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
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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
Album Review: Giants ‘Break The Cycle’
Essex punk band Giants are set to release their debut album, Break The Cycle, on April 1st via Holy Roar Records, and it’s about as heavy and angsty as you would imagine. From the first five seconds into the album, you know what you’re getting yourself into with this band. Continue Reading
Album Review: The 1975’s ‘I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It’
I’m not even going to snark about the title of The 1975’s sophomore album. Yes, it’s obnoxiously wordy, but it came from a place of tenderness and was chosen by frontman Matty Healy in a moment of conviction – isn’t that what you want from a band? The 1975 combines Continue Reading
Live Review: ZIBRA @ Electric Brixton (02/18/2016)
In honor of the upcoming awards show, the BRITS gave Londoners a little treat with an exclusive, intimate show with ZIBRA, Sundara Karma, and Bring Me The Horizon. Jam-packed in the Electric Brixton on a Thursday night, it became apparent that the opening band, ZIBRA, was at a slight disadvantage Continue Reading
Album Review: Hands Like Houses ‘Dissonants’
After completing a full run on the 2015 Vans Warped Tour as well as a North American headliner tour this past fall, Canberra-based alternative rock band Hands Like Houses has delivered a powerhouse of an album with their newest release, Dissonants. Pushing 260,000 fans on Facebook, three years in the Continue Reading
Live Review: State Champs & Neck Deep @ The O2 Forum (02/06/2016)
Since its introduction, the underdog of the music world has always been pop punk. Overlooked by mainstream media since the early 2000s, pop punk pioneers like New Found Glory, who introduced the genre to the masses in the early 90s, have all, but disappeared from mainstream music. This steady decline of Continue Reading
Live Review: Citizen @ The Dome Tufnell Park (01/30/2016)
As a band that only tours in the UK every so often, not nearly as frequently as they do in the states, it was very clear that Citizen’s sold out show at London’s The Dome Tufnell Park was going to be a special one for fans. With the line nearly Continue Reading