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From Monday 10 August 2015

We’ll Go Machete – ‘Smile Club’

We’ll Go Machete’s Paul Warner screeches his lyrics with an urgency that perfectly encapsulates this record. ‘Smile Club’ is a wonky, energetic album that sounds like a band desperately clinging to their Shellac records while chugging the dregs of the awful coffee Tommy Lee Jones

Wednesday 05 August 2015

Worthy Victims – ‘A Bitter Future’

Worthy Victims’ sophomore effort packs a decent punch and harkens back to the early, raw sound of hardcore. It’s fast-paced guitar, bass, drums and shouting not unlike the sweaty venues of the 80s, but there’s a sense this a live band whose energy isn’t quite captured on record. The

Friday 31 July 2015

Bad Cop/Bad Cop – ‘Not Sorry’

Bad Cop/Bad Cop’s debut album is the sound of four feisty California girls channelling their passion and surroundings into their music. ‘Not Sorry’ is a fun record that is steeped in the history they are now a part of. ‘Like, Seriously?’ sums up this feeling with its confident, almost

Wednesday 29 July 2015

Nature Channel – ‘Nature Sounds’

‘Nature Sounds’ is a dirty, fuzzy, garage-punk mess of an album, in the best way possible. Nature Channel’s debut shoves the best that Seattle and New York have to offer through a blender of Englishness that results in a delightfully sickly-sounding record. There’s a beating heart of passive-aggression inside

Monday 27 July 2015

Dear America – ‘Dear America’

The debut album from Manchester’s Dear America is a solid, if by-the-numbers, take on the slower, more anthemic, sound of punk-rock. It doesn’t have any particular twist on the genre but it’s produced well and full of worthwhile hooks. Where the band shines is in the vocal harmonies. There’s

Thursday 11 June 2015

Versus the World – ‘Homesick/ Roadsick’

‘Homesick/ Roadsick’ treads a well-worn path through the field of pop punk. Comprising members from The Ataris and Lagwagon, Versus The World act as something of a timepiece for the glory years of the late 90s, when the genre hit its peak of popularity. The