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Annabel – Having It All
From the off this is exactly the kind of record I love. It’s emo with one of those singers that can sing, but chooses not to at the heavy bits. Having It All starts off with ‘Another Day, Another Vitamin’, … Continue reading
Direct Effect: Testy, Febrile, Monumental Fuck-ups
Direct Effect are a fractious bunch of new-wave-of-noisecore youngbloods from the greater Eastern Seaboard of the US of A. They also happen to be signed to the impossibly boutique US post-hardcore label Tiny Engines (home of Dikembe, Signals Midwest and … Continue reading
Little Big League / Ovlov – Split 7”
The internet seems to be full of articles that say all the best band names has been taken, and Ovlov aren’t doing much to challenge this theory, with their backwards written Swedish dad car moniker. Although saying that, a zombie-themed … Continue reading
Dikembe – Get Harder [music]
Gainesville’s Dikembe have revealed another new song from their upcoming second album Mediumship, which is out in August on Tiny Engines. ‘Get Harder’ is streaming now on Spin; check it out here. The band previously uploaded ‘Hoot Rat Messiah’ off … Continue reading
Runaway Brother – Summer/Autumn
As a prelude to their debut full-length album, Runaway Brother has released the very short EP Summer/Autumn. First up in the title track ‘Summer/Autumn’. Almost immediately the song is reminiscent of Tubelord, but unfortunately a weaker version. It’s catchy however, … Continue reading
Somos – Temple of Plenty
Somos are outright worshippers of Hot Rod Circuit, and that suits me just fine. It’s about time more bands trod in the footsteps of an act who wrote some of the finest emo punk melodies ever penned. Everything that made … Continue reading
The Hotelier – Home, Like Noplace Is There
‘Home, Like Noplace Is There’ might sound like what Yoda would say before tapping his ruby slippers together but, in this case at least, it is actually the title of a new release from The Hotelier. The album marks a … Continue reading
Scene Better Days 