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Don't expect vast departures from the formula on Valentina; The Wedding Present know their niche. But how superbly they fill it.»
This is a massive, sprawling piece of work - and that's its blessing and its curse. »
January in Britain. Short days, no money, cold nights, and it's inevitably when the hyper-advanced combination boiler packs in, leaving you with no heating for a week while the engineer waits for an unspecified 'part'. January sucks. Not in Australia, »
Voir Dire might not be the masterwork that El Diablo was but it certainly comes a close second. Welcome back, Will Haven.»
This album is ferocious, funny, colossal, guttural, hopeful and terrifying. »
There are many awesome things about Sydney: The Harbour Bridge. The Opera House. The beaches. One lesser-known treasure of the city, however, is local indies radio station FBi Radio. Resoundingly independent, its centrepiece event is Changing Lanes: an allday event featuring more than 50 bands and DJs over 10 hours. IN its second year, the festival takes place on Saturday September 17th, in partnership with one of Sydney's best known venues, the Gaelic - and it features some of the most exciting bands from Sydney and elsewhere in Australia at the moment. Here's my pick of the bunch. »
It doesn't capture that molten energy that the Icarus Line have been capable of in the past.»
Kev Eddy moved to Australia a year ago to discover a land that, surprisingly, isn't all AC/DC cover bands and Jet. Here's the first in a series of columns investigating the Australian music scene. Ah, festival season. Nothing quite brings home a sense »
O’Death’s most accomplished work to date, and a fine piece of work at that.»
Sure, there are some bum notes, but it's music with passion. It makes you want to DO something, and that is what a real protest album is really about. »
More of the same, albeit slicker.»
This is a band completely at peace with who they are and where they're at musically – which is a rare thing.»
This is ultimately a pretty promising debut – especially if you hanker for the grungy days of the Nineties. »
Thomas Truax is a unique performer, and already justly appreciated as a treasure live. Sonic Dreamer may just have the wit, invention and accessibility to be the album that garners him that same recognition as a recording artist. »
Wembley is without a doubt an intimidating place, and it takes a lot for a band to hold it in the palm of their hand. Bigger acts than Flight of the Conchords have come here and done worse - even so, the New Zealand twosome don't make this the triumph it should be, despite their best efforts.»
If Cancer Bats could do this good a job with 'Sabotage', what else might they be itching to rework in their own furious style? Singer Liam Cormier sets out his top, er, eight...»
While blisteringly-paced industrial-tinged hardcore forms the basis for the seven tracks on Dead Dead Fucking Dead, Wounds liberally steal from the heavier end of the spectrum, notably math-metal and grindcore. »
Perhaps the Method Actors should have been as big as their contemporaries or followers: perhaps not. Perhaps they're better this way, as a hidden gem to be stumbled across or searched out.»
Ah. Metal. So much hair, sweat and tattoos. Now DiS loves a bit of fury-filled metalcore noisemongering from time to time, so we do. Problem is, see, that it's a bloody nightmare sorting the wheat from the chaff. One minute you could be listening to a master of the genre, and before you know it you're trying to find artistic merit in the music made by a bunch of illiterate teenagers from Hyuck, Dakota or a Scandinavian man pretending to be a troll.»
Holy Roar is really starting to pick up a reputation for signing aggressive bands with a twist. Probably the most well-known examp»
It's somewhat ironic that a band whose name means belittling your opponent should be receiving quite so much fulsome praise. Ind»
The real problem with Come Dig Me Up is that there doesn’t seem to be any kind of emotional depth to it. »
What Maths have produced with their debut is nothing less than a new high watermark for UK screamo hardcore.»
I lived in Cardiff for five years and I love the place. Swn, to me, encapsulates the best of what it has to offer: an independent spirit, a sense of immense self-belief, and a determination to get things done.»
This is no groundbreaking piece of art; it's not innovative, it's unashamedly backwards looking, and it rips off the greats to high heaven. It's also bloody awful for a significant amount of its running time. However, when it does work, it's a great thing. »
It’s like a homemade smoothie with too much banana and not enough pineapple. »
As Seen Through Windows is both a progression and an evolution from the band's previous work, and it would be criminal to overlook them this time.»
It's a little bit of sanctuary in a relentless world, and that is undoubtedly a good thing. »
As you’d expect, The Yearling is quirky, lo-fi and imbued with a DIY aesthetic which gives the album a particular charm. »
For a tiny little fuzz-punk band from the Midlands, Lovvers have come a long way this year. Since releasing their debut EP, Think, on Wichita last September, they’ve spent a sizeable amount of time in the US, playing shows at South by Southwest, touring their arses off, and recording their first full-length, OCD Go Go Go Girls. DiS caught up with heavily-jetlagged frontman Shaun Hencher less than 24 hours after they touched down back in the UK to review the year so far – and find out what’s next… »
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