I’ve always had a thing for both European screamo bands and noise rock. Discordant blasts of noise are a hell of a lot of fun
Read moreYear of the Fist – Revive Me (Heart On Records, 2019)
Year of the Fist are a dual female fronted four-piece from Oakland, California. I know next to nowt about Oakland, asides from it’s now home
Read moreHarrowed – Chaotic Nonentity (Feast of Tentacles / Super Fi, 2019)
These days it seems that every band is overactive on social media to the point of eye gouging irritation. A constant stream of announcements for
Read more7in and EP round-up October 2019
Oh dear. Seems like some fools are gonna fall foul of my cantankerous side. I disapprove of nothing else like I disapprove of having my
Read moreMy War (part 356?): the long job war
Recently I’ve been finding life (more than) a bit of a struggle for a variety of reasons. I feel like I’ve been letting down this
Read moreToronto Blessings – Asleep (self-released, 2019)
Toronto Blessings – Asleep (self-released) My dude from back home in Barnsley, Rik Whitehead, hit me up a few weeks ago to tell me about
Read moreEscape Elliott – Everything Here Is Make Believe (Engineer Records, 2019)
Well. Not really sure what I was supposed to make of this to be honest. It’s er… something? This crew are from a range of
Read moreLagwagon – Railer (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)
Where to start? I fucking love Lagwagon, me. Pretty unfashionable to like Lagwagon these days, right? Which is something the band themselves made a joke
Read moreWarm Needles – Don’t Tell Me How To Live EP / No Friends, No Enemies EP (Different Kitchen Records / Crapoulet / Tour Van Records, 2019)
I’m counting myself lucky enough to have received a copy of this hoss right here from my dude at Different Kitchen Records. This is a
Read moreCereal Killer – The Beginning & End of Cereal Killer (Drunken Sailor Records, 2019)
Fuck me. This is nuts. Off the chain, rabid dog nuts, mate. Like, wowee zowee. It’s great. Where the hell does Juice find these bands?
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