Wells Valley – Lisbon, Portugal. Portugal has a long history of traditional music steeped in sad and morbid feelings. Hardly surprising then, that Wells Valley, who originate from Lisbon, specialise in the sort of doomy-Post-Metal that despite being heavy and focused, leaves you feeling like you’ve been hit with a...
Underwing – Arendal, Norway. Cover photo credit: Jasmin Moriko. ‘Progressive Grunge’ is a term I hadn’t heard until I received a review request from Norway’s Underwing. To understand this I would say try to envision a concoction of vintage Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Pearl Jam and Tool. This was...
The Without – Portland, Oregon, USA. FIDLAR told me that I can’t buy liquor in Portland, Oregon and thats not the best first impression to get from an area on a coast you’d like to see one day, but then all of a sudden all negative opinion was negated. Why?...
The Kaos – Oxford, England, United Kingdom. A little closer to my (second) home town with todays musing, we’re in the Uni-town of Oxford where in May of 2013 the Alternative Rock trio The Kaos were born and promptly began bringing us what we dig about stadium-Rock but with a...
Tim Smyth & The Holy Trash – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Melbourne music scene is certainly something, it’s a scene that harbours a great deal of creativity and eclectic musicianship in it’s diverse range of bands, artists, line-ups, record shops and culture. Tim Smyth & The Holy Trash hail from...
Rusty G’s – Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom. The Rusty G’s are a two-piece hailing from Milton Keynes. The band draw influences from an absolute ton of 90’s Alternative records, as well as some Sleaze Rock, Blues and Alternative music in general, leaving a sound which has enabled them to make frenzied,...
The David J Edgar Hoovers – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. The David J Edgar Hoovers formed in Bristol in 2012. Not only did the band survive the end of the world, that we all know was prophesied for that fateful year but as a result, pieced a collection of audio...
The mighty three piece is a dying breed. Okay I can think of a couple of exceptions. Okay… A few. But for the most part, the core of the bass, drums and guitarist with vocals formation has become diluted. I know here it’s not overly relevant in terms of genre (as we are...