They say you can’t keep a good thing down and it is certainly true in the case of UK outfit, Modesty Blaise, despite their own self-destructive tendencies. Emerging from a 20-year hiatus the Bristol hailing band has just released their… Read More ›
Young Knives
Shaking Chains – Overvalued Ideas
There are moments and encounters which truly ignite our individual imaginations and passions, meetings which spark a new passion, inspiration or maybe an obsession within us all. One which might be the source of many of those eruptions is the… Read More ›
Young Knives – Barbarians
Since unveiling mini-album, The Young Knives…Are Dead, back in 2002, Young Knives have continually stretched their sounds and imaginations which in turn has just as dramatically stretched the equivalent of their fans. Across four subsequent full-lengths, the trio has preyed… Read More ›
Death & The Penguin – Anomie
Four years ago contemplating and feasting on their introduction via the Accidents Happen EP, we readily declared it “one of the most exciting entrances in a long time”, further intimating that “Death and the Penguin is the next big and… Read More ›
Wax Futures – The Museum of Everything
UK band Wax Futures to our mind has never fully fitted their post hardcore tag with their flavoursome sound but it has never been less applicable than with the bands new mini album The Museum of Everything. Boasting a virulent… Read More ›
Bear Makes Ninja – Shenanagrams
We all like a bit of teasing before being seduced, a touch of flirting before getting fully involved in a lustful union and that is exactly what the songs within Shenanagrams do. The debut album from British math/alternative rock trio… Read More ›
The Dead Betas – Siren EP
I am sure we all get excited and very often from new bands and introductions to their creative persuasions, but truly, really excited? Maybe much less so but that deep rooted tingle has certainly been inspired by the Siren EP… Read More ›
How To Swim – Niagarama
An inescapable transfixing, Niagarama the new album from Scottish chamber pop band How To Swim seduces with an irresistible charm and almost devious artistry which simply enslaves the imagination and passions. It is a deliciously varied and adventurous escapade, a… Read More ›
Smilex – La Petite Mort
Part devious, part psychotic, and all compelling, La Petite Mort is an album which revels in uncompromising and distraught rock ‘n’ roll. It is an encounter which sits easily alongside recent gems from imaginative UK protagonists like Mojo Fury, The… Read More ›
Death and the Penguin – Accidents Happen
Providing a clutch of immersive anthems, though may be not in the recognisable sense, Accidents Happen the debut EP from UK indie/rock band Death and the Penguin is not only magnificent stands as one of the most startling and compellingly… Read More ›
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