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From Tuesday 31 March 2020

In This Moment – ‘Mother’

Californian Hard Rock favourites In This Moment are back with their seventh release, ‘Mother’, a nod to the matriarchal figure that front woman Maria Brink represents to many of the band’s fans. In This Moment’s style and sound has constantly developed and grown over the years, and ‘Mother’ follows

Milk Teeth – ‘Milk Teeth’

Sophomore albums are often the most difficult records to release. Was the debut album a fluke, or do the band have the ability to improve and develop their sound? Fortunately for Milk Teeth, they’re firmly in the latter camp with their latest self-titled record. Featuring an almost entirely new

Saturday 28 March 2020

Telepathy – ‘Burn Embrace’

Instrumental music is a notoriously tricky beast to get right. Throw too much musicianship in there and it becomes impenetrable, not enough, and it’s not likely to be interesting enough to keep the listener’s attention. Make your songs too long and you may struggle to fill them with quality

Friday 27 March 2020

Brian Fallon – ‘Local Honey’

When the light dims on the life of a highly successful band, it can leave so many unanswered questions for everyone involved – something that Brian Fallon knows all too well. As The Gaslight Anthem entered a self-imposed “indefinite hiatus”, it has led the singer-songwriter on a journey of

Lizzy Farrall – ‘Bruise’

The idea of releasing your debut album in a world where you’re unable to tour in support of it must be daunting, yet that’s the situation Lizzy Farrall finds herself facing. Luckily for both Lizzy and her fans, ‘Bruise’ is a phenomenal collection of tracks that

Birthmarks – ‘…And Then the Rain Stopped’

There’s something to be said for a good genre fusion between rock and electronic, though neither side will be the first to admit it (until someone figures out how to create the perfect death metal-techno album, the eternal war between metalheads and ravers will continue). Some of

Thursday 26 March 2020

Cable Ties – ‘Far Enough’

With a punk aesthetic, a solid rhythm section, and a love of noise, Melbourne’s Cable Ties have an agenda, and they want you to listen. Releasing their self-titled debut in 2017, the three-piece have since been building their fanbase – now, having signed to Merge Records, they are unleashing

Bottom Bracket – ‘I Don’t Care Enough To Stay’

Tiny Moving Parts have been the most notable band responsible for a resurgence in Midwest emo – but there have been many acts, like Balance and Composure and The Hotellier, who have been working hard to keep the scene alive. And yet, to do so, it isn’t just about

Tuesday 24 March 2020

Tenside – ‘Glamour & Gloom’

If you were one of the lucky people that managed to see Killswitch Engage on their UK tour late last year, there’s a pretty high chance you saw a German metal four-piece open up the show and stir the crowd into a frenzy. That band was Tenside, who, after

LIVE: Employed to Serve / Palm Reader / Cruelty @ Camden Underworld, London

The last few minutes of Employed to Serve’s set are pure chaos. Their bass player has somehow lost his instrument, so instead of playing, he’s grabbing fans by the hand to pull them up on stage. The pit empties as more and more bodies pile onstage to join the