Reviews

Mozes and the Firstborn are proving that grunge isn’t only rife in the Pacific Northwest. Hailing from The Netherlands, this quartet is throwing their sound into the ring with sleazy power-pop guitars and emotive vocals. The band aren’t aiming to re-write the rule book, but they are a strong presence in our new era of grunge. 'Dadcore' is the band’s third album released through the independent label, Burger Records.

Last year, Aussie quartet The Faim released their debut EP Summer Is A Curse. After a line-up reshuffle, they’ve started off the new year with their debut UK headline tour, beginning with a sold-out Southampton Joiners. Joined by Chapel and Halflives, we went down to watch them kick-off the tour in style.

Enter Shikari are objectively one of the best bands at being a great band in the UK. Possibly the world. They have been for a long time, and it doesn’t seem set to change anytime soon.

One of the most anticipated tours of recent times, Architects set out on their biggest headline run to date in support of 2018's album 'Holy Hell'. Joined by Beartooth and Polaris we eagerly made our way to Cardiff Motorpoint Arena for a night of chaos.

The merchants of misery known as A Pale Horse Named Death are back with their third full length album ‘When The World Becomes Undone’ and are looking to pick up exactly where they left off with their previous effort.

These kind of shows have been a long time coming for Bury Tomorrow. The band’s sincerity and passion has never been in doubt, and yet it’s been a consistently bumpy ride to success for them. Perhaps that’s part of why this current run of show feels so triumphant: Bury Tomorrow got here through sheer perseverance and being better than their peers. No gimmicks, no lucky timing, not really any haircuts to speak of. Just pure graft.

The cult status of A Perfect Circle is only enhanced by the band’s detached attitude to their fans. You can come to see them if you want, but if you didn’t they wouldn’t care and they’d still play a great show all the same. Which is probably true. Despite the band’s rare periods of activity, this is a band whose class and musicianship puts most other bands to shame.

New Jersey quintet Palisades have released their new album Erase The Pain via Rise Records. Releasing right at the end of 2018 - a time when people can overlook new releases - could be tricky territory, so this needed to be something special to capture the attention of music lovers. Here's what we thought of the band's latest record!

Newcastle quintet Tomorrow Is Lost have released their debut EP, 'The Shadowman'. Having spent the last two years relentlessly playing shows and building up a fanbase, the lead up to the debut has been nothing but incredible and worth the wait.

Back in May 2018, William Ryan Key released his debut EP Thirteen and just six months on he’s back with follow up EP Virtue. The former Yellowcard frontman has put his heart on his sleeve during the release, full of every feeling from euphoric happiness to crushing sadness. We had a listen to the EP and here’s what we thought of the six tracks.