Throes aren’t fucking around. The Idaho outfit are relentlessly intense, describe their music (or maybe themselves) only as “ugly”, and their debut album due out in July via Holy Roar, will be titled ‘In the Hands of an Angry God’. This is bleak, barreling sludge made to soundtrack the planet’s sick, slow death. So highly recommended of course!
Read moreThere’s no middle ground here. Bands with names like Dianacrawls that describe their music as funkviolence are guaranteed to either be terrible or totally balls-out terrific. It takes about a millisecond of the Montreal quartet’s debut to decide they are five-star blast of modern screamo for fans of Portrayal of Guilt, early Rolo Tomassi, and latter-day global panic. Tres bien.
Read moreCrash of Rhinos were a great band with a bad name and maybe, just maybe (although probably definitely not) that’s why they split up back in 2014. Now, three of the Rhinos have emerged as Holding Patterns, playing rip-roaring, distinctly old-school emo for fans of Piebald, Braid, and Bear Vs Shark. Most importantly though, they’ve nailed it with that name. […]
Read moreSome bands take time to develop, taking years to craft their best work, while others seem to arrive fully-formed and armed with everything they need to succeed. Leeds-based outfit Mairu formed a little over a year ago and fall firmly into the latter camp. Their debut, ‘Sacred Dissonance’, is dark and dynamic post-metal and doom for fans of Cult of […]
Read moreOutlander have been teasing greatness for a while now. Although the Birmingham slow-rock four-piece have made that as difficult as possible to discover by naming their band the same as a bunch of bands before them, each successive release since their formation in 2013 has been better than the one before it. Out this month, their debut full-length ‘The Valium […]
Read moreI know i’m not breaking news here but- Alexisonfire are back! The Canadian crew released their first new song in almost ten years, ‘Familiar Drugs’, this February. I’m sure you’ve heard it by now- it’s a really great track that neatly combines their high energy post-hardcore beginnings with the more grown-up, grungy sound found on 2009’s ‘Old Crows/Young Cardinals’ album. […]
Read moreIt looks like it might have been a while since Wild Moth were actually, y’know, wild. The Bay Area quartet haven’t officially announced a hiatus or break-up as far as I can see, but they have been awful quiet of late. I really hope they haven’t just faded away because I’ve only just heard their most recent album, 2015’s ‘Inhibitor’, […]
Read moreSÂVER are fan-fucking-tastic. The Oslo trio (whose name means “to be asleep”, a word which even native Norwegians apparently struggle to pronounce) play scorched-earth metal, roiling doom, and downtuned, downhearted synth-drone that’s designed to destroy eardrums and souls alike but only makes me smile from ear to ear. Their debut full-length, ‘They Came With Sunlight’ is out on Pelagic Records […]
Read moreA little indulgence is good for the soul. Patience and control have their place, sure, but sometimes it’s good to go hard and cut loose, right? Hair Puller live by this impulse. The Portland trio mix screwface hard rock riffs with raw adrenaline and a ton of fun sludge without ever stopping to think if they should. Their debut album, […]
Read moreThere’s some history here. Red Hare feature current and former members of Bluetip, Retisonic, Dag Nasty, Swiz, and Sweetbelly Freakdown among their ranks. If you’re familiar with their past output then Red Hare won’t come as much of a surprise, except maybe to hear how urgent these elder statesmen still sound. The unacquainted should prepare for some fast, furious rock-punk […]
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