2015 Archives Page 6 of 8

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SINGLE: Asking Alexandria – “I Won’t Give In”

May 27, 2015

Matthew Powers

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 massive amount of hype currently. The hype surrounding Asking Alexandria’s announcement that would reveal their […]

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ALBUM: Twenty One Pilots – ‘Blurryface’

May 22, 2015

Michael Bird

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. Fuelled by Ramen debut Vessel was their first point of exposure for many, and won […]

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ALBUM: The Story So Far – ‘The Story So Far’

May 18, 2015

Matthew Powers

Stakes are high and emotion is charged on The Story So Far’s 3rd and self-titled record. Having become one of pop-punk’s most watched up-and-comers, The Story So Far could have easily gone with a well-known producer and followed through with the usual pop-punk band formula of attempting arena rock glory, but how refreshing it is […]

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ALBUM: Veil Of Maya – ‘Matriarch’

May 12, 2015

Matthew Powers

Veil of Maya have been long-regarded as a heavyweight in the ever-popular “Djent” movement. Since they have landed in the scene, the sound has become less of an oddity and more of a trend with an increasing number of bands occupying the idea in an effort to fit in (Papa Roach, anyone?). Veil of Maya […]

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ALBUM: Alesana – ‘Confessions’

May 7, 2015

Matthew Powers

In the film industry, or as an author of any sort, it is a privilege to create a trilogy. A trilogy implies the fact that the original story was so well-received that it was deserving of not 1, but 2 follow-ups. Between the 3 entries that make up a trilogy the goal is to the […]

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ALBUM: In Hearts Wake – ‘Skydancer’

May 5, 2015

Michael Bird

Double albums are always a difficult product to swallow in one sitting, so doing a System of a Down and staggering their release is a crafty move it’s a surprise fewer acts haven’t cottoned on to. On face value it wasn’t even apparent that 2014’s ‘Earthwalker’ was going to be followed by a second part, […]

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ALBUM: From First to Last – “Dead Trees”

April 28, 2015

Michael Bird

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 band has risen in a new, rather intriguing incarnation. The recruitment of Periphery’s Spencer Sotelo […]

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ALBUM: As It Is – “Never Happy, Ever After”

April 27, 2015

Michael Bird

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, they’re an easy target for the authenticity police of the internet music community. Songs about […]

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ALBUM: Dance Gavin Dance – ‘Instant Gratification’

April 14, 2015

Michael Bird

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 new beast – the loss of rhythm guitarist Josh Benton aside it’s been recorded by […]

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ALBUM: Kingsland Road – ‘We Are The Young’

April 13, 2015

Michael Bird

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 four-piece Kingsland Road appears to want to replicate that success, although their exit from the […]

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