This is the new Face to Face record out on Fat Wreck. Tony asked me to review it as he said he finds them ‘dull
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Wolves In the Throne Room – Primordial Arcana (Relapse Records/Century Media, 2021)
Cascadian black metal OGs, Wolves in the Throne Room, are back after a four year break with their seventh album, Primordial Arcana. This also marks
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7in and EP round-up: September 2021 (part 2)
Spells / Custody split 7in (Brassneck Records) The observant amongst you (realistically who is even paying attention to any of this and does it even
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7in and EP round-up: September 2021 (part 1)
So some dickhead decided to come back from hiatus and foolishly advertised this fact on Facebook. Seemingly I now have a load of stuff to
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Dog Heaven – There is Only… (Everything Sucks / Rad Girlfriend Records, 2021)
Apologies to Dave and all at Everything Sucks and Josh at Rad Girlfriend – this review is somewhat delayed for various of the usual reasons:
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Heavy Seas – Everything Breaks (Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records / Sell the Heart Records, 2021)
Do you know what’s great? When people you have a great deal of admiration for put a load of effort into writing, recording and releasing
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Lower Automation – Lower Automation (Zegema Beach, 2021)
Chicago mathpunks, Lower Automation, have based their self-titled record around a single premise: let’s make the weirdest record we can. They originally made 12 demos,
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Et On Tuera Tous Les Affreux – Mange Tes Morts (Different Kitchen Records / Toxic Wotsit et al, 2021)
Et On Tuera Tous Les Affreux are a queer punx band from Caen, France. According to the Toxic Wotsit website, they play what they call
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7in and EP round-up: June 2021 (part 1)
The Dumpies – Drunk Dial Records 7in Series vol. 8 (Drunk Dial Records) It’s always an exciting and / or interesting time whenever a new
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Big|Brave – Vital (Southern Lord, 2021)
Quebecois minimalists, Big | Brave are back with their fifth album, Vital, which also marks their fifth release with lovers of all things heavy Southern
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