For anyone who, like me, grew up on the old-school emo and post-hardcore sounds of the early 2000s, we may just have found you a nostalgic new favourite band.
New Band of the Week: Better Than Mending
New Music Friday Round-Up: 25 January
Our first round-up of the week's best new music in 2019 - oops, been busy! - has been well worth the wait, with a host of great new tracks for you to wrap your ears around. This week, we have a series of great new EPs from British bands and a real treat of new... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Gareth Haskins
Gareth Haskins, bassist and backing vocalist in Swindon band One Last Thrill, has gone it alone with a solo sound that he describes as "a modern twist on 60s and classic blues rock."
Introducing: I Cried Wolf
Oxfordshire rockers I Cried Wolf made quite the impression with their debut EP back in 2015, only to see a three-year hiatus brought to an end in fine fashion at the end of last year.
EP Review: wars – As Within // So Without
Our second new EP of 'exciting release review day' is the excellent second EP from Rugby rockers wars As Within // So Without, their first longer form release since debut album around three years ago. And it's been well worth the wait.
EP Review: Chapter & Verse – Glow
Today is exciting release review day - yep, that might not catch on - which kicks off with a preview of Glow, the launch of the second EP from East London's finest Chapter and Verse.
New Band of the Week: The Rupees
It's easy to see why the up-tempo guitars and funky synth-dominated sound of Bristol's The Rupees is attracting a swiftly growing reputation.
Introducing: HARMED
HARMED fuse brutally heavy, low-tuned guitar riffs with furiously savage vocals in their wild and wonderful hardcore sound, which they describe as "angry, chaotic, noisy" - and who are we to disagree.
Introducing: Collides
Expect plenty of energetic riffiness in the straight-up rock'n'roll sound of Irish garage rockers Collides.
Introducing: Quitters
If you're after a bit of feel-good punk-rock that's just about angsty enough for you to sing along and forget all the worries in life then Montpellier's Quitters are just the ticket.
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