Holy crap was there a ton of good music out this month! There’s incredible metal, powerful post-rock, energy-boosting punk, and more than one album of the year contender in here and only half of the excellent releases are represented. I hope you find something you love. PIG DESTROYER- ‘The Last Song’ BOSSE-DE-NAGE- ‘Down Here’ ZAO- ‘Hide from the Light’ SVFFER- […]
Read moreAs they gear up to the release of their next record, seventh full-length ‘Phanerozoic’, The Ocean Collective are fixing to give sneak peeks at the writing and recording process. You can watch the first installment below. Skip to 1:20 to have your ears pinned to the side of your head. ‘Phanerozoic’ is out on November 2nd via Metal Blade (CD […]
Read moreThere are no prizes for guessing what a new band featuring former members of Palehorse and I Want You Dead who play songs about suicide and death called things like ‘Sonic Euthanasia’ might sound like. This is black and acrid doom and sludgy noise terror made for fans of Integrity, Unsane, and the end of days.
Read moreBearfoot Beware have been together for a while now but their second album ‘Sea Magnolia’, released earlier this year, is the first time their spiky, energetic sound has made its way into these ears. Fans of Alpha Male Tea Party, Bear vs. Shark, and other excellent bands with odd names should welcome the Leeds trio into theirs.
Read moreAugust’s ModerateRockRecommends Spotify playlist is a rollercoaster. Strap in and go from soaring rock to melancholy indie, searing hardcore to ambient soundscapes. I hope you find something to love. THRICE- ‘Only Us’ NOTHING- Blue Line Baby SUN ARCANA- ‘Wonderful’ THE LOVE LANGUAGE- ‘New Amsterdam’ KIDNAPPER BELL- ‘Mouthful of Pennies’ FOXING- ‘Grand Paradise’ STILL CORNERS- ‘The Photograph’ MITSKI- ‘Geyser’ MOSES SUMNEY- […]
Read moreAntier play post-rock. But the Barcelona boys don’t do it quite like anyone else. A defiantly Spanish, proudly poetic, thoroughly dynamic duo, they resist clichés and explore the sound with energy, invention and art. Capable of making a thunderous noise and heartbreaking whisper with equal intensity, their 2016 debut album ‘De la Quimera, el Dolor’, is essential listening.
Read moreOk, so not a lot happens in the video for ‘My Conscience Weighs a Ton’ but, y’know, it’s Glassjaw.
Read moreHoly+Gold is what happens when former members of Norma Jean and The Chariot realise just how much they have left in the tank. This is itchy, scratchy, squirming post-hardcore that wants to get in your head and under your skin and try to prove it’s the best thing the men behind it have ever done. Killer.
Read moreCompletely at odds with the scorching summer weather, things got dark and heavy in July’s ModerateRockRecommends Spotify playlist. American gloom, French hardcore, and Irish sludge all helped to lower the tone. There was some light in the darkness though, Strawberry Girls gave tribute to George Michael and that Soft Science track has been on my mind all month. Whatever the […]
Read moreWhat do you get when former members of Jungbluth amplify insistent post-punk sonics with every hardcore trick they ever learned under a latter-day Blood Brothers aesthetic? The compelling cut, thrust and rumble of Criminal Body of course. Into it.
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