Tagged: United Kingdom

Hidden Gentlemen – Three Men, Their Music and The ‘Two’ EP.

Hidden Gentlemen – Glastonbury, England, United Kingdom. Whether you are a reviewer or musician, an avid music fan or an occasional general dabbler, sometimes you discover music that simply just works, is what it is and is happy with being just that. Glastonbury three-piece Hidden Gentlemen are very much a...

Arcadia – It’s ‘Hunting Season’…

Arcadia – Manchester, England, United Kingdom. This review caught us off guard. Nu-Metal and Rap-Rock are genres that when many of us were younger – I myself was around 10-12 – had a huge and unexpected rise in popularity that although short lived, has left a lasting impact on music...

No Insight and The Debut Single ‘These Days’.

No Insight – London, England, United Kingdom. London exports No Insight have just released their debut single in the form of ‘These Days’ in conjunction with Shipwreck Records, a label equal in their “upstart” status but also one to watch. Taking influence from the likes of Blink-182, Fall Out Boy,...

Out Of The Ashes: Paper Champ and The 2016 Debut.

Paper Champ – Ipswich, England, United Kingdom.   Fast and melodic Skate Punk is not something that comes to mind when on the thought-train of UK Punk. Yet in recent incarnations of the scene and it’s contemporary form this facet of Punk-Rock is just as blistering as it is else...

Venus Rising – The ‘Woodlight’ Single Review.

Venus Rising – Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. Despite the horrible gloom I can see from my window as I write, listening to the new single from the Cheshire Folk/Folk Rock collective know as Venus Rising, I have conjured an image of sunshine sat atop crafted melodies and heartfelt surroundings. The...

Dive Into The Murky Waters With Swamp.

Swamp – Bath, England, United Kingdom. You’re in Bath one minute but then imagine yourself clambering through a forest to find Tim Burton’s house because he’s hosting a tea party, but the only people at this party are Tim burton the obvious host, Brian Wilson from the The Beach Boys...

Super Secret Club – The ‘Nope Nope No’ EP.

Super Secret Club – Plymouth, England, United Kingdom. The Plymouth based not so exclusive exclusive Super Secret Club have broken from their clandestine confines to release an EP somewhat themed around the word “No” and variations of such. A theme which naturally requires some form of Punk-Rock music in accompaniment....

Wolfe Sunday and The New Single – ‘Damage Control’.

Wolfe Sunday – London, England, United Kingdom. For our previous work on Wolfe Sunday – Click Here. London isn’t normally a place you associate with Folk music. Punk-Rock? Obviously, but Folk not so much. That said, there’s a wonderful hybrid exception to that rule and it goes by the name...

In Evil Hour – The New Single ‘Paveway IV’.

In Evil Hour – Darlington, England, United Kingdom. Cover photo credit: Mark Richards – Click Here. With a sound sat somewhere between old school Hardcore Punk and the raspy end of modern melodic Punk and Melodic Hardcore, Darlington based In Evil Hour have been making ‘[…] noise and shouting about things...