Tag: alternative rock

28 September 2022 / Reviews

Somehow Jo – Scales and Details

20 September 2022 / Reviews

Abrams – In the Dark

Denver noise rockers, Abrams, went into 2020 as a trio with a plan to tour their Modern Ways album the world over. They came out of the global lockdown eighteen…

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15 September 2022 / Reviews

Landlords – Codeine EP

New Zealand quartet, Landlords, formed in 2017 out of the ashes of various metal and hardcore bands in their native Hamilton and bonded over a shared love of shoegaze and…

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10 September 2022 / Album of the Week

The Callous Daoboys – Celebrity Therapist

6 September 2022 / Metal

Might – Abyss

‘The attention to detail and intricate precision of the many layers makes for a fascinating experience. Oh, and it’s heavy as fuck,’ is how we described Might’s debut LP back…

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30 August 2022 / Dark

Dawnwalker – House of Sand

You should be worried when a metal band stop listening to their Black Sabbath records in favour of The Beatles. Dawnwalker produced one of the finest progressive/post-metal albums of 2020…

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28 June 2022 / Metal

Charlie Griffiths – Tiktaalika

7 June 2022 / Reviews

Astronoid – Radiant Bloom

Astronoid are a conundrum. The meandering melodies of shoegaze have always been a part of their sound but so have the savage dynamics of thrash metal and black metal. They’re…

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3 June 2022 / Reviews

Cave In – Heavy Pendulum

The death of Caleb Scofield in 2018 could have ended Cave In, but they honoured their late bassist by mixing and mastering their last demos with him for 2019’s acclaimed,…

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18 May 2022 / Reviews

Puppy – Pure Evil

English trio, Puppy, are the type of heavy noise experiment NME and The Guardian cover as a sop to their small number of readers with a passing interest in metal.…

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