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From Friday 09 June 2017

The One Hundred – ‘Chaos & Bliss’

Sometimes you’ll sit down to listen to a record and on the first play you’re not keen. Then sometimes, by the third or fourth listen you might find yourself coming round to it. This is commonly known as a ‘grower’. The question is, does anyone know what the opposite

Thursday 04 May 2017

Gnarwolves – ‘Outsiders’

Time: a healer or a force that dates, ages and distances you from something once great? Relevant in so many situations and definitions, whether it’s a jaded footballer past their best or a band with three years between their debut and follow-up record. Considering this isn’t an article

Tuesday 25 April 2017

While She Sleeps: “We can play anything we want and be musically free”

Thursday 06 April 2017

The Flatliners – ‘Inviting Light’

One of the unsung heroes of the genre, The Flatliners return to the plate, giving us the next chapter of their discography. In case you’re unfamiliar with the Canadian Punks, this is the follow up to 2015’s ‘Division of Spoils’ and the band’s sixth studio album. The first impression of

Sunday 26 March 2017

Creeper: The cult that you need in 2017

Following our review of ‘Eternity In Your Arms’ which you can read here, this is a post about the famous Creeper. When I was growing up I was at an awkward age for rock music. The Alexisonfire boat had began to sail, ‘The Black Parade’ had been and gone, and there

Friday 24 February 2017

LIVE: Deez Nuts / Comeback Kid / Hellions / First Blood @ O2 Academy Islington

Wednesday night probably isn’t one of the best nights of the week to go see a band who preaches the party lifestyle. It can be difficult to loosen up with that niggling thought in the back of your mind that the alarm is going slice through the

Friday 03 February 2017

Lower Than Atlantis – ‘Safe In Sound’

Middle of the road pop rock bands are ten a penny in 2017. Pop down any supermarket and you’ll probably find the likes of You Me At Six, Twin Atlantic and Young Guns clogging up the “rock” section (don’t be offended – it’s basically anything that has an instrument

Tuesday 06 December 2016

Frank Turner: “I’m at the end of the beginning”

Saturday 19 November 2016

Brian Fallon: “I have to follow whatever’s ahead of me, whatever that is”

Monday 07 November 2016

Sick Of It All – ‘When The Smoke Clears’

Three decades ago Queen headlined Wembley, the M25 Motorway opened and, in the brightest city in the world, Sick Of It All joined a thriving NYHC scene alongside the likes of Agnostic Front and Cro-Mags. Since then the band have spent 30 years changing the face of Hardcore Punk