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From Monday 09 November 2015

Forget the Old Days with the debut Young Kings album

Hailing from Bedfordshire, five piece Young Kings aren’t delivering the typical melodic hardcore sound. Perhaps the old days hinted at in their album title, the band are looking for a little more from the genre, the type of diversity that has elevated contemporaries Crooks above the pack. “We have been

Monday 19 October 2015

The Exhausts have a new album and it’s great

London punks the Exhausts are back with the release of their debut album “Leave The Suburbs!” out later this month on Everything Sucks Music. We have a stream of the whole thing for you today! Tommy Simpson from the band says on the album; “We wrote these songs

Saturday 10 October 2015

Let Ever wake you up with ‘My Conscience Is Asleep’

Stoke-On-Trent might not be the obvious place to spawn the type of grunge-meets-skate punk delivered by Ever, yet the four-piece have clearly been soaking in a combination of stateside and UK acts in developing their sound. With a healthy dose of hardcore punk added into the mix, theirs nods

Tuesday 06 October 2015

Drones return with ‘From Birth To Grave’

Camberley punk outfit Drones are the first to admit they’ve been away for some time. Despite the occasional tour, it’s been a long time since the four-piece released any new material; a time spent developing their sound. What had previously at times been dominated by hardcore tendencies finds melody on

Thursday 01 October 2015

Stream the new EP from COOL

We’ve got a treat for you today as we roll into the last quarter of 2015, a stream of the brand new EP from Brighton punks COOL. Made up of members of Gnarwolves and Cycle Schmeichel, the almost super group kick ass with their new EP ‘Three’. The

Friday 18 September 2015

Hear the brilliant new EP by Brighton’s Water Canvas

Having unveiled their debut EP, ‘At Least’, in June 2014, Brighton based four-piece Water Canvas have seemingly done nothing but tour since. Their schedule reads like a menu of up-and-coming underground British acts, each as dedicated to their art as the next. It’s no surprise then that with the

Monday 14 September 2015

First play of the new Ghost Of The Avalanche EP

“For us, ‘This Is Earth’ is the culmination of 2 years on the road and figuring out who we are as a band,” says Nick Wiltone of Bath based punk duo Ghost Of The Avalanche, opening up about their new five-track EP. Led by gritty riffs that hint at follow

Tuesday 08 September 2015

First play of the new The Kendolls LP

Hailing from the Swedish town of Gothenbury, The Kendolls blend their heavy take on hardcore punk with traditionalist vibes. On album opener, ‘Black Sunday’, they demonstrate their ability to perform both, following a tense build up that explodes into their rough and raw sound. The energy from here on

Wednesday 19 August 2015

Stream the new compilation from Smithsfoodgroup DIY

Today we have a stream for you from Smithsfoodgroup DIY and LTD Records with four European punk-rock bands, Yards (UK, with a.o. former The Ghost Of A Thousand vocalist Tom), Rites (NL), Astrid Lindgren (PL) and We Are Dust (DE). All four bands have come together to submit

Tuesday 18 August 2015

It’s all about the big sounds on the new Witterquick track

“We’re not modelling ourselves on anyone, we don’t want to be like anyone else, if you aren’t doing your own thing, what’s the point?” So says Witterquick bassist and backing vocalist Ollie Chanter. The result of this individuality blends the massive choruses of Lonely The Brave with emo tinged minimalism