February, 2018 - Apathy & Exhaustion

Erik Nervous – Assorted Anxieties (Drunken Sailor Records / Neck Chop Records, 2018)

The thing that I really love about Drunken Sailor Records is that Juice is introducing me to new bands and artists on a monthly basis

Reggie and The Full Effect are a funny emo band. Both labels come with trappings and an unforgiving half life. In general, I have no

Senses Fail. One of the true veterans of the early/mids 00’s emo boom we all try to deny we were a part of back in

Fucked & Bound are a female fronted hardcore combo out of Seattle. This is harder than a kick in the fucking grid, and they certainly

Templeton Pek are a three piece combo from Birmingham (UK not Alabama), and Watching The World Come Undone is their 5th studio album. The release

With a a voice that sounds like he gargles whiskey and gravel every night before bed time, Brian Fallon emerged as this generations pre-eminent blue

Every time I think about it, I’m still bewildered as to how in the space of a few short years I went from being pretty

Now this one was always going to be a contentious one. I have many fond memories of rocking the first full length, Background Music (Reflections

To some, metalcore is the dirtiest of all words uttered to metal fans. To some it conjures the unrelenting mosh metal meets hardcore hybrid of

A few years back Harker appeared on my radar when main man Mark Boniface released an acoustic cover of Jawbreaker’s Do You Still Hate Me?