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No reason to smile: Sub Cultures and Attack the Palate review
September 13, 2022
Attack the Palate – Burnt Out
Genre: Pop Punk, Pop Rock, Alternative Rock
Pop-punks are like cheerleaders who aren’t allowed to have a bad day. Everyone will be judging them. The people around them will start feeling that a great injustice has been done when…
Take a look around: Ben DeHan and Hand Models review
September 3, 2022
Hand Models – Tennis Skirt
Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Garage Rock
There is very little genuinely angry music on the charts these days. It only makes sense. What are you buying when you’re angry? Indeed, none of the things that can be advertised by the folks asked…
Carousel Kings ft. Paycheck – Something in the Water
Genre: Punk, Pop Punk
We are missing out on great new tunes every day because great artists tend to doubt their own potential. I am sure that even the most outstanding songwriters have not had one day in their…
Heavy fuel: Evergreener and The Fierce And The Dead reviewed
August 14, 2022
The Fierce And The Dead – Golden Thread
Genre: Stoner Rock, Grunge, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Crippled Black Pheonix, Soundgarden, Melvins, My Bloody Valentine, Deftones
Modern production techniques have done a lot for all kinds of music, except for…
Energy brigade: Hazel The Nut and Crankees reviewed
August 11, 2022
Crankees – Punch the Boss
Genre: Punk
Similar artists: The Chats, Cosmic Psychos, The Saints, Dead Kennedys
Most books or documentaries about creative people, rock musicians especially, like to focus on their eccentricities, on everything that makes them…
The Losing Score – Peachy Keen, Avril Lavigne
Genre: Pop Punk, Emo, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Weezer, PUP, Joyce Manor, Remo Drive, Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Foo Fighters
There’s plenty of tribalism at the heart of embracing any kind of genre of…
Harolds Last Chance – Upside Down
Genre: Punk, Pop Punk
The world is a messed up place, partly because too few people are doing anything on their own, out of sheer passion. The majority of us wait for things to get delivered to us and complain when they are not…
Daisy Grenade – Real Horror Show
Genre: Pop Punk, Grunge
Similar artists: Charly Bliss, Pup The Band
“My execution date is set and I’ve been holding my breath since then“. You only get one chance at a first impression and Daisy Grenade are…
West Wickhams – This circus is over
Genre: Post-Punk, Gothic / Dark Wave, Indie Rock
The so-called post-punk bands always had a knack for finding a problem and then exploiting it to its limit in the form of a song. Sure, this was something that the original punk…