Topiary Creatures, or Tope Creach as they are affectionately known, are used to doing things by themselves. The San Francisco-based band have booked their own shows, including (this might be the oldest that anything I’ve written has ever made me feel) a festival inside Minecraft, designed their own (excellent) artwork, and, last month, released their own (fantastic) debut album on […]
Read moreApart have waited a long time for this. The French outfit have existed in some form for almost five years but are only now releasing their first record, out today. They like to describe its sound as “indie rock in autumn” but for clarity, ‘Septembre’ features four acoustic-led, melancholy rock tracks that should satisfy fans of Modern Baseball, The Hotelier, […]
Read moreSo, way back when, as we spoke to then former Brotherhood of the Lake guitarist Rusty about the life, times, and demise of the band, he briefly suggested the Devon outfit could also have a future. Four years later and now current Brotherhood of the Lake guitarist Rusty and his bandmates are indeed back. An EP, ‘Segregation is the English […]
Read moreWell someone had to save 2020! Ahead of their next album, ‘Ohms’, out 25.09.20, Deftones have made a video for the title track. Feast your ears and eyes… The track feels positively breezy, huh? Light but thick. Another subtle evolution from a band that still sound unmistakably like themselves. My favourite part right now is that vocal melody about 90 […]
Read moreBall of Light are heavy. Damn heavy. Their debut full-length, ‘Flux’, came out early last year and combines killer riffs, punk rock energy, and hardcore spit and vinegar in the fastest and most direct way possible. It’s a landslide of a record. The Ohio outfit aren’t exclusively interested in bludgeoning power though. Ball of Light are one of those heavy […]
Read moreIt takes some guts to name your band after a song by The Cure. The rock & roll legends have got plenty of good ones to choose from of course, but each comes loaded with weight, significance, and expectation. Not that it seems to have fazed the two 20-somethings behind Just Like Heaven. Lead guitarist and background vocalist Cam Smith, […]
Read moreThis could have been Tenace’s year. It certainly should’ve been. Since forming in 2018 the Parisian outfit have progressed remarkably quickly and ought to have spent this summer screaming and sweating across the floors of Europe’s grassroots venues. If their self-titled demo was a raw blast of screamo, rough around the edges but full of passion, ‘Vestiges’, released last September, […]
Read moreTall Talker might not need an introduction. The Leeds-based instrumental trio formed in late 2014, have played shows with And So I Watch You From Afar, Delta Sleep, TTNG and more, and released their debut EP in 2018. They’ve been around. If an excuse were needed to further recommend the work of drummer Sam Newham, bassist Josh Barnett, and guitarist […]
Read moreHoneyspider are evolving. Following a recent line-up change the Lancashire quartet’s fun, fuzzy shoegaze has expanded to include shades of post-rock and metal. A fresh taste of that is their new single, the dense and dynamic ‘Marbles’, out today. Those background screams are definitely a nice touch. The band’s 2017 ‘In a Haze’ EP was a solid effort that lived […]
Read moreIn Parallel have got some pedigree. The group count current and former members of Celebrity and Hopesfall in their ranks. The Tennessee outfit aren’t looking backwards here though, they aren’t relying on old glories. In fact, they seem to be doing their damnedest to shed their skin and start over. The band say they play “dramatic rock”, and while that’s […]
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