Tagged: Grunge

The Helters and The ‘Afghani Super Smack’ EP.

The Helters – Taunton, England, United Kingdom. Judging by the coat adorned by the band’s front man, I would say the band are a fan of Oasis. Review over. Just kidding, Taunton‘s The Helters do indeed count the seminal Brit-Pop band as an influence but their sound is so much...

Tío Rico – ‘Newspeak’ (21/10/18).

Tío Rico – Manchester, England, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Tío Rico are set to be releasing their Orwellian new single ‘Newspeak’ this coming September with artwork to match and a very apt title, or am I just spouting “fake news”? Possibly, but I’ve started...

Fresh Picks: Butcher In The Fog.

Butcher In The Fog – London, England, United Kingdom. With a three year gap between the distorted low-ridden Punk, Metal and groove-mesh of Something Bright and Scary and the latest slab of cathartic rage that is A Screaming Reflection, London bruisers Butcher In The Fog are band that indeed take their time and they...

ILL WILL and The ‘Sulphates’ Single.

ILL WILL – Bath, England, United Kingdom. (Cover) Photography: PointBlankPhotography. Bath isn’t really somewhere you would normally associate with up and coming new music but if my almost eight years living in this city has taught me anything, it’s that an assumption as general as such is really, very, very wrong....

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...

Flash Premiere: Brain Ape and The ‘Graphomania’ Video.

Brain Ape – London, England, United Kingdom. Cover photo credit: Jack Young. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Brain Ape, a band from London and a band that really can’t decide how they wish to sonically display themselves. Now, be it through fast Punk-rooted rage, the more refined...

Fresh Picks: Grow Rich.

Grow Rich – Jakarta, Indonesia. Hailing from Jakarta, Indonesia, Grow Rich is the brainchild of one Abdur Rahim Latada. To date this one man project has but two songs to its name all born from a love of Punk, Grunge and other related 90’s distortion. ‘Cash To Kyodo’ is true to...

War With The Newts – The ‘Dead Eyes’ EP.

War The With Newts – Berlin, Germany. War With The Newts latest release, Dead Eyes, sludges out rough in ridiculous chaotic fashion from start to finish. Hailing from Berlin, Germany, these Punks navigate the sea of punk-ness well while still presenting subtle originalities. The spastic opener ‘Megalodon’ slams into life with sloppy...

Crimson Star and The ‘Bay View’ EP – January 2018.

Crimson Star – Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Birmingham is a big place, a very big place, a place that I personally spent a gratuitous amount of money in while touring its record shops recently. Now, this obviously gives me good reason to go back but perhaps there could be more...