, seven years must seem like forever. Schemata Theory are back with their second album and even the title ‘Unity In Time’ acknowledges both its tardiness and its aim. As a YouTuber and political influencer, the band’s co-vocalist Myles Dyer promises

A Will Away – ‘Stew’

For 10 years, Connecticut rockers A Will Away have become reliable for making thoughtful songs, yet they have somehow never had that breakthrough moment. Over the course of a few albums and EPs, the quartet have carved out a well-rounded brand of Americana rock, embracing elements of rock,

Wednesday 16 February 2022

Gregor Barnett – ‘Don’t Go Throwing Roses In My Grave’

Anyone familiar with the latter work of The Menzingers will already be well aware of guitarist Gregor Barnett’s penchant for soulful tales of Americana. Ever since the band moved away from their scratchy, screamy punk beginnings and delved into reflective and soul-searching songwriting, Barnett’s love affair with the landscape

Tuesday 15 February 2022

Dan Andriano & the Bygones – ‘Dear Darkness’

At some point, Dan Andriano went from “the guy who plays bass in Alkaline Trio”, to one of music’s elder statesmen. It’s difficult to say when this happened, exactly, but he certainly has a well-regarded body of work behind him and now, with his main band in a stasis,