Author Archives: andrewcream
Petrol Girls – Petrol Girls
When it comes to nailing your colours to the mast, describing yourselves as “raging feminist hardcore” certainly doesn’t pull any punches. And how refreshing for a band to make a real statement when so many of the supposed “punk” or … Continue reading
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
Cheap Girls – Famous Graves
Aw yeah, vintage Cheap Girls. I was lucky enough to see these guys last year with The Bouncing Souls in Glasgow and that was it, I was in love. With that in mind, I’m reviewing from one cold listen to … Continue reading
Guerrilla Monsoon – December [video]
Birmingham-based emo/punk four-piece Guerrilla Monsoon have uploaded a new video for a song which features on their upcoming split with New York’s Gameday Regulars. The record is being released on August 4th by Paper + Plastick in the US and … Continue reading
Scene Better Days 