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Brighton three-piece Dirt Royal evoke the punky pop of the 1970s new wave and subsequent mod revivalists, with infectious tunes, chiming guitar hooks, and...
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"Skid Row bassist and songwriter Rachel Bolan delivers a punchy, guest-packed debut that feels like a proper old-school rock ’n’ roll album: short, sharp,...
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“Listening to this EP one gets the feeling that everything on here has been carefully considered. There’s nothing that’s throwaway.”
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Hastings four-piece Kid Kapichi’s time appears to have come, with their contemporary take on power-punk and angry, agit-pop lyrics...
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‘Dig What You Need’ is a sparkling re-introduction to the recorded work of pop-rock legends The Undertones since their reformation in 1999 with Paul...
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The music of East London duo Crashface is an explosive mixture of two volatile constituents: pop-punk and contemporary metal-tinged rock. ‘Heavy Infectious’, the new...
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A hypnotic blend of dreamy pop and atmospheric grungy rock has made Wolf Alice hugely popular. With two hit albums, the last of which...
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London four-piece Fightmilk play an emotional style of indie rock: a witty and insightful soundtrack to the many and varied frustrations of romance, relationships...
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Halifax four-piece Casino Rockets deal in an atmospheric sort of post-rock that flits between trippy dreaminess and powerful intensity. Their traditional framework of guitar,...
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Twenty-first-century goths Saint Agnes conjure a stylishly cinematic horror-fantasy world with their raw and visceral metal-tinged rock.
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Los Angeles based Dead Poet Society play intriguingly varied alt-rock. Their enigmatically titled album -!- is released on the 12th March 2021. If your...
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If Celtic folk-punk is your thing, you’ll doubtless have come across The Rumjacks. Their 2011 breakthrough hit ‘An Irish Pub Song’, which has clocked...
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Colchester 4-piece Pet Needs have channelled a year's worth of frustrated creative energy into an explosive debut album: 'Fractured Party Music'.
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"This is route one power pop, straight to the point, no messing. A twin guitar assault chimes away at either extreme of the stereo...
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“A more inward-looking record shaped by isolation, fractured relationships, identity and the uneasy distance between present selves and old memories."
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“I'm scrolling before I've even really had a single thought of my own. The stress sits in my stomach like bad coffee and the...
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“Love is the most important thing in the world no matter what. Through all the bad and evil, there will always be more good.”
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“Crocodile. is about that feeling that you’re being watched... that instinctive dread when you know something dangerous is nearby, even though you can’t see...