As so many within the media are contemplating even revealing their best of the year lists, some deciding even before December opens its eyes let alone before its last embers die out, we say hold the press and keep those… Read More ›
The Three Johns
Halshug – Drøm
Temptation can come in a broad and varied landscape of enticement; it can be a warm seduction or a nagging teasing among numerous other incitements. In the hands of Danish band Halshug it is a challengingly fearsome proposal and as… Read More ›
Varsovie – Coups et Blessures
Comprised of Arnault Destal (drums, lyrics, music, arrangements) and Grégory Catherina (vocals, guitar, music), Varsovie is a band which has just released one of the year’s most compelling propositions so far in the shape of third album Coups et Blessures…. Read More ›
Frauds – With Morning Toast & Jam & Juice
It cannot be just coincidence that year on year December brings some of the relevant year’s best and often most dramatic releases. Maybe it is just that they generally come within a concentrated two week burst with the year’s final… Read More ›
Cardboard HIT – Subject to Status
We all have favourite bands which feel like they have been bred to pleasure personal tastes and desires and now adding to our list is UK trio Cardboard HIT. Creating a tantalising mix of punk, alternative and noise rock, and… Read More ›
Hey Colossus – The Guillotine
As proven time and time again with UK outfit Hey Colossus, the only thing expectations can assume is that any encounter with them will be thickly compelling and singularly distinct in theirs and the surrounding musical landscape. And so it… Read More ›
The Machismo’s – Share One With A Friend
At times listening to Share One With A Friend, the new album from The Machismo’s, it is hard to decide whether it is a kaleidoscope of its author’s talents and imagination or a bedlam of the same. It is one… Read More ›
The Gaa Gaas – Close Your Eyes
It has been a long time in the waiting and an increasingly anticipated moment; that being the time when something new from The Gaa Gaas would step forward to infest ears. That occasion is now with the release of new… Read More ›
Nonagon – The Last Hydronaut
Carving out a noise which simultaneously torments and seduces the senses, US band Nonagon is an encounter which challenges and rewards with an equal intensity and vitriolic craft. Their third EP The Last Hydronaut takes no prisoners, its offering demanding… Read More ›
GagReflex – Nails EP
A release which passed us as probably it did a great many at the tail end of last year, Nails the debut EP from UK noise punks GagReflex is a release and introduction to its creators which undoubtedly still needs… Read More ›
The RingMaster Review 