The Soundboard’s Ones To Watch In 2016
With the likes of PVRIS, Nothing But Thieves and As It Is all breaking out from relative obscurity to music’s big leagues in 2015, the focus now turns to this […]
The Soundboard’s Albums Of The Year 2015
With 2016 just around the corner, it’s time to celebrate all the best music released over the course of the last twelve months. So here, we’ve picked our individual top […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Purple’ by Baroness
Releasing an album just one week before Christmas isn’t really the smartest move. Any sort of financial gain is practically non-existent, and the sole bit of promotion is that an […]
EP REVIEW: ‘Hiraeth’ by Years Young
‘Hiraeth’ is a Welsh word with no direct English translation, but roughly meaning “a homesickness for a home you can never return to, or that never was”. There’s not as […]
LIVE REVIEW: Lower Than Atlantis @ The Ritz, Manchester – 15th December 2015
Lower Than Atlantis have quickly become one of those bands you just can’t escape since the release of their self-titled fourth album. After cementing that success with a deluxe reissue, […]
LIVE REVIEW: Don Broco @ The Ritz, Manchester – 11th December 2015
As massive as Don Broco have gotten (and are still getting), there’s something about them that still remains an enigma. There are actually no bands in recent memory who have […]
LIVE REVIEW: Ho99o9 @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester – 9th December 2015
The grotty basement-come-dive bar of Manchester’s Soup Kitchen on the face of it looks like the ideal place for Ho99o9 to stop off at on their UK tour. It fits […]
LIVE REVIEW: Mumford & Sons @ Echo Arena, Liverpool – 7th December 2015
Four banjo playing men with a name like an antiques dealer hardly sounds like a recipe for global success yet Mumford & Sons have broken the mould. Since bursting onto […]
EP REVIEW: ‘All Out Of Love’ by Red House Glory
Being exceptionally prolific isn’t always a wise move. There’s always a danger of any act spreading their musical talents too thinly when putting out releases on a regular basis. It […]
EP REVIEW: ‘Opacities’ by SikTh
Outside of the realm of conventional metal pioneers live SikTh. Alongside The Dillinger Escape Plan, the Watford sextet essentially birthed tech-metal, djent and the rest of that scene before their […]
LIVE REVIEW: Nothing But Thieves @ Arts Club, Liverpool – 29th November 2015
It’s probably the windiest day of the year, but there’s a long line of people outside the East Village Arts Club. They’re all waiting to get away from the cold, […]
EP REVIEW: ‘Seed’ by Glue Foot
With pop-punk and grunge being alternative music’s proverbial irresistible force and immovable object, it seems like an ideal time for Glue Foot to emerge from the woodwork and make a […]
EP REVIEW: ’21 Grams’ by Mr Shiraz
‘Eccentric’ is probably the best way to describe Mr Shiraz. They may not possess a Mike Patton-esque level of ‘stretch-everything-as-far-as-you-can-and-see-what-happens’, but it’s these quirks that are intrinsic to the sound […]
EP REVIEW: ‘Obsession Transgression’ by Millie Manders
Having an eclectic mix of styles and influences as an artist is hardly a unique thing nowadays, but self-proclaimed ska-pop-soul-folk-punk artist Millie Manders can definitely be slapped with this label. […]
LIVE REVIEW: Frank Turner @ O2 Academy, Sheffield – 19th November 2015
Since abandoning hardcore punk to become an acoustic troubadour ten years ago, Frank Turner has earned himself a huge crowd following. So much so that he sold out his headlining […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Strange Love’ by We The Kings
Having broken out with Check Yes Juliet when jubilant pop-punk was at its absolute peak will always be a reminder of what could’ve been for We The Kings. Instead they […]
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