Sneaks – Washington DC, USA. Gymnastics has recently got a re-issue on Merge Records, I caught it when it was previously on Danger Records, but MF was on it’s hiatus – so now we are back, it seems perfect to be reviewing it now. Sneaks is making danceable electro-dotted Punk music...
Milo’s Planes – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. It’s getting on for a year now since we last featured Bristol gents Milo’s Planes. The band have been busy in their bedroom of noise culminating this year already two stellar releases and...
Cicero & The Orations – Goldens Bridge, New York, USA. ‘You want that sound you’ve been looking for? Then you’re in the right place.’ What was to become the Goldens Bridge, New York, based Cicero & The Orations formed in 2009, where a fusion of sounds from playful contemporary Indie...
The Izers – Mantova, Italy. The Izers formed in 2012 from a love and idolisation of Indie Rock and it’s playful expression via bands such as exports of the New York City Indie scene, The Strokes and Interpol. On the band’s later to be linked SoundCloud page, the tags applied...
He Was Eaten By Owls – London, England, United Kingdom. He Was Eaten By Owls, of which I will from now on just refer to as Owls, are a self styled “Queer-Math/Chamber-Punk” band from London, who’s album Chorus 30 From Blues For The Hitchhiking Dead, of which I’ll refer to...
Castle Black – New York City, New York, USA. When discussing the history of Punk, a city that will always stand out for its artists and culture is New York City, home to the Ramones, The Velvet Underground and of course the legendary CBGB club, where many artists of the time...
DUNT – Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Edinburgh four piece DUNT have been a band for ten years, ten years of Punk-Rock, various line-up changes, and that crucial quest every band must take in order to find their niche and their comfortable dynamic. 2013 was that year and saw the band...
Carnivals – London, England, United Kingdom. London and it’s solid musical diversity has done it again with the south-east’s Carnivals. The cities’ output consistently boasts everything you were looking for as much as everything you weren’t looking for, and will subsequently grow love. With influences ranging from The Doors, Tame Impala, The Growlers,...
El Yunque – Hasselt, Belgium. Cover photo credit: Geert Braekers Photography – Click Here. El Yunque are a four piece Noise Rock band leaning on sounds from Slint, The Jesus Lizard and Fugazi, as well as modern contemporaries such as Big Ups and Iceage. Their debut album Baskenland is grating and filled with glass cutting...
NARCS – Leeds, England, United Kingdom. NARCS are from Leeds in England’s North and describing them sonically isn’t an easy affair but it’s a fun one, as sitting here listening to their material and watching their music videos has been well worth my time. To date, the band have a...