record review - Apathy & Exhaustion

Beach Slang – A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings (Polyvinyl / Big Scary Monsters, 2016)

I’ve heard the name Beach Slang doing the rounds for around a year or so now, and after hearing a couple of tracks online, I

The Fairweather Band (TFB) are completely new to me, I’ll level with you. This album, Meow, is their debut album, which came out earlier this

It would be far too easy, especially upon hearing ‘Sleepless’, the opener to Departures third album, to describe them as the UK’s answer to Touché

This is going to be one of those awkward reviews in that I am acquainted with some members of Wonk Unit, and also some of

So, a confession: I heard about Against Me! a little late and by the time I checked them out I was completely underwhelmed. Polished ‘punk’

Well, what can I say, other than Mike Park at Asian Man is on a total roll at the moment, with yet another great release.

I’ll make a confession up front and say I haven’t listened to The Bouncing Souls in a long time. I guess I was never fully

I’d never heard of Dogbreth before but, on paper, this band is right up my street. However, and I know I am going to sound

First off, I need to give my man Mike Park at Asian Man records a big “yo!” for kindly agreeing to send me stuff to

These days I seem to be in the habit of reviewing records that come out after a band has been on a bit of a