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David Banks – Until the End
8.5/10 Listening to David Banks’ new record Until the End feels like listening to a mainstream radio station. It bathes deeply in the essence of 70s classic rock, like a teen dousing themselves in cologne […]
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Ram Ones – Real Tree Camo
8/10 I love a band with a sense of humour. There are so many punk bands that take themselves too seriously, even though punk rock is one of the goofiest subgenres out there (next to […]
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Struggle Session – Sudamérica Ruido y Amor
6/10 Struggle Session is a Beijing-based band here with the thirty-three song, ten-minute long album Sudamérica Ruido y Amor. The album is a tribute to the band’s recent tour, with each song titled after a […]
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Torche – Admission
8/10 Bubblegum pop. 90s influenced grunge. Matt Pike giving birth to a doom-sludge hybrid demon. Shoegazing. If you were to blend all those musical styles together meticulously, you most likely end up with a revolting, […]
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Spiders Eat Vinyl – Violet Silhouettes
8/10 Violet Silhouettes is the latest release from Manchester UK’s Spiders Eat Vinyl. This EP is a collaboration between the duo of Jonny Freeman (guitar/beats/sequencer), Jack Moxley (keyboard/synths/beats) and vocalist Frances Hall. These partners did […]
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As I Lay Dying – Shaped By Fire
9/10 Let’s lay out some ground rules before we get started here. I’m not here to pick sides. I’m not here to discuss the controversy or redemption that surrounds the name of the band you […]
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Cross Dog – Hollow
6.9/10 Latest sound offering from three-piece Ontarian Cross Dog has got the band to their heaviest and sexiest state. Noise-covered and metal-leaning, this one’s got some definite punch and defines the upward curve in quality […]
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Naghmeh and the Southern Shores – Naghmeh and the Southern Shores
8.5/10 Naghmeh and the Southern Shores‘s debut album is all about the journey. It is a collection of folk-rock tunes that could keep you going during a long trip, or give you validation that your […]
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Frig Dancer – Hot Garbage
8/10 Adding to the list of sentences I wasn’t sure I’d ever say, today I’m taking a listen to the debut Frig Dancer album Hot Garbage. Throughout the album’s sixteen brief tracks, the New Brunswick […]
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Romeo Indigo Romeo – The Romeo EP
6/10 The Romeo EP is a five-song release by UK band Romeo Indigo Romeo. Call it alternative rock or call it metal, or even call it what you will…but the idea here is that the […]