After being locked away in the studio for well over a year, Pierce The Veil kicked off their first show since the completion of their new album, Misadventures, at the bustling Oxford Street HMV, located in the center of London. To an intimate crowd of three hundred of their biggest Continue Reading
Reviews
Album Review: FAULTLINES ‘All We’ve Ever Known’
While metal is often a male-dominated genre, the UK band Faultlines offers metalcore and screamo fans a unique harmony of melodic vocals and guttural growls alongside impressive guitar and synths. Christina Rotondo takes the lead in this six-piece group, singing with a passion and intensity that carries the lyrics of the Continue Reading
Live Review: Counterfeit @ Electric Ballroom 23/04/16
Check out the full gallery of photos from the performance here. If this band isn’t on your radar, now is the time to pay attention. Hailing from the UK, Counterfeit’s a new hard-hitting punk rock band on the scene that has lyrics you’ll relate to, music you’ll love and a Continue Reading
Album Review: Beaumont ‘Nothing’
The Nothing EP is a strong debut for Birmingham alt-rockers Beaumont. The second track, “Boys And Girls,” which was already released as a single, is a good representation of the EP as a whole. In it, the band has harnessed a style that brings together the sing-along punkiness of bands Continue Reading
Album Review: Sorority Noise ‘It Kindly Stopped For Me’
Connecticut-based band Sorority Noise released their EP It Kindly Stopped For Me today. The EP follows with the bands writing style, a style that allows them to unapologetically discuss topics that are often overlooked including, addiction, suicide and depression. In four folk-influenced unplugged rock songs, lead singer Cam Boucher Continue Reading
Live Review: Neck Deep World Tour @ O2 Guildhall (16/04/16)
Check out the full gallery of photos from the night here. There might not be a ton to do in the English seaport town of Southampton, but on the night of Neck Deep’s show with WSTR and Creeper, it was evident that a large population of the city are pop Continue Reading
Album Review: Max Raptor Self-Titled
It’s been said before that punk is dead, but within seconds of listening to Max Raptor’s new self-titled album, it’s clear the band didn’t get the memo. With rousing lyrics to anger the calmest souls, vocalist Wil Ray offers a guttural cry to the rafters on all 12 tracks of Continue Reading
Album Review: Me Like Bees ‘There Will Be Time’
Indie rock quartet Me Like Bees are back with their new EP There Will Be Time, the head-bopping comeback from their 2013 release The Ides. The EP accentuates the band’s complete sound from the use of guitars to drums to horns, showing the amount of passion put into the release. Continue Reading
Album Review: The Flux Machine ‘Louder!’
Punk rockers The Flux Machine recently released their latest LP Louder! on February 26th. The NYC-based duo, made up of Luis Accorsi and Raphael Sepulveda, present an energetic, funky album full of strong vocals with intense instrumentals to back them up. Right from the start, the liveliness from The Flux Continue Reading
Single Review: Only Shadows “Be Still”
The release of the single, “Be Still,” which also includes the accompanying song, “Many A Mountain,” is a promising start for UK indie rockers Only Shadows. The band has been dubbed “one of the UK’s most exciting rising bands” by BBC Introducing, and after listening to them for myself, I Continue Reading
Live Review: PVRIS @ The Forum (04/07/16)
PVRIS has had quite the year so far. Once finishing up their tour with Fall Out Boy and AWOLNATION, they wasted no time jumping over the pond for their headlining European tour. Playing sold out venues that hold a couple thousand individuals every night, it is clear that the expectations Continue Reading
Live Review: Nothing But Thieves @ The Forum (31/03/16)
Selling out the O2 Forum in London’s Kentish Town, the five members from Essex that make up Nothing But Thieves brought one of their best performances to the crowd of nearly 2,500. Opening up the fourteen song set list with “Itch”, a track off of their self titled album that Continue Reading