Firstly, two things to deal with if you’re not that familiar with The Front Bottoms: 1. yes, that IS their name. don’t let it put you off (it’s just short of losing all meaning anyway) 2. if Tom Delonge’s vocals wind you up, you’re not going to get on well with Brian Sella’s. There. Done. [...]

Having in 2009 impressed Alcopop! with their EP ‘We Got Tazers’, Surrey’s Stagecoach have now come to releas their debut album ‘Say Hi To The Band’. It is, from the word go, a delightful concoction of indie rock, with a Weezer like sense of melody and guitars that should make any sensible person want to [...]

Having built up a dedicated following with his witty folk songs, Reading’s Ben Marwood has returned with his second album ‘Back Down’. Building on the success of his debut album, ‘Back Down’ sounds more accomplished in every way. The songwriting has been finely tuned while the production is crisp and professional. Gone are the days [...]

Firstly, ‘One of Us Is The Killer’ retains everything listeners would expect from New Jersey noise-artists The Dillinger Escape Plan. Their fifth full-length is filled with mismatched time signatures, insatiable drum patters, brutal riffs and distinctive growls. It also follows suit from predecessor ‘Option Paralysis’ by injecting the occasional rest-bite through menacing instrumentals and brooding [...]

The latest wave of the pop punk revolution has been in full swing for a good few years now. Some bands have come and gone, but others have managed to hold on by developing their sound and keeping it fresh. The Wonder Years are most definitely one of the latter group. Looking back at recent [...]

Despite the fact that melody and metal have had a long and winding history, the almost pop punk levels of autotuned slickness that crashes into metalcore style br00tal breakdowns in bands like Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! is just about where you’d imagine there’s a line drawn in the sand between the current and previous generations [...]

Pennsylvanian native Koji has spent the past few years building a dedicated fan base on the back of EPs like ‘Some Small Way’ and his split with Into It/Over it. ‘Crooked In My Mind’ is his debut album. Opening with the simple acoustic strumming of ‘Chasing A Ghost’, Koji blends easy melody with dark and [...]

Sharks are a band that really have had it all to battle against at home in the UK. Despite the relative quality of last release ‘No Gods’, they’ve still failed to really make an impact on this side of the pond, and with ‘Selfhood’ they’ll probably hit the same wall. Though ‘Selfhood’ carries all the [...]

Woking five-piece Palm Reader’s new LP ‘Bad Weather’ is a might strong effort, and carries enough meaty riffs to get you in the mood for a good stomping. Bands as young as this lot tend to induce a face palm or two when attempting music this rowdy, but this debut has enough groove and pace [...]

Before proceeding any further, it’s really won’t be difficult for many to make a comparison between New Jersey’s Banquets and The Gaslight Anthem, and you can certainly hear the blues punk of ‘Sink Or Swim’ bouncing through the bands instrumental work from the very first second of Banquets’ self titled full length. Putting that to [...]