Reviews – Archive

For close to a decade now, Brand New’s ‘The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me’ has stood as the gold standard for the thinking man’s emo. It’s a record so immaculately crafted, so gorgeous in its anguish and uncompromising...

“Going back to our roots” and “stripping back our sound” are common claims for established bands to make, often a decidedly calculated attempt to placate fanbases who inevitably prefer older material to the more recent (either as a genuine response...

On the basis of their back catalogue, one would be forgiven for writing off Parkway Drive as a (admittedly thoroughbred) one trick pony. Though fourth album ‘Atlas’ did push into some previously unpushed directions, it remained rooted in low-end-driven mosh n’...

Striking a balance between pop punk and post hardcore is nothing new, but the new ‘Picked Last’ EP from VA-based group Underdog Champs eschews the traditional points of fusion in favour of a more loose approach. Bouncy opener “Love Songs”...

The British are coming, the British are coming! Indeed they are, and with full guns blazing. With Bullet For My Valentine's recent revival, While She Sleeps' massive album drop and now Asking Alexandria's rebound, the UK is certainly seeing a...

It’s always pleasing when a band comes along that manages to completely defy genre parameters, even if the resulting product is a bit too obtuse to be enjoyable. Unbeknownst to many Twenty One Pilots have been doing this since 2009....