Tag: REVIEWS
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Cheap Perfume – Don’t Care. Didn’t Ask LP
Seriously, stop whatever you’re doing and pay attention. Cheap Perfume, with their new record Don’t Care. Didn’t Ask., aren’t messing around. It’s a manifesto wrapped up in some seriously loud, abrasive riffs, and shouted with zero apologies. If you’re tired of timid music and think punk rock should actually mean something, then this album is…
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Model Martel – A Thousand Couple Times LP (Snappy Little Numbers)
You know that feeling when a band just gets it? Not just the energy, but the architecture of a great song? That’s exactly what Cleveland, Ohio’s Model Martel has delivered with their new full-length, A Thousand Couple Times. It’s a carefully calculated blend of melodic punk rock, indie punk, and emo, executed with such precision…
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ZEPHR – Past Lives LP (Snappy Little Numbers)
Let’s just be honest here, there’s so much noise out there, so many bands trying to sound like three different subgenres at once, that sometimes you just want the straight goods. You want the raw emotion, the loud guitars, and the chorus that makes you involuntarily punch the air. That’s where ZEPHR steps in with…
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State Drugs – Parade Of Red Flags LP (Snappy Little Numbers)
Let’s talk nostalgia, but not the cheap, dusty kind. We’re talking about that specific, complicated feeling you get when a sound perfectly captures the emotional intensity and melodic genius of a bygone era, yet delivers it with the polish and perspective of the present day. That, my friends, is the experience of plunging headfirst into…
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Night Court – Nervous Birds LP (Snappy Little Numbers)
Let’s be honest, in an age where everything demands long attention spans and endless complexity, sometimes you just need a perfect, explosive moment, and that, my friends, is exactly what Night Court delivers with their Nervous Birds LP. It’s an immediately addictive record that embraces everything you ever needed to know about Night Court’s sound,…
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Reflection – Cleft Stick LP (Geenger Records)
Let’s cut right to the chase: if you consider yourself a devotee of post-hardcore, screamo, or any music that uses raw emotion as a weapon, you need to stop what you’re doing and pay attention. Reflection have delivered their latest full-length, Cleft Stick, via Geenger Records, and it’s safe to say this is their magnum…
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Flight 409 – Finish What You Started
Flight 409 is back with a brand-new release that will unquestionably appeal to all music enthusiasts who appreciate carefully assembled, flawlessly performed music. “Finish What You Started” is their first piece of work since “We Don’t Dance,” a critically acclaimed full-length album released back in 2009. The band is back stronger than ever, with a…
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Replaced By Robots – The Ocean
“The Ocean” is the latest release by Replaced By Robots, a supergroup formed by David Goolkasian (The Elevator Drops), Heather Joy Morgan (painter and artist), and Adam Wade (Funeral Party). It’s their second piece of work in 2025 and an appropriate follow-up to “The Experiment,” their debut extended play released earlier this year, that you…
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Boxing Club – City Boy
“City Boy” is the latest release by Boxing Club, an outstanding band straddling the Glasgow–London divide. It’s their second piece of work in 2025, arriving after “Barbra,” and an excellent debut standalone single released earlier this year that you should also check out as soon as possible. It’s one of those tracks that immediately wraps…
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mUmbo – When It Was Quiet EP
“When It Was Quiet” is the latest release by mUmbo, an excellent English trio based in London. It’s their first piece of work this year, arriving after “Sky Is Blue,” “Fringe Benefits,” “Red Benefits,” and “A Little Life,” a series of marvellous standalone singles released throughout 2023 and 2024 that you should also check out…
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9 o’clock Nasty – Heavy
“Heavy” is the latest release by 9 o’clock Nasty, a prolific English genre-defying trio based in Leicester. Serving as a sixth standalone single from “Chaos,” their highly anticipated upcoming full-length, slated for release on March 13th, 2026, it further demonstrates their tremendous creativity, talent, and willingness to deliver a completely fresh, unique, innovative, and exciting…
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Feder – S/T LP (Grazil Records)
Feder, the Austrian trio based in Graz, released their self-titled album back in May this year. This fine piece of sonic artistry is the sound of existential dread being set to an anthem, a brilliant collision of noise and nuance. You get the raw, uncompromising punch of punk rock, but instead of straight-up street fury,…
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