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From Wednesday 16 July 2014

Prawn reveal new track ‘Glass, Irony’

Emo stalwarts Prawn have revealed a new track through A.V. Club. ‘Glass, Irony’ is an atypically positive endeavour for the genre, with vocalist Tony Clark declaring to “keep swimming”. The song is taken from ‘Kingfisher’, the upcoming Topshelf Records sophomore that is due for release in August. Stream

Tuesday 15 July 2014

New Gnarwolves – stream ‘Smoking Kills’ now

Undoubtedly the hottest British punk property right now, Gnarwolves yesterday debuted ‘Smoking Kills’, the first track off their upcoming self-titled album. Following on from a string of wildly successful EPs, ‘Smoking Kills’ continues where they left off – an earnest core surrounded by an upliftingly poppy punk dressing. Stream

Friday 11 July 2014

Samoans announced as No Devotion support

Cardiff-based post-math (it’s a thing) four-piece Samoans have announced that they are to support No Devotion on their upcoming debut tour – dates and the updated poster are below. The announcement comes following Samoans also being added to the Kids In Glass Houses club dates in Wales earlier

Thursday 10 July 2014

Pariso / Svalbard – ‘Split LP’

When reviewing a split release, there’s a temptation to pit the two artists against each other, as if collaboration should give way to competition. No such descriptions are applicable to the split LP from Pariso and Svalbard – two of the UK’s brightest hopes in heaviness – who met early last

Wednesday 09 July 2014

Weezer reveal new album details – ‘Everything Will Be Alright in The End’ released September 30th

Following on from last week’s album artwork reveal (check out their latest mental offering above), Weezer have today revealed that their forthcoming ninth (!) album and first collection of new material in four years, ‘Everything Will Be Alright in The End’, will be released on September 30th through Republic

Real Friends – ‘Maybe This Place Is The Same and We’re Just Changing’

To say that the release of ‘Maybe This Place Is The Same And We’re Just Changing’ is a significant milestone for Real Friends is a big understatement. Two wildly popular EPs, a succession of high profile support slots, and ever-growing capacity headline tours of their own have got everyone’s

Tuesday 08 July 2014

INVSN – ‘INVSN’

Fittingly for a band whose swansong promised to redefine the nature of punk, Refused’s Dennis Lyxzén has opted to stamp his latest project with the ‘post-punk’ mould. However, while ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come’ was lauded for its forethought, with INVSN Lyxzén has merely created a checklist for

Monday 07 July 2014

Basement post ‘Further Sky’ recording diary

Following last month’s shock announcement of a reunion and upcoming EP ‘Further Sky’, UK grunge outfit Basement have posted a few clips of the recording of said EP. Check out the video, and a few sneak peeks at the upcoming material, below.

Saturday 05 July 2014

Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – ‘We Don’t Have Each Other’

From the very first pick of an acoustic guitar string and the arrival of an accompanying string and brass section on album opener ‘Our Apartment’, it’s clear that ‘We Don’t Have Each Other’ is going to be something special. The first forty-five seconds alone conjure up vivid images of

Friday 04 July 2014

Darkest Hour reveal self-titled album details – stream ‘Wasteland’ now

Darkest Hour have today announced they are due to return on August 5th with a new self-titled album. ‘Darkest Hour’ was produced by Taylor Larson (who has previously worked with Periphery), a development which guitarist Mike Schleibaum states as key to the album’s development: “His uncompromising approach to pushing