Review: mclusky ‘i sure am getting sick of this bowling alley’
mclusky made the number one spot in my Top Ten Of 2025 with their spectacular comeback album the world is
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Post-Hardcore
Review: Lavisher ‘Aligned & Vital’
Chicago, Illinois’ Lavisher were formed in 2017 by guitarist Gavin Cushman III and Idin Alexander (later of Something Is Waiting),
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Review: Cassels ‘Tracked In Mud’
Cassels originally hailed from Oxford (home to one of the country’s top universities, a grumpy detective who goes by the
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Review: Planes Mistaken For Stars ‘Do You Still Love Me?’
One of the reasons I have connected with music is its ability to reach inside and speak deeply to those
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Review: envy ‘Eunoia’
Japanese post-hardcore Legends envy are one of the most interesting heavy acts to emerge from the land of the Rising
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Review: Hidden Mothers ‘Erosion/Avulsion’
Back in May of 2024, I had the pleasure of my annual pilgrimage to the Portals Festival, in the heart
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Review: HELP ‘Courage’ & ‘HELP’
Portland’s excellent musical pedigree consists of names such as Poison Idea, The Wipers, Dead Moon, Elliot Smith and The Dandy
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Review: The Antikaroshi ‘L’inertie Polaire’
I spent several days in Leipzig, not only taking in the sites of what was once one of East Germany’s
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Review: Sons Of Alpha Centauri ‘Pull’
In the twenty-plus years of their existence, Kent based post-hardcore rockers Sons Of Alpha Centauri have undergone a number of
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Review: Ex Everything ‘Slow Change Will Pull Us Apart’
Noisy, angular and engaged, Slow Change Will Pull Us Apart is an urgent message from a skilled and experienced group
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Review: Svalbard ‘The Weight Of The Mask’
If you’ve ever felt strangled by manipulative, toxic people in your life, Svalbard might just be the band for you.
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