Category: REVIEWS
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Gabriel Moonlight Goes Full Neon Goth On “Fishnet Stockings”
If you’re even slightly into dark, artsy, dance-floor weirdness, Gabriel Moonlight is about to be your new obsession. The 22-year-old Maidenhead native is still fresh in the game, barely a couple months into releases, and he’s already pulling radio spins across Europe, the UK, and the US. Not bad for a guy who makes avant-garde…
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Andrew Schneider – Astonish Me
The music scene has thrived in the last couple of years, with many brilliant artists and bands delivering some of the finest works. However, we rarely stumble upon music outlets that know how to write, compose, arrange, and produce complex, meaningful, and enchanting songs that stand out from anything you could possibly hear in the…
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I, Captain Released New Album “Turntable”
On January 1, 2026, I, Captain, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Pete Rogers, released its third full-length album, “Turntable.” This independent release features nine tracks described as a nostalgic, lo-fi tribute to the 1970s. Rogers handled all aspects of the record, from writing and performing to production. The album is anchored by two standout singles:…
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I Forget Myself – An Exception
As you already know, the contemporary rock scene offers many brilliant artists and bands whose music often resonates with memorable moments, but those music outlets rarely manage to retain that essence from start to finish. Thankfully, there are artists like I Forget Myself who know how to do it properly, without ever sounding predictable, repetitive,…
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Books Of Moods – Fashion Romance
If you paid attention to our writings last year, you had a chance to read a few lines about Books Of Moods, an outstanding French band based in Paris. Their music shines with numerous qualities rarely found in modern indie bands nowadays, thanks to their exceptional songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing abilities. “Fashion Romance,” their…
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Hollow Shift – Reload EP
Whether you love it or not, you have to admit that the darkwave scene sounds better than ever. There are numerous artists and bands doing incredible work, with their albums, extended plays, and singles resonating with many brilliant ideas and outstanding musicianship. If you paid close attention to our pages in the last couple of…
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Leatherface – Peel Sessions LP (Little Rocket Records)
If you’ve spent any time at all browsing Thoughts Words Action, you know that my respect for the Sunderland scene begins and ends with one name: Leatherface. There are bands that play punk rock, and then there are bands that are punk rock, with that sound like they were forged in a shipyard and tempered…
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Roach Squad – Roach Squad LP (Little Rocket Records)
If you’ve spent any significant amount of time digging through the crates or scouring the digital archives of Thoughts Words Action, you know that there is a very specific subgenre of melodic punk rock that hits you squarely in the chest. It’s that grit-under-the-fingernails, gravel-in-the-throat sound that flourished in the nineties and early 2000s, often…
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Scattrbrain – Bombs Away 7″ (Big Society)
If you’ve been following Thoughts Words Action for any amount of time, you know I have a massive soft spot for artists and bands who aren’t afraid to set their own reputation on fire just to see what kind of light the flames produce. Coming straight out of Detroit, a city that knows a thing…
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Bear, Man Dangerous – When We Cease To Understand The World CD
There’s a specific intellectual heaviness that comes out of the Pacific Northwest, and Seattle’s Bear, Man Dangerous has tapped into a particularly potent vein of it. His latest single, When We Cease to Understand the World, is a psychedelic post-rock manifesto for the disillusioned. If you’re a listener enjoying music that feels like a reading…
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Heckspoiler – Live am Heck Meck Fest 2024 LP (Noise Appeal Records)
There is a very specific magic that happens when a band decides to skip the studio polish, ignore the safety net of overdubbing, and just let the tape roll in the middle of a sweat-soaked club. We’ve all heard live albums that sound suspiciously clean, records where every mistake has been scrubbed away, and the…
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Heckspoiler – Bock auf Stress LP (Noise Appeal Records)
When you think of rock duos, the usual suspects often come to mind, often projected through minimalist blues or maybe a bit of garage rock, but what Heckspoiler delivers on their latest LP, Bock auf Stress, shatters any preconceived notions of what two people can achieve with just a bass and a drum kit. It’s…
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