It’s an experience similar to listening to the new Boss Keloid album. But don’t worry, it’s a very good thing. If you haven’t encountered Boss Keloid, their sound is a progressive mixture of rock, ...

Like Roses have taken their influences and run with them. As we’re flung into ‘Nowhere’, the realisation hits; ‘After It Ends’ is the female response to all the whiney pop-punk protagonists who have ...

This is the one I’d play first if I could only play one. It’s about something I care about a lot: the moment you start calculating, you ruin things. A hundred-dollar bill waved in your face and ...

Moni Jitchell’s live set-up is stark; A drumkit, twelve strings, two amps, two people, one microphone. That’s basically the sound of ‘Aware’. It’s similar to bands like ’68 or Jamie Lenman’s new ...

Have you ever stared at an M.C. Escher painting? You know the ones. Where there’s a staircase that goes around and around but has no beginning or end. Or the flock of white birds flying one way and ...

Music can often feel like a journey. The listener is taken on an emotional ride with the musicians at the helm, inviting us to reflect on our own lived experiences as their music scores the way. The ...

There’s a good chance a lot of reviews are going to slate the new Menzingers record. ‘Everything I Ever Saw’ is so different from their raging punk past, and that’s going to alienate the folk who want ...

Often music trends come and go in cycles – “what old, is new again”. With an ethereal mix of grunge, rock, metal, and shoegaze in their sound, emerging Floridian quartet Moodring is stylistically ...

What’s the statute of limitations on genre “revivals”? Ten years? Twenty? What about the revival and/or reinvigoration of multiple genres simultaneously? Somehow, it’s been twelve years since the ...

During the spring, up at the lake, the birds make nests. If you head up there early morning, you can watch the hatchlings take to the water. They’re yellow, fluffy and cute. Within a few weeks that ...

“Friends don’t let friends get Friends haircuts” was the message scrawled on the body of Mike Inez’s bass guitar as his band, Alice In Chains, performed their now legendary MTV Unplugged set on 10th ...

Hardcore is starting to appear to encompass an ever increasing range of musical styles, but at its heart, hardcore remains more than just a sound; it’s an attitude, a community, a feeling. With their ...