Happy Mondays – Excess All Areas – A Biography – Simon Spence (Aurum Press) Well researched and enthusiastic biography of the Madchester Scallies tracing their origins from the surprisingly non-criminal suburbs of Manchester to become…
Spider Kitten – Behold Mountain. Hail Sea. Venerate Sky. Bow Before Tree. CD (Undergroove Records) Just the three tracks but Cardiff’s finest purveyors of sludgy doom make them count and with the added bonus of…
Sleaford Mods – Tiswas EP/CD (Invada Records) Following on from their recent singles compilation (‘Chubbed Up’), Nottingham’s finest Hipunk hop duo return with 5 tracks – 4 new ones and \’Tiswas\’ lifted from the bands…
V/A – Oi! Ain\’t Dead Vol.3 7\” (Rebellion) This little comp brings together four of the bigger names in the US and Dutch scenes right now to offer a worthy continuation of this fine series….
Strongbow – Chained LP/ CD (Contra) This is the fourth album from Dresden punk rockers, and their experience shines through. The songwriting flows naturally, and these guys stick to writing songs without worrying too much…
Listen to \”Paranoia\”, the second track to surface from Hierophant\’s forthcoming new album, now on BlowtheScene.com. This track appears on Peste, which will be available on November 25th on CD, LP and digital formats via…
Tour Features Support from Superheaven, Fire & Ice, Take Offense & Others; New Turnstile Album Available 1/13/15 Turnstile have just announced two batches of U.S. tour dates in support of their forthcoming new album Nonstop…
Anathema To Be Joined By Former Members Duncan Patterson and Darren White It is our honour to announce that Anathema will headline the Sunday date of the 20th edition of Roadburn Festival, at the 013…
Having worked with the band for several years in the United States, it is with great pleasure that Nuclear Blast Records can officially announce the worldwide signing of one of the UK\’s most visionary, sickening…
Burning Love are an unapologetic punk band from Toronto, fronted by vocalist/lyricist Chris Colohan (Cursed, Left For Dead, Ruination, etc). Burning Love\’s approach is more nuanced than his previous bands. Mixing raw melody and swagger…
HANG THE BASTARD’s vocalist Tomas Hubbard has actually had a very bad week which has involved him in being kept in hospital for 3 days. He has had a back problem for two months and…
Totally sold out! And not surprising looking at the bill, there was a real buzz shaping up about this year’s festivities… Not that the weather was going to affect anything as it was all under…
