Tagged: Emo

Sorry For Escalating – ‘Losing Sleep’

Sorry For Escalating – Karlsruhe, Germany. Sat somewhere between Pop-Punk, Emo and early 2000’s Alternative Rock, Germany’s Sorry For Escalating have just released their second EP via Horn & Hoof Records (UK), Chorus Of One (US) and iwishicouldstay (EU) and it could arguably be the largest four-track EP you will hear...

Overset and The ‘Waiting For The Rain To Stop’ EP.

Overset – Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. Liverpool, a city heaped in musical history and a city still quite nearly full to the brim with underground talent. A city that also more specifically has it’s penchant for the many saplings grown from the Punk-Rock tree all those years ago. Within moments...

Versus Robots and The ‘1UP’ EP.

Versus Robots – Bracknell, England, United Kingdom. Previously known as Vs. Robots, Versus Robots are a three-piece Alternative Rock band from Bracknell truly embodying the term”alternative” in the genre moniker. Genre buffs may think I am referring to the Punk-Rock foundation of the genres past and that definitely is a...

I Ignite – ‘These Lessons Learned’.

I Ignite – Long Island, New York, USA. To Long Island now for the latest from I Ignite, a band slogging it out since 2014 via their mix of Nu-Metal appreciating early 2000’s Post-Hardcore and Melodic Hardcore hybridised in style with Pop-Punk, Emo and general melodic riff-fery. In short, to...

Late Nights – The ‘Never Right’ Single.

Late Nights – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. These days a band getting back into the swing and or groove of things is something I am always happy to see, for any ill feeling or sadness begotten by a band or their fans when a hiatus or significant time-lapse infects their existence...

Our Lives In Cinema Return With The ‘All Talk’ EP.

Our Lives In Cinema – London, England, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. A London band recently signed to local and growing label Umlaut Records, Our Lives In Cinema have just released their second EP to follow up their stellar eponymous release born from the influence...

Fresh Picks: The Sons Of Faow Verny.

The Sons Of Faow Verny – Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Rather than attempt to introduce this band via my own words, I will use theirs as I feel it really hits the nail on the head and will almost certainly provide context for what you are about to hear: ‘The Sons Of...

Pile Up Festival 22/06/18 – 23/06/18 – What To Expect.

Pile Up Festival – York, England, United Kingdom. Another of Riff Media’s festivals this year, Pile Up Festival will take place at the Fibbers in the city of York this coming June and will showcase a line-up doing its very best to provide the best both in known names and...

Treading Oceans – ‘Land Of Misfit Toys’.

Treading Oceans –  St. Louis, Missouri, USA. From my experience of reviewing and featuring bands from St. Louis, Missouri, the locale seems to be producing strong additions to the underground scenes in and around tuneful Emo-tinged Pop-Punk. This is where Treading Oceans and their late release Land Of Misfit Toys comes...