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From Tuesday 19 February 2013

Next Stop Atlanta Post New Video For ‘Get In The Van’

Preston pop-punk quartet Next Stop Atlanta have a new video out for their new single ‘Get In the Van’. The track, released yesterday, is taken from their EP ‘The Things You Do Best’ which is out now on iTunes. You can watch the video below: The

Saturday 16 February 2013

Live: Frightened Rabbit at The Forum [13/02/2013]

It’s the 13th of February and 2000 or so people have foregone the mad late night dash to the co-op to pick up reduced chocolates and withered red roses. Instead, some have chosen to either drown their singleton sorrows in the arms of other tearful burly men

Friday 18 January 2013

The Goonz – ‘Death Is Purpose’

Many bands have been far better than their terrible moniker – Biffy Clyro and Smashing Pumpkins have headlined festivals despite having staggeringly shit names, and for a moment in the early 2000s, people seemed perfectly happy to buy records by a band called Puddle Of Mudd. Cleveland, OH’s The Goonz

Wednesday 16 January 2013

Snuff – ‘5-4-3-2-1…Perhaps’

Regrettably these days, it has to be said that punk music is not everybody’s bag. Obviously we love it, but it’s mass popularity has been on the wane since the 1970s. Luckily that hasn’t stopped punk rockers Snuff who have been making a terrific racket (on and off) since

Monday 14 January 2013

Heavy Hearted – ‘When You Were Home’

Considering that pop punkers Heavy Hearted have been a band for less than a year, it’s a credit to them as musicians that they have recorded their debut album to such a high standard. ‘When You Were Home’, released recently by the Californian five piece, wears its influences on its

Wednesday 09 January 2013

Army of Freshmen – ‘Happy To Be Alive’

How do you compensate for an oversaturated pop-punk market? If you are Army of Freshmen, the answer is to amplify structures not normally associated with the genre. ‘Happy To Be Alive’ earns itself a punk moniker in basic song structure alone, the majority of the tracks relying upon melodic

Sunday 06 January 2013

John K Samson – ‘Provincial’

Everyone loves The Weakerthans, don’t they? How could you not? Those irresistible pop melodies, wistful lyrics, songs written from the perspective of a cat – what’s not to love?! The band to melt the heart of even the most hardened punk. Well John K Samson’s solo album is even

Cavorts – ‘Times Told’

‘Times Told’ gives you the perfect introduction to this Yorkshire four-piece, with vocals that rival the local whiskey-breathed drunkard’s. Cavorts, reminiscent of Cancer Bats, have crafted an EP that’s unrelenting, dirt-ridden, playful and most importantly too short. With a party vibe throughout, the playful riffs on ‘Make It Suffer,’

Wednesday 02 January 2013

Colt 45 – ‘Inside The Triangle’

After non stop touring, the boys in Cumbria’s Colt 45, return with their best EP yet. If ‘Inside The Triangle’ is anything to go by, Colt 45 have certainly begun the gruelling ascent towards rock n’ roll’s upper echelons.  The EP which is produced by pop punk’s go to

Monday 31 December 2013

Together We Fight – ‘Get A New Hero’

Is there really enough room in an already crammed music genre for another pop punk band? Together We Fight prove there is. Step aside Americans, these boys from Kent sure know how to write a song. Blending Four Year Strong style ferocity with the rough and ready sound of