October, 2017 - Apathy & Exhaustion

Girls in Synthesis – Suburban Hell EP (Blank Editions, 2017)

I got approached out of the blue over this one, and asked to review it by John from the band. I obviously agreed to it,

Sometimes you find things that you never had any intention of looking for. New York band The Movielife are such an example for me. Having

This just sounded too absurd to pass up. With a band name and album title like that, and the hilarious artwork (of a bear dressed

First off, The Dopamines are incredible. I will accept no arguments. Word. I tell thee. Yo. However, given they’ve been around for over 10 years,

One day, Laila K and Barney Boom were sitting around the boompad having a heated discussion: “Most of the time, I like our innovative directions,”

Admittedly, I was something of a late adopter of Beach Slang’s music. As I noted in my review of their second full length, A Loud

Oh, Iron Chic, how I love thee. Welcome back, my much loved audio friends. Truly it is a rare thing these days for a band

Renounced have made quite a name for themselves over the course of the last couple of years. With a number of hugely popular releases under

For this installment, I wanted to talk about my problematic relationship with the punk scene, and how I’ve felt about it / how it’s made

I’ve known James “Gutter Star” Lamont since the days of the Manc Punk Scene forum (R.I.P) in the early/mid-2000s – I was probably mercilessly ripping