post-hardcore
EP: Toy Mountains – ‘I Swore I’d Never Speak Of This Again’ EP Review
Toy Mountains give us something to talk about with their new EP ‘I Swore I’d Never Speak Of This Again’. The Glasgow four-piece of Callum McClune (vocals, guitars), Greg Leyden (vocals, guitars), Grant Malcolm (vocals, bass) and Matt Cowie (drums) are approaching their defining moment and they know it. Their 2014 debut album ‘For A …
Album Review: Every Time I Die – Low Teens
Do you like big riffs? Yeah course you do, well if you haven’t already make sure you do yourself a favour and listen to Every Time I Die’s latest record. Got that? Good. Every Time I Die releasing great records has now become almost boringly predictable. Their latest release entitled Low Teens is the eighth …
Album Review: Touché Amoré – Stage Four
Touché Amoré have been one of the shining lights of modern hardcore ever since they announced themselves to the scene with 2011’s “Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me”. This record showcased a perfect balance of unrelenting punk aggression and serene melancholic melody. The follow up “Is Survived By” possibly slowed the groups momentum, the …
Track: Touché Amoré – Rapture
Taken from L.A. based post hardcore band Touché Amoré’s recent Stage Four album, Rapture is the latest (the fourth, to be exact) single to be taken from the record. Whereas in the past the band trod firmly down the in your face, brittle post-hardcore path, Stage Four saw them move to a more melodic edge, …
Album Review: Letlive.- If I’m The Devil…
There is one thing that needs to be straightened out about Letlive.: there is nobody like them. Their live show, their persona, their music- everything is created and brought to life in a way that could never be duplicated, or even closely so by any other band. If I’m The Devil… has been a long …
News: Letlive. Announce UK Tour In April
Letlive. have announced a UK tour! This April, the post-hardcore outfit will hit four venues over here, before heading out for a short time to Europe. These include three dates in London, and one at Manchester’s Sound Control. Their new album is set for release in the summer, so this will be the band’s first …
News: Sleeping With Sirens Announce New Single ‘Go Go Go’ and Tour News
Billed by Kerrang! Magazine as “a band heading for the stratosphere”, Sleeping With Sirens are set to have one of their biggest years yet. The band are to release new single ‘Go Go Go’ on March 18th. The single is taken from the hugely successful album ‘Madness’ which came out March 2015. It was produced …
Live: Nothing More, SHVPES, In Search Of Sun – Manchester Academy 3, 7.12.15
It’s brisk December and In Search Of Sun hold the task of warming the crowd up for the evening. There’s only about 20 people in the room by the time the band take the stage but if you didn’t turn around to look at the gaping empty floor you wouldn’t know it given the intensity …
News: PVRIS Announce First Ever UK Headline Tour
This week PVRIS have announced their first ever UK headline tour taking place in April next year. The pop-rock ensemble are beyond thrilled to finally have their own run of headline dates on UK soil. “This year has been a massive year for us, especially over in the UK. Everyone has been so enthusiastic and incredibly …
Album Review: Rolo Tomassi – Grievances
Released earlier this year Grievances is arguably the bands best collection of work yet. Rolo Tomassi are a band that don’t tend to shy away from experimentation blending a whole a multitude of styles with varying results. The issues with some of the groups previous material is that it wasn’t always the most accessible, not …