EP REVIEW: HALLOWS – SUBTLE

You can call it Darkwave, you can call it post-Punk, but just for you, I’ll keep it simple. It’s 1980’s synth pop influenced. Now you have that lodged in the mind (because it’s all you need to avoid the ridiculous notion of inventing a new genre because you need to feel superior), this is Hallows […]
I probably complain about genres more than maybe is necessary. But I cannot help feeling it’s just for marketing purposes only. As anyone donating their time to the unknown, you need the picture to be formed as a simple structure, and you build upon that. Krv’s self-titled burst is very much giving me the genre […]

ALBUM REVIEW: KRV – KRV

ALBUM REVIEW: SOON – WHAT THE FUCK DID WE DO TO THE EARTH

Hawaii, the multiple island state of the US. Known for luaus, hula dancing and surfing. An apparent laid back, easy going place. So, when an album of breakneck pace releases, and it’s shorter than the time it takes me to pick “what band shirt am I today”, it’s something that can be considered an anomaly. […]
Chanelling the spirit of Teenage Fanclub, The Beach Boys and Slowdive, dream pop with an effervescent jangle comes blasting out of the speakers on Yakima’s debut EP ‘Go Virtually’. The Glasgow quartet have already toured with the likes of Pottery and their woozy laidback sounds are captured in all their Big Star-esque glory on this […]

EP REVIEW: YAKIMA – GO VIRTUALLY

ALBUM REVIEW: METH LEPPARD – WOKE

Puns! We all like them. They lighten the mood, an example of a positive introduction into someone’s personality. Music is no different. When presented with humour as a concept to their music, it adds a side into what you maybe in for. Meth Leppard (pun one), a jagged two-piece from Adelaide, Australia are here for […]
Medium. No longer just a t-shirt size, a difficulty setting on a video game or a spirit channelling idealist. No, a frantic crash straight out of Argentina and on a very underrated record label in Transcending Obscurity Records. This is a short and sweat filled release. Medium’s self-titled debut is a maniacal laugh in that […]

ALBUM REVIEW: MEDIUM – MEDIUM

ALBUM REVIEW: TOPS – I FEEL ALIVE

During the current crisis that has gripped the world, people have taken to different forms of entertainment to preserve their sanity. People look to nostalgia for some sense of comfort and whilst the classics are always needed, sometimes it’s good to look for something new. This new LP from four-piece Canadian indie-rock outfit TOPS is […]
O Zorn! Not a slip of the keyboard, but a suspicious band rolling out of California who took it upon themselves to be named from the Watership Down glossary of Lapine, the language of rabbits. So, from my googling I stumbled across that O Zorn!’s debut ‘Self-Titled’ album in 2018, was one the best metal […]

ALBUM REVIEW: O ZORN! – YOUR KILLER

ALBUM REVIEW: WAKE – DEVOURING RUIN

Like all genres, heavy metal is reliant on something new to maintain a fresh level of creativity and excitement. Originally an extension of rock n roll, heavy metal became its own prestige and paving its own way. Being rich in history has been metals strength, also a burden. Every so often a band will release […]
You must begin somewhere and somehow. Trials, errors, frustrations and accomplishments are a bands regular 9-5. Punk rock is an unforgiving trope, in that either you’re told ‘It isn’t punk’ or due to the nature of the sound, limited to keep within the confines of the punk aesthetic. ‘Dirt Mall’ is an interesting release by […]

ALBUM REVIEW: AERIAL SALAD – DIRT MALL