Category: Alternative Rock
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Black Honey: “A Fistful of Peaches” Album Review – a visceral pump of honest indie-rock
A desperate attempt to finding connection in an otherwise impossible world, is a marking this Brighton quartet wear well. A decadent cult-rising from their self-titled debut with, I Only Hurt The Ones I Love to the breakthrough lashing of I Like The Way You Die on second, Written & Directed, comes the bands’ third; an…
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What makes Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” so great?
Widely regarded as the bands best, In Rainbows defies all odds in the creation of an achingly beautifully album. But why do many see it as the best? If you want to get a good understanding of how his album was regarded, you needn’t look further than its numbers in sales. A true personification of…
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Pop Punk’s Not Dead: why people have a problem with it…
Pop Punk’s a pleasure. A guilty pleasure. I’m an advocate for pop-punk. Like a big slice of chocolate cake from the fridge in the middle of the night, pop-punk is my guilty pleasure. No matter how simplicity cheesy it may be, you can’t argue how heinously addictive it is. Fast and simple chord patterns, frantic…
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YOUR NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 17/02 – Caroline Polachek, Inhaler, Skrillex, Pile, Men I Trust + Neck Deep
Another Friday sees an ample attitude to new music, with new Caroline Polachek at her best, Inhaler solidifying themselves as a go-to with their sophomore and lo and behold… Skrillex releasing a surprise return album.. This week, sees the return of Caroline Polachek. A space-pop odyssey of unchecked mirages and a pining for those we…
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The Academic – “Sitting Pretty” album review: Irish quartet lead the way in enthused indie-rock with their sophomore
The Academic follow on the momentum from their 2018 debut with a slick sophomore that barely breaks a sweat. When their debut dropped in Tales From The Backbeat in 2018, the precedent was set as the boys to watch in the glamours of those rock circles. Enthused with the hooks of The Strokes and the…
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