EP REVIEW: ‘The Thing With Feathers’ by Exploring Birdsong
It’s rare to see a new band so defiantly earmarked for their originality as Exploring Birdsong. As much as the term ‘uncatogorisable’ is thrown around, it’s more out of hyperbole […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘F & M’ by Lindemann
Thinking about it, right now seems to be the perfect time for Lindemann to release a new album. For one, it’s the end of the year where everyone is undertaking […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Hyperspace’ by Beck
Right now, it feels as though Beck needs the current musical scenes a lot more than they need him. As far as being a boundary-pushing, zeitgeist-smashing indie-rock maverick has gotten […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Everyday Life’ by Coldplay
Here’s a question – in an objective sense, how would one describe Coldplay’s music? It’s a hard one to answer, mostly because the first terms that come to mind for […]
EP REVIEW: ‘Fracture / Decompose’ by Cutting Teeth
In what’s been another exceptionally strong year for hardcore, Cutting Teeth seem to have a lot stacked against them when it comes to making their breakthrough so late in the […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Sundowning’ by Sleep Token
Sleep Token have been causing a stir with their deeply emotional sound and theatrical appearance. Sundowning brings together the twelve tracks Sleep Token have released over the period from June […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Vulture Culture’ by Bombus
The modern metal conversation has never really felt all that accommodating for Bombus, a band who’ve often fallen outside of any specific waves of sub-genre-driven hype to generally plough along […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘The Way We Are’ by Cory Wells
It’s frankly quite surprising to see how much of a prevailing influence that Dashboard Confessional seem to have had within emo and pop-rock. For an act so resolutely of-their-time, there’s […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Purgatory’ by Despised Icon
For all the incredibly primal, carnal thrills that most deathcore can offer, the point still stands that it can be one of the more limited genres out there. There’s definitely […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘It Can’t Possibly Go Wrong Ever’ by Bellevue Days
It goes without saying that Bellevue Days’ debut album has been a long time coming, but maybe it’s been a bit too long. A few years ago, they were regularly […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Anthems’ by Raised Fist
Perseverance is a virtue that feels entirely necessary for bands to have to get anywhere, especially in hardcore. For a genre whose crossover potential is so limited, the drive to […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Get Loud!’ by Agnostic Front
The last few years have proven that, despite an increasingly advancing age, there’s still plenty of life left in New York hardcore’s earlier generations of bands. Particularly great albums from […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘A Heartbreaker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ by Bang Bang Romeo
It’s always interesting to see where the sources of hype for a new band are, and how they can be seen to dictate where that band ends up in their […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘An Invitation To An Alternate Reality’ by New Politics
Looking through everything they’ve done up to now, it’s easy to reach the conclusion that New Politics are effectively done at this point. They might have started off as a […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Pony’ by Rex Orange County
In the realms of indie music, it can be difficult to ascertain how much an oncoming direction in sound and approach occurs solely because of artistic drive, and how much […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Secrets’ by Written By Wolves
It’s easier to respect bands bigging up the scale and magnitude of their latest body of work than it frequently is to believe them. At the end of the day, […]
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