Moderate Rock

I hope you find something to love. Love is important. BARONESS- BorderlinesLAGS– Knives and WoundsBRUTUS- BlindIDIOT PILOT- Silver NeedleWESTKRUST- DriveNANAMI OZONE- 3 Mile DriveHORSEFLIES- DenialPILE- Bruxist GrinSUGAR HORSE- Your Degree Is Worthless…SAUDADE- Shadows & LightMICHAEL ABELS- I Got 5 On It (Tethered Mix)THE PRODIGY- Beyond the DeathrayWORRIEDABOUTSATAN- Dig Into Your MemoryALASKAN TAPES- On Deer IslandDANIEL THORNE- From the Other Side […]

A weird month. February often finds a new year gearing into full swing. It’s a little grey and rainy, sure, but it’s still a time to look back and spring forward. No thanks to tragedy, politics and the powers that be though, this month- at least in the UK- time seems to have stood still. Thank the gods for new […]

January is traditionally a slow month for new music. People are still getting over the festive bump, the industry is still creaking back into life, it’s as far as you can get from ‘album of the year’ season. But this month there was plenty to pore over. David Bazan revived Pedro the Lion to memorable effect, Stay Nowhere and Earth […]

This month’s playlist was the first to hang together on something of a theme. At least more of a theme than the usual ‘these are great songs in an order that sounds good’. As December stretched on while the days shrunk, it demanded a focus on the quieter, more ambient and atmospheric corners of Moderate Rock’s world. It’s not very […]

The constant churn of new music normally slows down around November but this month has seen the release of classic American emo, great British metal, and at least one late, great, album of the year contender- and it feels like there’s still so much more to come. These are my favourite songs this month. I hope you find something to […]