Author: Jay Graves

About Jay Graves

From Swindon in the South-West of England. Vocalist and Guitarist for Folk-Punk, Mick O'Toole.

Here are my most recent posts

Brassick – ‘Appreciate Your Concern’.

Brassick – Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Since their birth in 2012 these Birmingham/West-Midlands punkers have never failed to deliver a broken bottle to the jugular from their music and live performances and the latest shot of razor blades to the face Appreciate Your Concern is no exception. Reminiscent of the...

Fresh Picks: Knifey.

Knifey – Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Cover photo credit – Michael Mangov. I’ll start by stating that I’ve just added these guys as my new favourite Canadian exports. Also on the list The Flatliners, Trailer Park Boys and Burt Cummings (yes, that’s his name). To date the band have but a...

The Franklys and The Forthcoming ‘Are You Listening?’

The Franklys – London, England, United Kingdom. Cover photo credit – Derek Bremner. A new generation of Garage Rock brought to us by Indie rockers The Franklys. London based and spanning origins from around the UK and distant Sweden, the band re-inventing the Garage sound of the mid 00’s with heavy...

Resolve – The Debut Single ‘Exposed’.

Resolve – Lyon, France. ‘I am terrified about what’s coming, worried about what a crystal ball could reveal, I just want to find the bravery to not run away‘ ‘Exposed’ is the debut single from Lyon melodic Metal/Hardcore band Resolve, covering the recurring theme of the existential crisis which is...

Keroscene At A Glance…

Keroscene – London, England, United Kingdom. Feel The Noise/Hear The Pain/ Life Is To Lose/Happiness Is To Gain Keroscene can be said to be a shoe-gazing, melodic Grunge quartet reminiscent of the sub-indie UK scene of the early 90’s. They a band for fans of early Feeder or for anyone...

Yesterday – The ‘Suburban Blues’ EP.

Yesterday – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. A few years ago Musically Fresh went international which was a big deal because now we get to discover awesome bands from across the pond. So without further ado and all the way from Ohio, we have the Pop-Punk/Indie outfit Yesterday. The band are currently residing...

The Kaos and The ‘Cold’ Single Release.

The Kaos – Oxford, England, United Kingdom. A little closer to my (second) home town with todays musing, we’re in the Uni-town of Oxford where in May of 2013 the Alternative Rock trio The Kaos were born and promptly began bringing us what we dig about stadium-Rock but with a...

Neverlearn – The ‘Start Tomorrow’ EP.

Neverlearn – Oulu, Finland. Cover photo credit: Juha Kuusela. Somewhere in the forestation of Finland there’s a search and rescue in operation tracking down Metal bands that got lost during their photo shoots, but these Punks needn’t worry about such travesties. Skate-punkers Neverlearn are too busy paying homage to the golden...

Hunter and The Bear – ‘I Am What I Am’

Hunter & The Bear – London, England, United Kingdom. It seems we have US-influenced London-borne Rock for you today MFers, as a short time ago I received this total beat of a chill track in the form of ‘I Am What I Am’, the latest single from four lads “done-good”, Hunter...