Phantom Sea – Blackpool, England, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Phantom Sea are a band that to cope with the dreary skyline of their Blackpool home, have like many of the region’s stellar bands elected to play as loud as is doable just to forget....
Hoax – Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Now, it’s safe to say that Manchester Hardcore Punks Hoax are rough and ready. The band’s debut was given life only recently so objectively and obviously speaking it is indeed rough cut, raw and sounds more like a live cut or demo than a...
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...
Thumbhole Records – Your Ears, Right Now. For our previous work on the compilation – Click Here. Above can can find our article on the stellar UK underground Punk and Alternative label Thumbhole Records and their twenty track international compilation more than doing its best to showcase some of the...
Thumbhole Records – Your Ears, Right Now. Thumbhole Records, based in Reading, United Kingdom, have recently released the first in what is soon to be a long line of compilations showcasing the best in global underground Punk-Rock, Pop-Punk, Indie and Alternative. This is the label’s first major release under their...
American Standards – Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Punk-Rock has always served and will likely always serve as some form of catharsis and the latest album from Phoenix, Arizona Hardcore/Noise/Punk-Rock four-piece is very strongly inline with this “rule”. Rage and anger, loss and heartache, political strife or social tension you name it,...
And Burn – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. And Burn are a band I’ve been meaning to sit down with for quite some time. I once saw them play at one of the all-so common all-dayers that permeate the Melbourne live music scene, Melbourne being nearest locale to the band’s home. And...
Dead Town Nothing – Isle Of Wight, England, United Kingdom. Dead Town Nothing have been quiet for quite some time now. The band were set for a follow up to the mini-album Consequences and its charged Metallic Hardcore in 2016 but sadly, said EP that was to be entitled Leeches never materialised. Why? Well, life. That...
Lay It On The Line – London, England, United Kingdom. London label Disconnect Disconnect Records have recently signed a band of considerable note and collected standing. This band is Lay It On The Line and they have just released their debut full-length, The Black Museum in grim description of the contemporary society...
Own Your Life – St. Neots, England, United Kingdom. Sometimes, just sometimes you need external anger in order to soothe your own. You need the cathartic release of others to help assist or act as the catalyst of your own. This exactly how I felt after pressing play on the...