Somerset Thrower’s new album swells with heart, hooks and humanity, just as all the best alt-punk should.
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For a dose of new punk that shows off the fire and spit at the genre’s very foundations, Fantazmaz’s debut brings it in spades.
Jordan Olds’ Blood Vulture finds its footing in sludge and grunge, but manages to really take flight thanks to the character within.
In exploring the most oppressive and avant-garde ends of experimental hip-hop, Quinton Barnes crafts multiple new dimensions for himself on this new album.
Small in scale but anything but in its breadth, Léa Sen’s debut stakes its claim for experimental pop greatness.
On their new album, Arm’s Length are hurtling past the boundaries of mere emo into something much more developed and special.
The notion of Welsh-language emo is the initial enticer, but Breichiau Hir’s ear for composition and feel leaves a far more potent impression.
As they grow and reshape their alt-country into bold new forms, Brown Horse’s niche among UK music remains an unflinchingly compelling one.
The saga of Coheed And Cambria continues in usual form—with overblown prog-pop creaking under its own ideas, but still having its share of brilliant flashes.
The soundtrack to the impending end comes courtesy of Guiltless, with their slowly enrapturing blend of noise, doom and pessimistic mire.