Liverpool Sound City 2012
 Raising a bloody arm from beneath the flotsam in an impenetrable sea of internet sludge come Into The Storm, delivering gruff post-metal with elements of crust punk, angular ambience and Bosh-y algebra. 'Captains' places the fictional leaders of its song titles into grave crises, but these characters seem to be a vessel for some deeply...
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 Hailing from the midden of the North, Edinburgh...Jesus, I cannot believe I started with that lazy as fuck opening line. Hmmm, lets restart this. The Seven Deadly Sins are four spunky young gentleman, Alex Moran (Vocals, Guitar & Harmonica) Euan Moran (Lead Guitar & Vocals) Kev Turner (Bass Guitar) Nic Ross (Drums & Vocals) whose new...
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 “The Last Projectionist” is Liverpudlian five-piece MinionTV's third full album. Grand instrumental rock songs to soundtrack whatever it is we are doing or thinking about in a grand fashion, be it travelling on a train, painting a line of trees or sitting at work contemplating who will next try to replicate natural phenomena with...
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 Ohio’s newest upstarts Brujas Del Sol are quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in the psychedelic rock scene. With their first two recorded efforts, Moonliner vol.1 and Moonliner vol.2 they have achieved something close to impossible: harnessing the classic desert sound of bands like Kyuss while still managing to sound fresh.
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 My initial reaction to hearing French Wives was: “My god, these are good”. The Glaswegian quintet’s debut album is what I would describe as perfect indie pop. Everything is superbly polished; from the music itself, to the videos, to the artwork, to the band’s online image - which is why I did a double take when the website...
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 BoK (Excuse me if I call the band BoK) sound like a diet-Godspeed without the apocalyptic grandeur and classical feel, with a touch of 'Hardcore Will Never Die...'-era Mogwai and some slight echoes of ...Trail of Dead, among others.
BoK begin their debut, 'The Five Colors' with 'Foresight', a track that feels like an...
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 Post-rock. A term that often represents identikit ‘serious’ music made by people with furrowed brows. There are a few titans of the genre – Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky for example – that in many ways are responsible for a slew of bands producing music that is, let’s be honest, a little dull. It is for this...
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 Bitumen-thick and black as coal comes 'El Mal del Bien', the second album from Venezuelan sludge metal quartet Cultura Tres. They've added songwriting nous to the impressive power and experimentation of 2008 debut 'La Cura'. This album captures the volatility of their homeland's fortunes, and indeed those of the wider world...
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 I like Alpha Male Tea Party a wee bit. But you are probably like I was before I actually listened to their record. You’re thinking, 'man that is a shit name for a band'. You are, right now after reading the name, imagining a huge orgy of men all going at it hammer and tongs, powering into each other in a sea of bum gravy while tea is...
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 “A rock musician plays 3 chords in front of 1000 people. A jazz musician plays 1000 chords in front of 3 people”. Or so the old adage goes.
For this reason, many (myself included) can find both rock and jazz music infuriating at times. The rock musician can be far too concerned about how their hair looks to worry about...
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