EP REVIEW: ‘Goodbye Dinosaur…’ by Phoxjaw
As great a success as British post-hardcore has been in the past, its overall impact has been waning fairly considerably recent, despite the influx of new bands refusing to slow […]
EP REVIEW: ‘New Kids In America’ by Not Ur Girlfrenz
It’s more or less impossible to go into a discussion about Not Ur Girlfrenz without first addressing the colossal elephant in the room, namely that the ages of this trio […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Superstition’ by Funeral Chic
When bands like Trap Them and Nails started picking up some serious steam a few years ago, it felt like a true moment was captured. At that point, there hadn’t […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Highway Crosses’ by All Hail The Yeti
Looking back on it now, some of the uncertainty and hesitance towards All Hail The Yeti feels quite undeserved. With the way that some spoke about their fusion of metalcore […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Northern Sun Sessions’ by The Virginmarys
As arduous and frustrating as it can sometimes be, it’s seemingly a necessary evil to compared bands to those who came before, not only in terms of sound but how […]
EP REVIEW: ‘Honey’ by Crooked Teeth
There’s something to appreciate about bands looking to take a genre like pop-rock in new directions, especially when said genre has become positively drenched with chancers and copycats running off […]
Track Pack – 12th-18th November 2018
THIS WEEK: Cane Hill drop their biggest curveball to date in their new single, as well as new tracks from Gerard Way, Bad Religion, Emarosa, Papa Roach, New Years Day, Within Temptation and more
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Upside Down Flowers’ by Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness
In terms of how he’s gone about moving through different musical avenues throughout his career, Andrew McMahon deserves a lot of credit. It would’ve been all to easy to string […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Delta’ by Mumford & Sons
As perplexing as the popularity of some bands can be, few have hit greater heights of inexplicability than Mumford & Sons. To this day, it’s still a mystery why their […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Shiny And Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun’ by Smashing Pumpkins
To see how Billy Corgan has spent the best part of the last decade completely gutting the name of the Smashing Pumpkins has been genuinely depressing to see. It’s certainly […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘You’re Really Something’ by The Wild Things
It’s a point that’s been made before, but there’s a perfectly reasonable case to be made for simplicity in music. As much as dividing genres further and further down can […]
EP REVIEW: ‘Fight’ by Sœur
Sœur are a perfect example of the leaps and bounds that Britrock has taken over the past few years. What was previously the catch-all term for hook-driven, unthreatening alt-rock has […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Solitude And Savagery’ by Barbarian Hermit
It doesn’t seem too out of the question to presume that there should be more newer sludge-metal bands coming out, but at the same time, that doesn’t seem like the […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘G*A*S*S* Mark II’ by Ginger Wildheart
There’s often the assertion made that the best music is still waiting to be found, and if that’s the case, then The Wildhearts must be one of the best bands […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Karma Owes Me A Lifetime Of Happiness’ by Catch Fire
For all the fanbase presence and incessant pushes it has, pop-punk as a genre only ever works in fits and spurts. Right now, for instance, when so many of its […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Confusion Species’ by Oxygen Thief
There’s a lot to unpack with a band like Oxygen Thief, particularly when it comes to comparing where they started and where they are now, and how that fits into […]
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