‘Social decline, depression, suicide and loss of hope form the premise of the album…’ That’s a hell of a press release to be faced with. ‘Desperation Is The English Way Vol. 2′ concludes the social autopsy that is Brother Hood Of The Lake’s mini-series.’ and fuck me, it’s brutal! Plymouth five-piece Brotherhood Of The Lake are a [...]

When you think about it, New Found Glory covering The Ramones makes plenty of sense. The way both bands hop between chords isn’t that dissimilar, and you can sure as hell count The Ramones in the influences of Jordan Pundik & co. What’s obvious immediately here is that New Found Glory are doing this for [...]

Recent Fat Wreck signing Night Birds’ latest EP ‘Maimed For The Masses’ will put the band’s dirty brand of surf punk in front of a lot of news ears, and with Dead Kennedys and Ceremony blending with early Offspring and Bad Religion in the band’s fairly old school sound and production, it’ll appeal to a [...]

Part early Against Me! with a healthy smattering of Gogol Bordello, Oregon’s Larry and His Flask have been tearing up stages across the US and Europe on Frank Turner’s ‘Tape Deck Heart’ tour. With their barnstorming mix of punk, jazz, rag-tag and bluegrass Larry and His Flask have arrived to pulverise your senses. On their [...]

From the ashes of some of Kent’s hardcore bands of yesteryear, come a very promising band and a sweeping, strong EP. With a lot of attention and some big name support slots recently, Moose Blood have turned a few heads and are set to turn more in the near future. ‘Moving Home’ is the catalyst [...]

London-based four piece Rivalries play an upbeat, accessible and easy-to-digest brand of pop-punk. Their début EP “Out Of Town And Back Again” showcases 4 short, sharp bursts of energetic & melodic punk, and their relentless sunny disposition and positive vibes fail to let up throughout the course of this record, which falls shy of the [...]

“Hello. Bonjour. Konnichiwa. Hola! Hallo. We are Hold The Fight”. Hold The Fight welcome you to their party on their new EP “With A Breath & A Hope”. Hold The Fight are an acoustic-core trio from the South Coast of England. Since forming in July 2010 they have had the pleasure of sharing stages all over [...]

Boundaries are always an ever-changing thing. The boundary between pop-punk, punk and hardcore used to be such a simple affair, something outlined with a big, black Sharpie. Yet, over the last decade or so, with the inception of bands like A Day to Remember, Four Year Strong and even The Story So Far, this once [...]

The debut EP by London’s Turbogeist is a curate’s egg, the sound of a band suffering from an identity crisis. They don’t know whether to be a punk band, a garage band, a trash band, even a scuzzy glam band, and they try each valiantly but sadly don’t excel as any, so ultimately just sound like a [...]

Sparse and ephemeral Plantagenet 3′s blink and you’ll miss it 7″ ‘The Darkening Green’ mixes minimalist electronica,  surf rock and spagetthi western, creating a sound that is as weird and idiosyncratic as you’re likely to find in a market crammed full of dirgeful indie. Though some may be frightened off by their love of instrumental [...]