Kill The Drama Queen – Luxembourg/France/Belgium. Fresh Picks are designed to give readers all the reasons they will need to indulge in whatever facet of underground music we come across, a short – ish – take on a band or artist to entice the prospective listener with enough name-drops, genre-tags...
The Black Swamp – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. (Above) Photo credit: Rob Rizza LIVE – Click Here. Queensland, Australia’s The Black Swamp came to my attention at random. My interest was piqued by the process of hearing Sludge, or otherwise known as “Stoner” Metal interpreted outside of its saturated and well...
Losing Victory – Exeter, England, United Kingdom. The Exeter based Losing Victory are the product of a love for riff-laden Hard Rock and “classic” Metal, strong melodies and the moodiness in world left behind by Grunge and its distorted gloom. The previous sentence is a compliment. Promise. Formed in 2013...
Chronos – Blood River, Bath/Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Photography credit – Duncan Everton. Based in and around Bath and Bristol, Chronos are a Metal band, a Metal band that since their inception are doing the very things a great deal of modern Metal bands have lost sight of. Chronos charge...
Ravetank – Bath, England, United Kingdom. Ravetank is the alias of Twee-Pop admirer and maker Nathan Alexander Howard. The Lo-Fi recordings make you admire the light humoured subject matter with captivating song titles like ‘American Ninja Delivery Girl’ and ‘Ted The Radical Westy’ as well as delving into pretty humane...
Coercion 96 – San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA. This was an email we were not expecting… Luke Pabich of seminal Santa Cruz Punks, Good Riddance has just announced the revival of side-project, Coercion 96. The band originally formed in 1996 and alongside Pabich, now features former Fury 66 bassist, Thomas...