Reviews – Archive

Whoever chose the name “From First to Last” for the so-monikered band likely never envisaged it would be a self-fulfilling prophecy. But after a gradual decline from the top of the post-emo-hardcore mountain into a muted 2010 hiatus, the latent...

It’s very easy to be cynical about hot British pop punk prospects As It Is. Fronted by American-born YouTube personality Patty Walters and plying heart bearing lyrics over power chord rock straight from the speakers of the summer of 2002,...

Though they have remained relatively quiet over the past 2 years, Like Moths To Flames are breaking silence with the release of a new 2 song EP entitled 'The Dream Is Dead'. Both songs included, "Bury Your Pain'" and "What's Done...

Judging what you’re going to get from a Dance Gavin Dance album has historically been made impossible by the group’s infamous revolving door approach to its personnel, let alone their distinctly muso take on post-hardcore. But ‘Instant Gratification’ is a...

The real winners from among those who enter reality TV music competitions are often those that don’t come in first place. The UK X-Factor has various examples of this, the most obvious of course teen pop sensation One Direction. London...

Ah, young love - So wild, so free, so...full of conflict. It is this very topic which Illinois-based deathcore youngsters Sworn In are choosing to emulate on their follow-up to 2013's dark horse 'The Death Card'. Tackling another conceptual layout...