After last year\’s killer Hold Fast Demons 12\” I had high expectations for The Drowns\’ debut album, and Under Tension takes that anticipation and smashes it out of the park. Their EPs showcased a band…
Like most scene folks, when I hear the name Nathan Gray, I automatically think of Boysetsfire. Having fronted the bruising, politically driven band since their inception sometime in the early nineties, Nathan Gray has earned…
Trying to adequately and accurately convey just how wonderfully captivating The World / Inferno Friendship Society are is like attempting to juggle a quartet of rabid dogs while explaining Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity to…
While it’s become almost de rigueur for the masses to proclaim some sort of passing allegiance to the “nerd” cause, a devotion that they can pick up and drop at will when the mood suits…
This is the mighty fine debut album from South Wales band Drunken Marksman. They feature ex-members of Classified Protest, Rectify and This System Kills and that was enough for me to keep close tabs on…
Now this is an interesting development! I have mentioned in previous missives from Darth Marv’s Tower that the one seemingly unavoidable flaw that is always present in a great many Star Wars comics is the…
It’s not like the new Star Wars film, Rise of Skywalker, needs any more hype, but if you feel the need for an appetiser, then this bright and breezy romp may well fit the bill….
Galaxy’s Edge is the sort of thing that Disney would come up with isn’t it? A theme park based on Star Wars, designed purely to coax cash from the pockets of forty/fifty some things for…
Christmas? Humbug! This time the Middle Age Crew chat about the new trailers for ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’, ‘Wonder Woman ’84’, ‘Black Widow’ and ‘No Time to Die’, get all nostalgic about ‘Mickey’s Christmas Carol’, get in…
Short answer: Yes, sort of. Long answer: No, because it should be reclassified. Let me explain… When we categorise anything, music, films, books, art there are general categories and then more specific categories. Napalm Death…
30. The Setbacks – Everything (Under the Ladder Records) 29. The Waterboys – Where the Action Is (Cooking Vinyl) 28. Danko Jones – A Rock Supreme (Rise Above Records) 27. Giuda – E.V.A. (Rise Above…
Live albums can often be dubious affairs. The question can be poised at just how live the album actually is. If your name’s Thin Lizzy and your live album is called Live and Dangerous, then…
