Anti-Flag American Reckoning – Spinefarm Records It’s a bold move to expose yourself to the glare of public scrutiny by going acoustic. For a band like Anti-Flag that boldness is more of a gamble because of how their music is usually played...
Wilson Tasty Nasty – Century Media So, you’re first to arrive at the party. You make a start on the Sauvignon Blanc. Pardon? Right, sorry, beer. Then these five heroes from Detroit roll in. Brace yourselves for lyrical irreverence and humour,...
Tayne Breathe – Strange Brew Records Noise is good. Silence means the usually boisterous Labrador is gnawing on your best purple going out shoes. Tayne’s experimental noise is better. Atmospheric. Soaring. Euphoric. Stunning. It’s brave...
Beartooth Disease – Red Bull Records Sometimes stepping just one foot in front of the other is too much. Desperately clawing through days, hours, minutes. Still too much. Sometimes it’s down to blink by blink, breath by breath. Waiting for the gnawing,...
For fourteen years the International London Tattoo Convention has been a stalwart of positivity and a supporter of creativity. Its founder Miki Vialetto has steadfastly taken his love of tattoos and moulded it into a force that has helped to see body...
Evil Scarecrow Chapter IV: Antarctica – Dead Box Records Fears from some quarters that metal lunatics Evil Scarecrow have gone all serious can be firmly put to rest with this latest release. Once again the lords of metal mirth are taking...
Healthy Junkies Delirious Dream – Cargo Records Somewhere between sleaze and punk lies a band that have been steadily building up the kind of momentum that has taken on the proportions of a runaway train. The Healthy Junkies pay little attention...
Amaranthe Helix – Spinefarm Records There’s something almost magical listening to Amaranthe. Their mixing of big dollops of metal with a garnish of pop is nothing new but on Helix it’s more refined. The Swedes have found a balance...
I’ll Be Damned Road To Disorder – Self Released With a sound that slams out of the speakers and swaggers around the room, ‘Road To Disorder’ is a confident, versatile and impressive commitment to the cause. It’s an all-out...
Weekend Recovery In The Mourning EP – Self Released Happily, the radio has just played Jimmy Eat World followed by Fountains of Wayne. Concerns that we may have travelled almost two decades back in time aside, Weekend Recovery’s...
