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
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