ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Everything Is A-OK’ by Violent Soho
Violent Soho are the sort of band for whom it’s easy to look at and wonder how they’ve been around for as long as they have. It’s not because they’re […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Kiss My Super Bowl Ring’ by The Garden
Every critical appraisal of The Garden, at one point or another, seems obligated to bring up both how weird and off-piste they want to be, and how little that really […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Lost Art Of Conversation’ by Naked Six
The chances of Naked Six actually being as special as they’re being billed to be is extremely slim. There’s every possibility in the world for them to be good, but […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Brain Pain’ by Four Year Strong
Four Year Strong currently stand at the absolute apex of what pop-punk could and should be. Where the genre seems to have gone back to its punchline status as fewer […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Who Are The Girls?’ by Nova Twins
Even a preliminary glance makes it clear that Nova Twins are trying to do a whole lot in a very short space of time on this debut album. The much-maligned […]
EP REVIEW: ‘Mending Breaking’ by Introvert
There’s an inherent difficulty nowadays about finding things to say about bands like Introvert. Their general circle of gruff yet super-melodic and super-heartfelt punk only feels to be getting wider […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Father Of All…’ by Green Day
Watching Green Day fumble their way through their late period of pop culture ‘relevance’ has been the exact combination of entertaining and embarrassing that can only come from a band […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Brave Faces Everyone’ by Spanish Love Songs
When Spanish Love Songs came and stopped everyone dead in their tracks with their 2018 album Schmaltz, it was a truly flooring moment. In the midst of the renaissance of […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘Working Title’ by Nathan Gray
The most apt way to describe an album like Nathan Gray’s Working Title would be ‘familiar’, but stripping back the negative connotations that tends to come with a word like […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘20/20 Vision’ by Anti-Flag
It makes a lot of sense that Anti-Flag are starting 2020 on this exact footing. They’re a band who’ve been extremely and unceasingly critical of the US government and their […]
The Catch-Up – 2019 (Part 2)
We close out 2019 by having a look at some the albums we’ve missed over the last few months, including Lingua Ignota, Have Mercy, Carnifex, Hobo Johnson, The Night Café and many more
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 […]
Track Pack – 28th October-3rd November 2019
THIS WEEK: After a year away, Creeper return with a highly-anticipated new single, as well as new music from The Word Alive, HAIM, Emmure and more
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘War Music’ by Refused
It doesn’t feel as though there’s been much anticipation for this new Refused album, as if it’s just dropped rather unceremoniously without much buildup or noticeable groundswell. Even if 2015’s […]
Track Pack – 14th-20th October 2019
THIS WEEK: Twin Atlantic reinvent themselves once again for their brand new single, and there’s new music from Beach Slang, Fickle Friends, Palaye Royale and more
Track Pack – 7th-13th October 2019
THIS WEEK: Dream Nails drop their incendiary new single, Simple Plan, State Champs and We The Kings join forces, and there’s new music from Green Day, Milk Teeth and more
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