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ALBUM REVIEW: PVRIS – ‘Evergreen’

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  • Posted on July 14, 2023July 14, 2023

In the process of reinvention and redefinition yet again, PVRIS instead fall into the worst impulses of 2010s alt-pop with very rare success in rectifying them.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Trophy Eyes – ‘Suicide And Sunshine’

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  • Posted on June 15, 2023June 15, 2023

Even as they continue to sweep into brighter pop-rock and emo, Trophy Eyes’ new album as no less grounded for it, and no less excellent either.

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Wonder Years – ‘The Hum Goes On Forever’

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  • Posted on September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

As they continue to mature and journey towards emo and alt-rock, The Wonder Years continue to dish out charged, vital and unflinching work with incomparable ease.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Stand Atlantic – ‘f.e.a.r’

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  • Posted on May 3, 2022May 3, 2022

Stand Atlantic extend the sharp, hyper-modern pop-rock that coloured their last album, this time reaching more interesting avenues and developing their strongest voice yet.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Mayday Parade, The Darkness, Zebrahead

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  • Posted on November 24, 2021November 24, 2021

In this Review Round-Up, new albums from Mayday Parade and The Darkness lead, Zebrahead try to establish their new era, and more new music comes from Between You & Me, Black Coast, Imminence, Pass Away and ten56..

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Trivium, Ministry, The World Is A Beautiful Place…

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  • Posted on October 6, 2021October 6, 2021

In this Review Round-Up, a stinker from Ministry is greatly overshadowed by Trivium, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, blanket and Kowloon Walled City, plus there’s new music from Arkells, illuminati hotties and Naraka.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Imagine Dragons, The Wildhearts, New Found Glory

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  • Posted on September 8, 2021September 8, 2021

In this Review Round-Up, strong alt-rock from The Wildhearts, Haggard Cat and The Dead Deads makes up for a predictably lousy offering from Imagine Dragons, as well as new music from New Found Glory, Hawthorne Heights, I Feel Fine and Mastiff.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: CHVRCHES, Turnstile, The Bronx

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  • Posted on September 1, 2021September 1, 2021

In this Review Round-Up, CHVRCHES return alongside exemplary punk from Turnstile and The Bronx and a long-delayed bore from OneRepublic, plus Carnifex, With Confidence, Tigress, The Picturebooks, Dead Romantic and Earth Groans.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Deafheaven, Trash Boat, Between The Buried And Me, Press To MECO

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  • Posted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

In this Review Round-Up, Trash Boat and Press To MECO deliver some of the best of the year with Deafheaven and Between The Buried And Me not far behind, while Meet Me @ The Altar hit their heights among Strange Bones, LiL Lotus, Switchfoot, Luke Hemmings, Villagers, Afterlife and Insurgent.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Bleachers, Foxing, Lingua Ignota

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  • Posted on August 4, 2021August 4, 2021

In this Review Round-Up, a letdown from Bleachers accompanies great emo from Foxing and Dude Trips and a visceral storm from Lingua Ignota, as well as As December Falls, Overrider and Al Matcott.

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Though this isn’t an easy listen, Body Void’s newest journey into the abyss yields a shrieking, industrial mutation of doom-metal that couldn’t fit into the blackness around them more perfectly.

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🦷 ALBUM REVIEW: @yourdreamnails - ‘Doom Loop’ 🦷

Dream Nails return just as revved-up as ever, this time shaking up the musical palette of their indie-punk while remaining staunchly righteous in execution.

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⚙️ ALBUM REVIEW: @bodyvoid - ‘Atrocity Machine’ ⚙️

Though this isn’t an easy listen, Body Void’s newest journey into the abyss yields a shrieking, industrial mutation of doom-metal that couldn’t fit into the blackness around them more perfectly.

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A dynamic array of neo-prog ingenuity colours yet A dynamic array of neo-prog ingenuity colours yet another startlingly rich and diverse listen from @unprocessedband on '...And Everything In Between'.

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Post-hiatus, @havemercymd cast a brighter, more op Post-hiatus, @havemercymd cast a brighter, more optimistic figure on 'NUMB', a new album of safe yet solid emo.

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It's the final Review Round-Up of 2023, as throwba It's the final Review Round-Up of 2023, as throwback-rock still isn’t any more interesting coming from @badtouchrocks, though @erasetheory and @hellofelicette deliver some solid EPs as a counterbalance.

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A simultaneous throwback and modernising of emo’ A simultaneous throwback and modernising of emo’s halcyon days has rarely sounded better than on @lilxlotus’ 'Nosebleeder', as an illustration of exactly how this scene can get it right.

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With 'RAT WARS', @_health_ strike hard and fast af With 'RAT WARS', @_health_ strike hard and fast after their previous album, while undergoing some vast augmentation and streamlining for their most crushing industrial assault yet.

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We’re up to the final edition of The Soundboard We’re up to the final edition of The Soundboard Stereo of 2023—this time, we’re looking over recent film and TV juggernauts in Ahsoka, Killers Of The Flower Moon and Only Murders In The Building (plus M3GAN), as well as Gerard Way’s run on Doom Patrol, and The Chemical Brothers’ recent showstopping tour.

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@thegoaexpress’ self-titled debut shows off all @thegoaexpress’ self-titled debut shows off all the excitability you’d expect from a group of fast-rising indie upstarts, as well as the lack of distinct identity and memorability they’re also often saddled with.

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@pincerplus step up their game significantly on th @pincerplus step up their game significantly on their new EP ‘Hunting God Tapes. Vol. 2: Romance’, and subsequently find themselves at the cutting edge of what current-day metalcore has to offer.

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Stepping out of Frank Turner’s shadow, @_sleepin Stepping out of Frank Turner’s shadow, @_sleepingsouls feel like much more than a backing band on ‘Just Before The World Starts Burning’, a debut with an impressive breadth of indie-rock and alt-punk goodness.

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In this week’s Review Round-Up, great heavy musi In this week’s Review Round-Up, great heavy music from @racetraitor stands next to some that could use a bit of work from @futurestaticband, as well as a pair of EPs with a lot of promise from @birdmaskmusic and @colourburnband.

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