Reviews

Nervus are back with their second full length release 'Everything Dies'. A Powerful, yet wonderfully tuneful journey through alternative rock that engages the listener throughout. This album is Em Foster turning her insightful lyricism away from the introspective subject matter of their previous release and towards the outside world.

Post-hardcore mainstays Senses Fail return with their seventh full length effort and are setting out to prove that age and experience always prevail. Following on from the ultra aggressive 'Renancer' album and the melodic 'Pull The Thorns From Your Heart', the band appear to be aiming to head back to more familiar ground.

2018 has already been shaping up as a very exciting year for Scottish trio The Xcerts: touring Europe with Nothing But Thieves, getting their first top 40 album with Hold On To Your Heart and completing their own run of headline shows. As Hold On To Your Heart is one of our most-played releases of the year so far we went to the final date of the tour to celebrate alongside them.

Progressive metal visionaries Between The Buried And Me are back with a fresh batch of boundary-smashing, genre hopping tracks. This marks the first instalment in a two-part concept album that is set to take both the metal and progressive rock worlds by storm.

The lovable scamps in Waterparks return with their second full length album and have the world fully in their sights with their butter-wouldn’t-melt slices of pop rock. The foundations were laid with their debut album ‘Double Dare’ and hopefully the boys will be building upon this with their latest effort, ‘Entertainment’.

Cane Hill combine their previously explored Nu Metal sound and blend it with a combination of other musical influences to create a whole new animal for their second full length album. Although it’s not the finished article, this release shows a lot of promise and a massive step in the right direction.

Almost every band can attest to how important a debut album can be. It can make or break them – especially with new, and often fickle fans. But given by what we’ve seen and heard of the debut album by Swedish alt-rock band Noija, finding new fans and listeners shouldn’t be a problem.

Instrumental prog rock is an ever-growing musical world, full of staggering technical ability and songwriting talent. Standing out is becoming harder and harder; to do so is more and more impressive. Enter guitarist Chris Schiermann.

The LaFontaines are back with their new album Common Problem, the follow up to debut full-length Class; and there’s not a problem in sight. Known for their take on some of life’s biggest issues including political dilemmas, the weather and global issues, it has resulted in a relatable album that works significantly in their favour.

Another year, another outstanding Reading Festival. Taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend in Richfield Avenue, the three day epic is home to some of the biggest worldwide names spanning across genres far and wide. With a gloriously sunny landscape to top it all off, here's how our weekend at the festival went down...