Review: Problem Daughter – Grow Up Trash
Real is an overplayed card in punk rock. Its very beginnings were drenched in authenticity before authenticity became a thing, and now it’s a prerequisite, a harbinger of credibility.
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Review: Body Void – You Will Know The Fear You Forced Upon Us
Fascism is so hot right now. Enabled by the polished mask of the alt-right, mankind’s most despicable belief system is back, back, back.
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Review: Venom Prison – Samsara
On Trivium’s most recent tour of the UK their fans were warmed up by the ferocity of Venom Prison, the fiery fun of Power Trip and the focus of Code Orange.
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Review: While She Sleeps – SO WHAT?
It’s been in my mind for a while now that there will eventually be a While She Sleeps record that I don’t like.
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Review: FTR – Manners
There are some styles of alternative music that make a virtue of monotony. To label them dull might seem a curious criticism.
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Review: Ithaca – The Language Of Injury
You’ve already heard of Ithaca. And if you haven’t you will soon. The knowledge that they were the next cab off the rank at Holy Roar Records was enough to generate huge anticipation and the debut album has now arrived.
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Review: Better Than Mending – Desire Lines
Cathartic emotional aggression. As sells go, that’s a good one. It applies to the new EP from Bristol’s Better Than Mending, their second, and it fits their post-hardcore sound like a comfortable pair of socks.
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Review: Judiciary – Surface Noise
Such is my taste in rock music that an aggressive metallic hardcore album is likely to catch my ear. In many ways, it’s hard to go wrong.
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Review: wars – As Within /// So Without
Rugby’s wars evolved from their previous incarnation, reset, and laid down a challenging marker with their first EP in 2015.
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Revisiting Fire by Electric Six
What do sarcasm, disco, limitless sexual innuendo and an obsession with nuclear war have in common? Why, it’s the debut album by Electric Six, of course!
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Revisiting Purple by Baroness
The fifth album is on the way in 2019. Somewhere between the third and the fourth I visited my uncle’s house and clacked my way through his CD collection and discovered, belatedly, Baroness.
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Revisiting Silent Alarm by Bloc Party
It’s no exaggeration to admit that Bloc Party are outside my usual wheelhouse by some distance. Combined, their first two albums are a reminder to set aside bullshit genre politics and recognise that quality echoes through the noise.
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