Fader Quartz Blanc Check Records Fader is a duo, consisting of Neil Arthur (Blancmange/Near Future) and Benge (Wrangler, Creep Show and John Foxx And The Maths). Quartz is their third album, following 2019’s brilliant In Shadow. Benge also [...]
Diatom Deli Time~Lapse Nature RVNG International Artist PR’s can really go to extremes, from bare facts to wordy gibberish that praises the artists to heaven with no substantial music behind those words. Having read the press release [...]
MELØ Things We Lost Independent Things We Lost is the debut EP from Windsor-based artist MELØ. He describes his music as riding an “edge where retro-futurism meets indie-pop and blooms into overdrive”. That is not a bad description. This is an [...]
Shawn Benfield Way Of The World Shotgunn Records Shawn Benfield is from West Virginia, which has found its way into his music, for the better. Way Of The World is his debut album, and it is one hell of a debut. This is country rock at its [...]
Fozzy Boombox Mascot Records The Georgia-based band Fozzy have returned after five years with their eighth studio album, Boombox. The follow-up to 2017’s Judas, it’s full of the usual energy and effort that the band puts into their music. With a [...]
Silverstein Misery Made Me UNFD/NSEW Recordings Over the years, many will have formed a variety of different opinions when it comes to post-hardcore heavy-hitters, Silverstein. But when it comes to redeveloping soundscapes for every album [...]
Love & Pain It Comes In Waves Independent Many artists have both many differing (or not so differing) musical interests and try to cover as much ground as they possibly could. Very often, it has quite a bit to do with their inventiveness and [...]
Simple Plan Harder Than It Looks Independent Simple Plan has always reigned supreme when we look to the kings that rule the pop-punk realm. They not only shaped the genre, but emerging bands have also used them as the pillar of influence on [...]