Coheed And Cambria. La Dispute. Blink-182. Placebo. What do they have in common? The statement “They would be good, if it weren’t for the singer’s voice”, to name but a few. State Faults are primed and ready to join this company with a record that musically hits all the right places, but with a vocal [...]

Jay Navarro of The Suicide Machines and more recently Hellmachines is back with his latest venture. This time there isn’t any crossover thrash or ska-punk jams, but something drenched in so much more melody than either of his previous outfits. After enlisting various members from bands such as The Story So Far and Seized Up, [...]

Towing the line between contemporary balls-out punk and hipster friendly pop-indie, the debut album by Brisbane based Aussie duo DZ Deathrays packs a powerful punch. This no-holds-barred attitude flows in the veins of the record, with every second throwing back to what you’d expect from basement parties in their native Australia. It is almost impossible [...]

Sam Duckworth, the driving force behind long time Punktastic favourites Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, is one busy man. Ignoring his frequent forays into political and ecological territory, he has dedicated himself to a hectic touring cycle and released five albums in as many years. In fact, it has been less than a year since [...]

Brooklyn’s DAYTRADER are a breath of fresh air, somewhat. You could argue that any band on Rise Records not coughing up chuggy metalcore would be refreshing, but DAYTRADER have something about them which gives them an alluring edge. It’s not like they have re-written the handbook in any way, but they’ve certainly rearranged a few [...]

The debut album by Wiltshire based four-piece Middlenamekill is distinctly old school. There has been a subtle but definite shift in the UK scene’s underground from the musical style of bands like Reuben and Hundred Reasons to the heavier bands of today. ‘When Lions Fight Bears’ style easily matches those in the former category, slowing [...]

New Vegas display an obvious affection for turn of the century emotional rock on ‘Overseer’, a record which builds upon the hefty foundations laid by mainstream bands of that ilk. There is a clear reference to lyrics and atmosphere driven by a more mature teenage angst throughout the seven tracks (and err, video games too). [...]

There has to be something in the water in south-west England. Following phenomenal recent releases from Cornish bands Veils and Crocus, Plymouth’s Brotherhood Of The Lake here unleash a behemoth of titanic proportions. Taking its title from the unlikely source of a Pink Floyd lyric, ‘Desperation Is The English Way Vol. 1′ sets out its [...]

London quintet indie-punks SPINELESS YES MEN EP’s three tracker ‘Better Side Of The Bar’ is barely long enough to call an EP, but we’re going to let that fly because it’s well into May and a perfect thing to recommend ahead of sunnier months of the year. ‘Poem, Poem’ kicks the EP off with a [...]

Still firmly in the club that thought the last Architects effort was actually pretty bang on, it was quite interesting to hear the claims that ‘Daybreaker’ was Architects “return to form”, especially as it was coming from a few of the same mouths that were more than happy to publicly hail ‘The Here And Now’ [...]