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From Friday 06 January 2017

The St Pierre Snake Invasion Are Ready To Record Their Second Album

The St. Pierre Snake Invasion, one of the UK’s most underappreciated bands, are ready to record their second album. The Bristol punks Tweeted earlier today that they’d be heading to Rockfield Studios in Monmouth on the 16th January. Prep your ear pussies/arses/throats because 16th January we head

Thursday 05 January 2017

Idles Premiere New Song ‘Stendhal Syndrome’ At Maida Vale

Ferocious Bristol post-punks Idles have debuted a new song from their upcoming debut album ‘Brutalism’ at the legendary Maida Vale studios for BBC Introducing in The West. Driven by Idles formidable rhythm section, ‘Stendhal Syndrome’ is a two and a half minute burst of energy about Idles contempt for pacified

Monday 02 January 2017

We Wild Blood Make A Hell Of A Lot Of Noise

We Wild Blood make more noise with an acoustic guitar than pretty much any band I’ve seen. Their Facebook calls them ‘paranoiacore’, and that seems as good a word as any to describe their dark and angry sound that draws from punk and noise rock. I caught them at an All Dayer

Friday 09 December 2016

LIVE: The Front Bottoms / Gnarwolves / Apologies, I Have None @ The Kentish Town Forum, London

Apologies, I Have None are one of the UK’s under the radar treasures, consistently putting out excellent records and smashing shows without quite breaking through. If the public hasn’t fully caught on yet their fellow artists haven’t been so slow. The Front Bottoms are the latest in a string

Thursday 08 December 2016

Toodles and The Hectic Pity are doing it for the love

Toodles and The Hectic Pity are a young band from the outskirts of Bristol and there’s a nice combination of west-country folk with a Bristolian ‘fuck it’ attitude to their acoustic punk sound. Aside from the name (one testimonial on their bandcamp reads, “Who the fuck thought

Sunday 04 December 2016

Sorority are loud, biting and have bags of potential

The UK post-punk scene is strong right now and Sorority have the potential to join the movement. They’ve drawn comparisons to the Fat White Family, a fellow London band and the standard bearers of the scene, but their biting and sarcastic sound is more akin to Bristol

Tuesday 22 November 2016

Stop fighting it and just enjoy Nova Twins

On my first listen of Nova Twins I wasn’t too sure about their combination of punk, rock and grime. After the second track I still wasn’t 100% sold, but I kept listening and a few hours later caught myself humming those massive choruses and singing, “
Sunday 20 November 2016

Exam Season are the perfect soundtrack to your next Megabus ride

Exam Season were conceived as a solo project during a time of unemployment for lead singer Ed Watson, and this sense of frustration and anxiety is present throughout their work. If you’ve had to move back in with your parents, apply for crap jobs you have no