A new Skindred record is always a cause for celebration, and doubly so when it’s as crammed with as much self-belief as ‘You Got This’. While their sound has mellowed of late, like on 2023’s ‘Smile’, ...

In 1996, the world was still digesting what Rage Against the Machine had done to it three years earlier. Their self-titled debut album had arrived like a grenade rolled under the door of mainstream ...

The most immediately notable aspect of Teen Suicide’s latest offering – ‘Nude Descending A Staircase Headless’ – is that the production value is great. This is worth pointing out as the band initially ...

The problem with naming your band Tired Of Fighting is that it is literally asking for a reviewer to list all the things they’re tired of. Let’s not do that. Let’s talk about their new record, ‘And ...

‘Did You Ask To Be Set Free?’ is a potent mixture of experience, ambition and grief. Imagine a broken heart buried in a pop song; imagine a dove; listen to the sound of hope.

It’s Grade 2’s album launch show and we’re here to celebrate the music of 1977 with the future of the old school scene. As a crowd, we’re a tight fit into the venue, guys with Cock Sparrer skull ...

Covering themes of generational trauma and toxic familial relationships, ‘Pain Travels’ seems a particularly apt title for the debut album of Leeds-based mathcore/post-hardcore quintet Love Rarely.

The most immediately notable aspect of Teen Suicide’s latest offering – ‘Nude Descending A Staircase Headless’ – is that the production value is great. This is worth pointing out as the band initially ...

Joyce Manor have distilled the sound of watching gentrification happen to your favourite grimy neighbourhood into Californian punk gold. Their sixth album, ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’ drips with ...

Honesty is a strange thing. It isn’t the same as lying, but it’s not the same as truth either. A song doesn’t need truth to feel honest, just like how honesty isn’t always true. One of the best things ...

Names are important. You can tell a lot from a name. Butch conjures a very different mental picture to Clive. You’d imagine a band called Cannibal Corpse sounding very different to one called Floral ...