Reviews

There’s a vast number of things Can’t Swim are accomplished at, but if you absolutely had to single one out, it would be their seemingly effortless ability to add groove to every song they write. It’s not just melody, a hook or a catchy riff either, it’s a little bit of magic that takes it far beyond something that’s simply pleasing to listen to.

Alabama hardcore quartet Gideon decide to party like its 1999, with a new album that goes for a paddle in the nu-metal end of the musical swimming pool. Does this new direction herald bigger things for the band?

Pop-punk powerhouses Blink-182 balance high energy, hook-worthy sounds and deep, dark, mature tones on latest release 'NINE'. The album sees Matt Skiba triumphantly return for a second run, serving up some serious vocal prowess, whilst Hoppus honestly deals with dark subject matters and Barker brings heap loads of heavy, percussive drive to NINE’s fifteen tracks.

All too often modern rock and metal bands can become enslaved to a type and style of music which is more cookie cutter than innovative. It is at times like these when Volbeat smack you dead in the teeth with a welcome wall of distinctive, melodic and thoroughly unique metal-billy. The band are touring venues in the UK on a headline run, and Bring The Noise UK were there in the front two, horns in the sky, for their sold-out Glasgow show.

Tiny Moving Parts have been celebrating the release of their new album 'breathe' in style, bringing their hard-hitting sound to venue across the UK. Joined by Microwave, we ventured down to the Cardiff show for what turned out to be a highly successful evening.

Petrol Girls are the soundtrack this generation needs, paving a way to make punk an anarchist art form. When they recently took to the stage at The Exchange in Bristol we were there to watch it unfold.

It’s been just over a year since Aussie trio With Confidence released their second studio album Love and Loathing, and to celebrate they’re out on a co-headline UK tour with label mates ROAM. With ROAM riding on a wave of excitement following the recent release of their third album Smile Wide, we knew spirits were going to be high when the first night of tour hit Southampton’s The 1865, and it's safe to say that we weren’t let down.

Being As An Ocean are back with their fifth studio album ‘Proxy: An A.N.I.M.O Story’ and are looking to get back on track, after the creative misstep of previous album ‘Waiting For The Morning To Come’.

Gunnersville Festival set in the surroundings of Gunnersbury Park made its debut earlier this month and in the process sent off festival season with soaring success. The Sunday of the Festival saw You Me At Six headline with the likes of Jimmy Eat World, As It Is, Deaf Havana and MILK TEETH take to the stage.

Ready and raring to return to their heavy roots, it seems Sleeping With Sirens have stamped in the face of an ambush of adversities. From the turmoil of a major label signing to tackling inner troubles, this was the fuel needed to fire up the birth of the band's sixth studio album 'How It Feels to Be Lost'. Their most daring endeavour to date, the Sumerian Records release sees Sirens striving to showcase relentless instrumentals, screamed vocals and a raging sense of honesty.