With a blend of pop-punk, math rock, and grunge revivalism, ‘Still There’s A Glow’ achieves a coherency even across songs like ‘Sunblind’ and ‘Rotten’, which respectively bring a lightness and a ...
The thrill of entering Brixton Academy to the sound of The Bouncing Souls’ ‘Private Radio’ is unmatched, and that’s what Less Than Jake’s Winter Circus tour promises: ic ...
History proved The Lawrence Arms right to take their new direction. Punknews rated ‘Oh! Calcutta!’ as their top album of the entire decade, ranking it higher than Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ or Blink ...
There’s a lot of great covers out there, but it’s nearly impossible to talk about excellent covers, certainly within the ...
Black Stone Cherry are determined to mark their successes in life, and the very literally named ‘Celebrate’ is seven tracks dedicated to just this. That said, don’t expect songs you can blow out your ...
On their new album, The Gloom In The Corner are tuned to a whole new wavelength. The results are as thrilling as a signal beamed in from another planet. Wow – ‘Royal Discordance’ is a breathtaking ...
Misfits put out four of the tracks as their single ‘Bullet’ on their own label, then quietly shelved the rest of the album.
A Wilhelm Scream have turned to the dark side, and it suits them. The Massachusetts punks’ sixth outing, ‘Cheap Heat’ sees them taking on the role of the heel, playing the villain as a foil to the ...
In ‘Teenage Dirtbags: A Brief History of the MTV2 Generation’, Jon Sheasby has written a gritty retrospective of the alternative music explosion defining the late 90s and early 2000s. This isn’t a ...
Armed with a back catalogue of pit starters, blending hardcore energy with nu-metal groove and metalcore ferocity, Philadelphia’s Varials have been consistently, albeit tumultuously, churning out ...
Buddy Schaub (trombone) – “I don’t know if the word “obsessed” makes me sound crazy, but I have been on a non stop loop of over listening to and then taking a break and then listening on repeat to a ...
Some bands are just synonymous with a good time, and Less Than Jake have to be right up there at the top of the list. There isn’t a secret to their success except for staying the course, putting ...