E/M/P – Denver, Colorado, USA. Sometimes, a sense of humour and a lack of taking yourself seriously are needed in life. Particularly when playing scrappy Rock n’ Roll, filtered through several intentional, but also probably accidental, dirt covered old-school Punk-Rock lenses. Formed in 2013, in Denver, Colorado, I’m instantly envious...
Boston, Massachusetts, USA. From my first house show in Boston. The smell of stale beer and the creek of decades old wood might have you think that you’re in some matter of a party at your university, but the feedback coming from the basement and the guy in the Leftöver...
Jeremy Edwards – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Jeremy Edwards is a collective project via four individuals based in Cincinnati. They play a chilled-gloom that is characterised in their own words by this description – ‘It’s a good surfy time’. That’s one way to put it. The debut release is out on Split...
The Nightmare Police – Long Island, New York, USA. The Nightmare police hail from Long Island, New York and they have a job to do. A job of crucial importance, to keep the monsters away. Of course I don’t mean this literally, but the bands blend of upbeat Alternative Rock...
Dope Body – Baltimore, Maryland, USA. We’re back in Baltimore. Dope Body and their relationship with noise can be melodic in it’s own way, with ‘Powder’ from their 2012 album Natural History for example. On the other-hand, Kicking the 90’s throwback train in the shins is ‘Day by Day’ from their 2014 album Lifer. And...
United Defiance – Concord, California, USA. ‘United Defiance is far more than just the members in the band. We do not see the need for competition with other bands, we raise our fist in support to you all.’ For our review of Way It’s Gonna Be – Click Here. Photo...
Super Thief – Austin, Texas, USA. Article cover photo credit – Jacqueline Lege Austin‘s Super Thief take all that you love from the classic Steve Albini records, and wreck it by way of Fugazi. What I mean of course is that their etching of Post-Hardcore and Noise Rock, isn’t a washy shot of water – because you’re...
Negative Bones – Baltimore, Maryland, USA. ‘Negative Bones is a magic swamp where amps outnumber people…’ – He saw that… It’s great when bands challenge what has been established. Whether it’s through a full throttle change-up, or simply via the subtle changes that often becomes the quality that ultimately sets them apart. That was a...
These guys are fly. Fly with a ‘Ph’. Literally… We’re back over the pond in Cincinnati, Ohio, with a Low-Fi/Grunge two-piece by the name of Mr. Phylzzz (pronounced Mr. Flyz). And despite how formal the name may be, their debut sound is anything but. But first, a little backstory to...
Guantanamo Baywatch – Portland, Oregon, USA Have you seen the show Portlandia? Yeah, it’s pretty weird, but it makes fun of the “hipster” culture that’s out there. That’s cool. You know what else is cool? Sleater-Kinney (Click Here – we’ll wait…). Now you know who they are, you know what else is cool?...