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The Sun And The Sea – ‘American Empire’

‘American Empire’ is the debut full-length from Midwest America’s The Sun And The Sea, and it’s set to be self-released this summer. It’s ten tracks of ambient indie-rock with an electronic and chilled undercurrent throughout. From the outset The Sun and The Sea showcase a really light and airy vibe.

Thursday 24 July 2014

Henrietta – ‘The Trick Is Not Minding’

‘The Trick Is Not Minding’ is the long awaited debut album from Orlando’s Henrietta, released this August on Animal Style Records. After six years in the making the quartet deliver an album stacked full of inventive and melodic emo-rock mixed with powerful and moving vocals, and quite frankly it’s

Thursday 17 July 2014

Twin Atlantic – Penguin Plugged In, The Hospital Club

Life as a Punktastic writer isn’t always a side stage view at the latest 5 Seconds Of Summer basement gig, free drinks with Dave Grohl, or finding a pre-release copy of the new Brand New album in your inbox. Sure it’s often exactly that, but occasionally us writers just

Tuesday 15 July 2014

Greenhorn – ‘I Want More’

Greenhorn is the studio side project from Roger Lima of Less Than Jake fame and this ‘I Want More’ EP sees him act as song writer, performer, and producer all in one go. He’s joined by friend Jen Vito here too, balancing out the vocals and giving the EP

Tuesday 08 July 2014

Braid – ‘No Coast’

The emo-rock scene has come full circle in the fifteen years since Braid released the seminal ‘Frame & Canvas’. The slow burner, for me at least, influenced a generation of bands and continues to do so today. However the scene has started to over-saturate and lack innovation, the same

Monday 07 July 2014

Annabel / Dowsing – ‘Split EP’

Count Your Lucky Stars have been responsible for some of my favourite releases of the last few years, none more so than Annabel’s ‘Youth In Youth’. Their 2012 album was layered in huge melodies, patient build ups, and some really life affirming breakdowns. Add this to Dowsing’s slightly awkward

Thursday 19 June 2014

Rapids – ‘Traction’

In the last decade we’ve seen the likes of Alkaline Trio, Fall Out Boy, and Rise Against fly the flag proudly for the city of Chicago, but there’s a vibrant underground scene bubbling up right now and Rapids are the latest to impress. This four track EP features former

Monday 16 June 2014

Lights Over Bridgeport post ‘Automatic’ video

Chicago’s Lights Over Bridgeport have posted a video for their track ‘Automatic’ and you can watch it below. This is taken from their excellent four track EP titled ‘Prayers & Eulogies’, which is available to stream and download on their bandcamp profile.

Friday 16 May 2014

Andrew Jackson Jihad – Christmas Island

‘Christmas Island’ is the fifth studio album from Phoenix’s Andrew Jackson Jihad and it’s a fascinating listen. These twelve tracks of folk-punk are stacked full of character, show plenty of heart, and have a very interesting take on lyrics. Starting with ‘Temple Grandin’, a really upbeat and poppy track

Monday 05 May 2014

Apologies, I Have None – Black Everything

Apologies, I Have None have undoubtedly been one of the great success stories in UK punk-rock in the last five year. Their 2012 album, ‘London’, took them across Europe as they picked up huge festival slots and toured with a number of celebrated bands. Driven on by an energetic