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From Friday 10 January 2020

BEACH SLANG – ‘THE DEADBEAT BANG OF HEARTBREAK CITY’

Following the release of the debut LP by Quiet Slang last year, front man James Alex’s main project Beach Slang have returned to unleash their third full–length album, ‘The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City’. Having previously described the band’s sound as “me fawning over The Replacements”, Alex has pulled

Sunday 08 December 2019

LIVE: Ceremony / High–Vis / Child’s Pose @ New Cross Inn, London

For Ceremony’s first London show since August 2015, they chose an unassuming, 350–capacity pub in South East London for the venue, and sold it out weeks in advance. It means that, on this miserable Monday night, the New Cross Inn is teeming with body heat, sweat, and anticipation –

Sunday 20 October 2019

Aloha Hopping with Alpha Hopper

Hailing from the bleak environs of Buffalo, New York, math rock quartet Alpha Hopper released ‘Aloha Hopper’, their second full–length album and the follow–up to 2016’s ‘Last Chance Power Drive’, earlier this year. The band, who eschew a bassist and comprise a singer, two guitarists, and a drummer, have

Wednesday 09 October 2019

LIVE: Deafheaven / Touche Amore / Portrayal Of Guilt @ Electric Ballroom, Camden

Deafheaven and Touche Amore are two bands whose critical and commercial profiles have been steadily growing over the past six years or so. Deafheaven attracted widespread acclaim with second album ‘Sunbather’, achieving reviews so glowing that their 2015 follow up, ‘New Bermuda’, hit the Top 70 in the US,