So, way back when, as we spoke to then-former Brotherhood of the Lake guitarist Rusty about the turbulent past of the band, he briefly suggested the Devon outfit might 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 Way’, is now available […]
Read moreEasy Prey’s last album was angry. Now, little has happened in the intervening years to provide anyone much solace, but somehow the Texas quartet’s new record sounds even more intense. There’s shrill feedback and a furious, falling-apart kind of riffing here, a frankly ridiculous bass rumble, and a frontman who sounds like he’s literally screaming for help, or for change, […]
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 moreOver the past few years, Bristol-based outfit Poisonous Birds have proven relentlessly restless- expanding their already experimental sound to incorporate more electronic elements, commissioning remixes, creating their own artwork, curating live shows, and even starting a record label. Hell, this isn’t even their first release of the year, having already turned out a collaborative EP with the frontperson of Black […]
Read moreOnly Sibling might be on to something here. The New York outfit dub themselves “loser rock” and write songs about frustration, failure, and fears of everything just falling apart, but on ‘Get Well Soon’ there is always hope. That means the best moments on this, the four-piece’s debut full-length, come when they temper millennial terror and their most downbeat tendencies […]
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 moreA quiet month, this. Oh, there’s been a ton of bands making waves as always, plenty of new and excellent songs to check out, but for July my playlist in particular was a little more peaceful than usual. It’s worth sliding up your volume to hear Honeyspider’s newest, and heaviest, track, and catch former Fugazi members conjure wonky wonder with […]
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 […]
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