So today we have a guest top 5 albums of 2017, courtesy of my internet buddy, Mark Lind. Some of you may know him from
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At The Drive In – In•ter A•li•a (Rise Records, 2017)
I like words. This is because on the rare occasions that I get in sync with them I feel fleetingly in control of things. I
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The Celetoids – Pupal Stage 12″
Never heard of The Celetoids? Don’t worry mate, they’re from Croatia. Don’t beat yourself up over it. Although, once you hear this latest slice of
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Jaya the Cat – A Good Day For The Damned (Destiny Records, 2017)
I was a late convert to Jaya the Cat, a band who have been around in various line up guises since the 90’s. Their Facebook
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Negative Space – Gestalt (Drunken Sailor Records, 2017)
This record seems to exude the kind of bleak existential paranoia that was probably rife during the early – mid 1980s. I was too young
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Regular readers of my hugely popular posts here at A&E may be surprised to discover that, despite my propensity for destroying everything Tony hands me
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Converge – The Dusk In Us (Deathwish Inc. / Epitaph, 2017)
First off, this has been a very challenging review to write. I have binned and restarted it at least 3 times, after a significant number
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Scarfold – Divide Decline (Indelirium Records, 2017)
Being the once and former “angry man” on this blog apparently means that I get saddled with all the bolshy hardcore stuff to review. Lucky
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First Base – Not That Bad (Drunken Sailor Records, 2017)
This is well nifty. I’m totally buzzing of this record, and I shall tell you why. As someone with a generally negative outlook (no surprises
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