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From Friday 01 April 2022

PUP – ‘The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND’

The next release after a successful album can be a tricky one. After two successful albums, it’s even more difficult. For PUP, after releasing three almost flawless albums, they’ve left themselves an absolute mountain to climb to reach the Everest of heights they’ve set their standards at. Fortunately, they’re

Wednesday 30 March 2022

Carpenter Brut – ‘Leather Terror’

Of all the progenitors of that cult-of-neon we call synthwave releasing new records this season, Carpenter Brut may well be the most highly-anticipated. The slasher-inspired icon of the genre has never been one to be satisfied with standing still for too long, with his last full release

Tuesday 29 March 2022

Pillow Queens – ‘Leave The Light On’

Once the darlings of dive bars and DIY venues, Dublin four-piece Pillow Queens now tread the boards of US talk shows, the smoke-filled rooms of the famous SXSW and sold-out shows in LA. Each show allows their star to shine a little brighter and their sophomore record ‘Leave The

Monday 28 March 2022

LIVE: cleopatrick @ Electric Ballroom, London

I could not think of a worthier borough to host to cleopatrick’s triumphant return to the capital than London’s home of punk, Camden. The north London venue, Electric Ballroom, certainly lived up to its namesake, courtesy of the palpable buzz of electricity in the air from the offset. Wading through

Placebo – ‘Never Let Me Go’

It’s been close to a decade since we were last treated to new music from the mighty Placebo and just as the world has changed drastically in that time, so, too, have the founding members of this iconic London two-piece – vocalist / guitarist Brian Molko and

Thursday 24 March 2022

LIVE: Twin Atlantic @ St. John’s Church, Kingston

With the release of every new record, it’s become something of a tradition for Twin Atlantic to jump on a short UK tour to further promote their new music. What’s also become tradition is for these shows to be in unusual settings, far removed from the usual

Wednesday 23 March 2022

Absent In Body – ‘Plague God’

Language is a strange thing. In the world of doom metal and sludge, words like festering, rotting and disgusting flip their meaning. This is doubly true when discussing Absent In Body’s debut album, ‘Plague God’. It’s good that a record sounds like picking through the ashes of a ruined

Spill Your Guts – ‘The Wrath It Takes’

Spill Your Guts are based in Shanghai, giving them a different perspective to many of other bands you may be listening to. Not to discredit those other bands, but the most recent single from Spill Your Guts, ‘Lift The Curse’, opens with a description of events that happened in

Monday 21 March 2022

Extinction A.D. – ‘Culture of Violence’

Long Island’s Extinction A.D. are a band who never do things by halves. Fusing a brutal blend between ’90s thrash metal and bruising hardcore, the New Yorkers deliver every body of work they have done in the past with hellish heaviness and a no-holding-back attitude. On their

Friday 18 March 2022

LIVE: Funeral For A Friend @ Electric Brixton, London

In July 2020, when Funeral for a Friend announced a UK tour playing songs from across their iconic catalogue, everything was starting to look bright and cheery. Lockdown restrictions were softening, holidays were on the cards and people gathered in back gardens as the sun came out.