‘The Cliff’ is not an easy sell. While any new Pelican release is cause for some celebration, this EP is made up of three different versions of a deep cut from the Chicago band’s 2013 album, ‘Forever Becoming’, and a song left off that record due to time constraints. It takes about 20 seconds to realise why it’s worth an […]
Read moreThe road is fuckin’ hard. It’s also really fuckin’ tough. And there’s no question that Young Guns will learn this as they’ve booked what is known as a proper damn tour. The Hertfordshire boys will almost certainly be showing off tracks from their upcoming third album and it feels unlikely that they’ll be playing places this size again. Just saying.
Read moreBreak out your backwards hats, baggy jeans and wallet chains, Hoobastank, P.O.D. and Alien Ant Farm will be touring the UK together in May.
Read moreSour news. Goodtime Boys have announced their split. So soon after their debut album made our best of the year list too! They sound like they’re taking it better than us mind. “After being a band for just over six years we’ve decided to stop making music as GTB. The band has become harder to manage over the past year […]
Read moreIt’s all about what stays with you, right? You could be listening to some of the busiest, best new metal of the year or losing yourself in wordless soundscapes, but unless it sticks somehow, makes some kind of mark, it might not be remembered later that day, nevermind six months after the fact. This year, for me, these are the records […]
Read moreWhat Ben Sharp does should be studied in music colleges all over the world. Hell, it probably is. As Cloudkicker, he continues to work alone, he continues to write and record at an incredible rate, and he continues to do it while maintaining a near-peerless quality level. He doesn’t sit still either, pushing and pulling his sound in a bunch […]
Read moreThis is an interesting one. San Francisco metal darlings Deafheaven are selling the font that was created especially for their most recent record. Designer Nick Steinhard commented, “‘Sunbather’ is a stenciled flare-serif display face inspired by bright light and dissipating legibility. Referencing similar historical type experiments by Jan Tschicold, it questions the mind to connect what the eyes cannot see […]
Read moreDarkness falls. Ok, so North Carolina quartet Barrow weren’t exactly a light-hearted bunch before but it sounds like the weight of the world has descended on them for album number two. Like Funeral Diner or Envy before them, Barrow tap into a grey vein of noisy, ugly honesty and raw emotion here and shy away from nothing. ‘Though I’m Alone’ […]
Read moreEvery Time I Die’s last album was… intense. Ok, so the boys from Buffalo aren’t exactly known for taking things easy but ‘Ex Lives’ was tense and dense and in desperate need of someone telling the band to take a deep breath every once in a while. It broke exciting new ground with a couple of grungy numbers but was […]
Read moreI did not see this coming. I mean, I guess no one did. ‘Romantic Works’ is something of a surprise, see. A surprise, in that celebrated singer-songwriter Keaton Henson released it last week without warning or fanfare. And a surprise, in that it doesn’t actually feature any singing, or traditional songwriting. Instead, Henson has combined patient piano, solemn strings, found […]
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