Monthly Archives: July 2014
Trading Blows with Bear Trade
Bear Trade‘s merry band of beer swilling, fun loving, gruff and ready lads from the North West having been winning hearts and minds across the UK and beyond for a few years now. With their superb new release ‘Blood and … Continue reading
Big Wow – Viva Venom!
Awkward Leeds-based power pop punk trio Big Wow have uploaded a track off their upcoming release on Specialist Subject Records. ‘Viva Venom!’ is off Teamwork Makes The Dream Work, which is out on September 8th. Check out the song below. … Continue reading
ASTPAI – Careers [video]
Austrian punk rockers ASTPAI have released a new video for the song ‘Careers’, which features on their upcoming fifth studio album Burden Calls. The video features footage from the band’s mainstage appearance at this year’s Groezrock festival. The new album … Continue reading
Annabel / Dowsing – Split EP
It’s too easy to call bands emo again these days, and I’m just enough of a grumpy old to point this out. We couldn’t agree on emo then, the genre twisted around on itself at least three times before all … Continue reading
Brontide – Artery
Artery is the second album from Brontide. It may lack some of the ferocity of earlier offerings, but the three-piece have simply tamed the beast. This is just as good as Sans Souci, and still sounds like a Brontide album, … Continue reading
Ex Friends – Animal Needs
For Ex Friends, it’s all about pace. There’s little time to wind down from the early riffs in the May-released Animal Needs EP, the band’s fourth release. The four songs lined up on this record reverberate, giving you an irresistible … Continue reading
Hard Girls – A Thousand Surfaces
The first thing I think when listening to the latest offering from San Jose’s Hard Girls is that they sound like a good, likable Menzingers. Don’t get me wrong, I like The Menzingers, but Hard Girls just do it better. … Continue reading
Scene Better Days 