Lirr are so damn good. The German outfit have been together for a couple of years now and toured quite a bit but it took a late-night chance discovery on YouTube for their crossover sound to cross over to my ears… From there I backtracked to the band’s excellent debut album, ‘God’s On Our Side; Welcome To The Jungle’, which, […]
Read moreAs if wasn’t obvious already that Jason Aalon, formerly of Letlive and currently of The Fever, is pissed, the first song by his new project Pressure Cracks is a white hot flare, impossible to ignore. Get some.
Read moreHoly shit. Considering just how rarely Jesu mastermind Justin Broadrick performs live, there’s a chance I will never ever see the band play. But the video below is not a terrible substitute. Back in November 2017, Broadrick teamed up with Nothing and Prurient (Dominick Fernow) for a one-off collaboration as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations for Fernow’s record label, […]
Read moreJenny Besetzt have songs. Their last album, 2016’s ‘Tender Madness’, is a hazy melting pot of shoegaze, chunky grunge, and wiry post-punk but they aren’t nostalgia hacks and never hide behind drama or distortion, they craft tunes that follow you around and stay in your head. Bonus: They sound even better in the summer sun.
Read moreAntiguo seem like nice guys. The Glasgow quartet’s first proper release might touch on loss, death, and decay but on the whole ‘Joy’ presents a warm and fuzzy version of post-hardcore. ‘Black Glitter’ has something of the Hot Water Music about it and frontman Bobby Simpson’s voice cracks at times but you’re much more likely to hear indie rock or […]
Read moreTwo years ago the members of Sigur Ros hired a van and drove a 24-hour circuit of Iceland’s largest ring road, streaming the whole thing on YouTube while a pioneering piece of software used the component parts of one of their new songs to create a living, breathing, unique soundtrack. Now, if that sentence alone doesn’t pique your interest in […]
Read moreThere was lots going on in April’s Spotify playlist– US hardcore, Canadian punk, Swedish screaming, and British bleeps and bloops. Every note floats my boat and it was all arranged to ebb and flow like a proper mixtape but does the wide variety seem a little schizophrenic? Does it limit the playlist’s appeal? Is all this only for me? Not […]
Read moreIt seems increasingly unlikely that Cancer Bats will recapture the magic they snagged on ‘Hail Destroyer’. While they’ve not necessarily made a bad record since that landmark event and remain one of the most likeable bands in the business, the Toronto outfit have released a trio of increasingly ordinary albums to continually decreasing fanfare. ‘The Spark That Moves’, a surprise […]
Read moreThere’s poetry to Metallica playing in Germany. It can be a sweaty, bellowing, beer-guzzling kind of poetry, sure, but there’s a certain undeniable rhythm to the premier metal band playing in the premier metal country. There’s energy at every single Metallica show of course, an electric testament to just how much the boys from the Bay Area mean to people, […]
Read moreMarch’s Spotify playlist was a monster. It started heavy with the like of Will Haven (who just released their best record in almost 20 years), Yards (featuring former Ghost of a Thousand frontman Tom Lacey), and Rolo Tomassi (who might have snatched album of the year honours already) before moving on to include punk rock old and new, post-hardcore from […]
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