We don’t like repeating ourselves but there is one phrase we never tire of offering and that is saying “one of the year’s most essential encounters” and it is time to make that declaration once again. Memory Lanes is the… Read More ›
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Miss June – Bad Luck Party
“Miss June demand attention” These words leap out at the end of the band’s biography and the fact that the likes of The Foo Fighters, Shellac, Wolf Alice, Idles and Die! Die! Die! have all grabbed New Zealand hailing Miss… Read More ›
Buñuel – The Easy Way Out
If the soundtrack to the fall of the world is The Easy Way Out, the new album from Buñuel, then our arms for one can easily embrace the demise of all. The eleven track tempest is simply glorious, a collusion… Read More ›
Canshaker Pi – Naughty Naughty Violence
The word is that Dutch outfit Canshaker Pi is one emerging proposition sparking excitement and keen attention at every turn. Now having been introduced to them through their first album it is easy to hear why. Naughty Naughty Violence is… Read More ›
Exoskeletons – We Are Here To Make Things Better
Two years ago, British outfit Exoskeletons caught the imagination with their first release, the Get Lost EP. It was a striking almost rabid slice of punk infused noise rock which excited as it whetted the appetite for the band’s emerging… Read More ›
Pink Muscles -The Signal
There is no denying that 2017 has to date been a truly potent and exciting ignition of personal tastes and that success has just been given another lusty boost through the debut album from US noise punks Pink Muscles. Devouring… Read More ›
Min Diesel – Mince
Mince, the debut album from Scottish band Min Diesel, is a clash on the senses and for some maybe a car crash as certainly their sound is not going to be an easy fit for many. It is a challenging… Read More ›
Jarboe and Helen Money – Self Titled
It is almost frightening how spellbinding the collaboration between Jarboe and Helen Money is on their self-titled album, how immersed into its dark inviting depths and ravenously siren-esque shadows ears, imagination, and simply reality becomes. The release is quite extraordinary,… Read More ›
The Males – Her Golden Blood EP
Dirty, fuzz lit, and pungently unfussy, the sound of UK noise rock band The Males is a proposition which just crawls under the skin and gets feet right through to passions dancing to its feverish tune. The band’s new EP… Read More ›