Die Anstalt won’t let you stand still on ‘Isolation’
The moment you hit play on Isolation by Die Anstalt, there’s no way out. The Berlin trio have re-recorded it…
Hayley and the Crushers take ‘Crash’ for a wild ride
Some songs just seem destined to cross paths with a particular band. Crash, the classic by The Primitives, is one…
Tough Cookie get lost in someone else on ‘Let Me Die (Curled In Your Arms)’
London's Tough Cookie sit somewhere between art rock, grunge and atmospheric alt rock. Their new single, Let Me Die (Curled…
Boudicca push beyond the past with their new EP ‘Wretched’
Newcastle (Australia) hardcore punk quintet Boudicca are back with Wretched, a six-track EP conceived as a companion piece to Uncouth…
Gone Future find their groove on ‘Something else’
Gone Future might not be a huge name outside Sweden yet, but the line-up already tells you plenty: the quartet…
Candi Carpenter’s ‘Reincarnation’ is a gloriously messy act of reinvention
Reincarnation starts from a simple but very fertile idea: if you’re constantly changing, you have every right to change your…
Astraba step into dreamier territory on ‘Kismet’
Almost two years after "Sink the Moon", Astraba are back with Kismet, sounding broader, folkier and more atmospheric. The London…
Peter Kernel make peace with ‘Heartbreak’
Peter Kernel haven’t gone all dramatic on us with Heartbreak. The new single from Swiss-Canadian duo Barbara Lehnhoff and Aris…
Square Wild embrace the weird on shape-shifting debut ‘Otherling’
Trying to pin Otherling down to one genre is a losing game. Square Wild make you think you’ve got the…
Black Bordello conjure grief and grandeur on ‘Midheaven Tempest’
On Midheaven Tempest, there are organs that sound like a funeral, strings straight out of a horror film and guitars…