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From Thursday 11 March 2021

Pupil Slicer – ‘Mirrors’

It would be hard to find a more visceral name for a band than Pupil Slicer – just combining those words elicits shock, horror and revulsion. It’s quite the first impression.  But then Pupil Slicer are quite the band. They sound exactly how you want them

Wednesday 10 March 2021

Self Care Club Presents: Collab Playlist – March ’21

What’s that peeking out from the clouds? Is that sunshine? Are we in spring? How are we already in March? Are we playing twenty questions? There’s a mild sense of optimism in the air. We’ve been given a vague timeline of when things should be better, and while some festivals

Tuesday 09 March 2021

Justin Courtney Pierre – ‘An Anthropologist On Mars’

For most, if not all, of us, 2020 didn’t go as planned, and Justin Courtney Pierre is no exception. Alongside reunion shows with Motion City Soundtrack pencilled in on both sides of the Atlantic, a second solo full-length was Pierre’s primary aim for the best part of the year.

Dead Poet Society – ‘-!-‘

Los Angeles four-piece Dead Poet Society formed when Jack Underkofler (guitar/vocals), Jack Collins (guitar), Will Goodroad (drums) and Dylan Brenner (bass) were studying music at college in Boston. With two EPs and a smattering of singles released between 2013 and now, it appears on paper that this

Monday 08 March 2021

Punktastic Picks: International Women’s Day 2021

While women should (obviously) be celebrated all year round, March provides us with an entire month during which we have an excuse to scream about our many successes from the rooftops. At Punktastic, we love taking this excuse and running with it at 100mph, so for International

Saturday 06 March 2021

A Day To Remember – ‘You’re Welcome’

It’s been five long years since their last record, but now pop-punk metal crossover kings A Day To Remember are back with their brand new album ‘You’re Welcome’. A band that shot to prominence way back in 2007 with their pioneering genre hybrid, quickly becoming an alt-culture household

Thursday 04 March 2021

GUEST PLAYLIST: Dreamshade

“These are 10 songs that really helped to shape the Dreamshade way of thinking about music. They are all from artists that we respect and we drew some inspiration from. Of course there are still many more that we didn’t mention, but at least you can have

Dreamshade – ‘A Pale Blue Dot’

After a completely unpredictable and inconceivable year, Swiss metallers Dreamshade are back with their first full-length album in five years, ‘A Pale Blue Dot’. Recorded and produced during lockdown and largely inspired by the famous Carl Sagan book of the same name, the record sees them pick up

Wednesday 03 March 2021

Sadness & Complete Disappointment – ‘Fun’

If a band named Sadness & Complete Disappointment tell you they’ve released a record, you can guarantee there are some prevailing themes amongst their discography. The “Kate-Bush-core” trio, as they have stylised themselves, are in the business of misery, and while ironically named, the debut EP from

Tuesday 02 March 2021

Tigers Jaw – ‘I Won’t Care How You Remember Me’

When more than half the band unexpectedly quit back in 2013, it would have been so easy for the remaining members of Tigers Jaw to call it a day right there and then. Thank the emo gods that they didn’t, because the work that guitarist/vocalist Ben Walsh and vocalist/keyboardist