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Service Delay – Splash EP
8/10 Every goddamn year this happens. ‘Top Ten Season’ comes around, I sweat my ass of figuring out which of these gems I dove my face into like the golden muff in the sky, and […]
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Alter Bridge – Walk The Sky
7.5/10 Despite being in the business for over 15 years, Alter Bridge seemingly has a way of continuing to evolve without their music becoming stale. Their new music is unique enough to set it apart from retreads […]
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Blume – Days Go Slowly
4/10 Most recent album out from Blume, Days Go Slowly, adds consistently to the three-EP discography as a testament to their clearly defined style. However, the trueness of one’s style can prove to be a […]
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Refused – War Music
9.5/10 More than 20 years ago, Sweden’s Refused put out one of the most important records of all time, The Shape of Punk To Come. Unfortunately, at the time, it fell upon deaf ears, and […]
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Blades – Blades
5/10 Blades are an Italian hardcore currently based out of Berlin here with their self-titled debut. Clocking in under fifteen minutes, Blades is eleven tracks of solid, but ultimately run-of-the-mill hardcore punk. If you’re a […]
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GUITARFIRE100 – Stealing Paintings
8/10 GUITARFIRE100 are a strangely-named Montreal pop-punk band here with their debut EP Stealing Paintings. The band pack a lot into just three short tunes, with their straightforward, punk rock musicianship backing up some catchy […]
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Question Mark – Inner Call
6/10 When I was 11 years old, I wanted to be a skateboarder. Being the perpetual klutz that I am, it was never meant to be. Like most kids my age, I made up for […]
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The Astronots – Cotati
4/10 Cotati is the latest release from Los Angeles-based rock band The Astronots. Cotati is part indie, part blues, and part garage rock and has some pretty interesting moments sprinkled throughout. Unfortunately, these moments were […]
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Among Cowards – Among Cowards (EP)
7.5/10 Travel down South of the border (and if you’re Canadian, do yourself a favour and skip the US entirely) to a lawless city of vice and danger—Tijuana, Mexico. A city overrun with drugs and […]
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Nuage Flou – Conversations Avec Nuage Flou
2/10 Is it too early for a Christmas reference? You know that scene in How the Grinch Stole Christmas where the Grinch loses his shit over all the fucking noise the Whos make on Christmas […]