The Pretty Flowers hail from Los Angeles, and are made up of members of a whole raft of bands I’ve never heard of because I’m
Read moreThe Stayawakes – Dogs and Cats / Living Together (Surefire Discs / badHORROR Recordings / ShoveItUpYourCult Records, 2018)
The Stayawakes are from Southsea, and Dogs And Cats / Living Together is their debut album. They reportedly play “loud, fuzzy indie-punk with poppy melodies,
Read moreRetirement Party – Somewhat Literate (Counter Intuitive Records, 2018)
When I was asked if I wanted to review this, I was intrigued by the promotional blurb. Themes of anxieties around growing older, struggles with
Read moreLemuria – Recreational Hate (Asian Man records / Turbo Worldwide, 2017)
I’ll be honest – this one slipped under the radar. It totally slipped by untracked at the tail end of 2017. I suppose by way
Read moreHappy Accidents – Everything But The Here & Now (Alcopop Records, 2018)
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
Read moreThe Young Hearts – Honestly, I’m Just Thinking (Primordial Records, 2017)
The title Honestly, I’m Just Thinking and the record label name gave me some kind of mental image that this was going to be some
Read moreBig Nothing – s/t 7in (Asian Man Records, 2017)
From the aching opening lines of Cincinnati, “It takes everything that I’ve got not to cry, when I’m lying awake at night and I’m remembering
Read moreThe Smith Street Band – More Scared of You Than You Are of Me (Specialist Subject Records / Sideonedummy / Uncle M / Pool House Records, 2017)
I’ve always thought that the way in which people form opinions about stuff or events or people without actually having any knowledge about them is
Read moreJared Grabb – Masters (So Say We All Records / Thinker Thought Records, 2017)
When I got this in my inbox, I was thinking “Who?”, and the likelihood is most of you reading this will be too. Jared, prior
Read moreAdult Magic – s/t EP (Drunken Sailor Records / Dead Broke Rekerds 2017)
Technically, this is a semi-reprint of the original review from last year when our dude Mike at Dead Broke Rekerds originally put this out stateside.
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