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Set It Off – ‘Upside Down’

When a band talks about how, during recording, they’ve been breaking down genre walls and have taken influences from all over the musical spectrum, it can sometimes feel more like a PR exercise to drum up publicity and interest. Certainly the way that ‘Something New’, co-written with

Thursday 06 October 2016

Yellowcard – ‘Yellowcard’

Rather than make an out of the blue post-album statement about their split, Yellowcard announced back in June of this year that their forthcoming album would be their last. And here it is, ten eagerly anticipated songs delivered with the bittersweet knowledge that this is the end. Following their hiatus,

Wednesday 05 October 2016

The Erik Chandler Band – ‘The Truth’

Erik Chandler may have spent the past twenty something years as an integral part of Bowling For Soup, but the debut release for his side-project offers something very different. That’s not to say that fans of Bowling For Soup will be turned away by what they hear,

Sunday 18 September 2016

In Requiem – ‘In Requiem’

With the UK alternative scene currently in very good health, it’s conceivable that you may have missed out on In Requiem when they formed in 2014, such is the wealth of talent currently around. If so then this re-release of their debut EP will serve as the perfect introduction

Saturday 17 September 2016

Scream Out Loud – ‘Scream Out Loud’

Scream Out Loud’s self-titled second album is their first release in four years and it finds them at a point where despite showing promise they are yet to make a real breakthrough. A pop-punk band on the surface, Scream Out Loud draw on some varied influences with flashes of

Monday 22 August 2016

LIVE: Motion City Soundtrack / Dinosaur Pile Up / The Xcerts / Lacey @ The O2 Ritz, Manchester

With a near twenty year long career that created six albums and featured countless headline and festival appearances almost behind them, it came down to this, three final UK tour dates and three final chances to say goodbye. With their ‘So Long, Farewell’ heading for Australia and Japan, Motion

Tuesday 16 August 2016

Alteras – ‘Grief’

As a band, Alteras is driven by the honourable aim of using their music to offer a message of hope to those who need it the most, whatever they may be experiencing. It’s an idea that they’ve taken with them into their debut album ‘Grief’, but at

Tuesday 02 August 2016

Syren City – ‘Paradise In The Dirt’

‘Paradise In The Dirt’ is not only the latest release by the South-West five-piece, but also the start of a new chapter for the band. Musically Syren City are continuing in the same direction they’ve been heading in since forming in 2011, but ‘Paradise In The Dirt’ is

Friday 22 July 2016

Patriot Rebel – ‘Cynics Playground’

You may expect a band with the name Patriot Rebel to hail from one of the southern states of the USA and to have grown up on a steady diet of classic American rock and metal. And although they come from Nottingham rather than Nashville, they emphatically

Tuesday 05 July 2016

American Hi-Fi – ‘American Hi-Fi Acoustic’

American Hi-Fi formed back in 1998 and, line-up changes aside, are still going almost twenty years later. They may not be the household name they once were, but their core following is still there and with five previous albums they’ve got a decent back catalogue to revisit. However rather