Hot Water Music (along with bands such as Avail – R.I.P) are notorious for being hardworking, constantly on tour, and immune to anything approaching mainstream
Read moreENDON – Through The Mirror (Hydra Head, 2017)
Have you ever heard of that play, Waiting For Godot where two old blokes are waiting for this other bloke and you think he’s eventually
Read moreMark Lanegan Band – Gargoyle (Heavenly, 2017)
You can’t really write a review of a Mark Lanegan record without mentioning The Screaming Trees. There you go. This man’s career has seen him
Read moreNo Use For A Name – Rarities Vol. 1: The Covers (Fat Wreck Chords, 2017)
It was kind of hard to go in to this without preconceptions. I’ve got a strong opinion on this band that not everyone agrees with.
Read moreBig Hush – “Spirit / Wholes” (Robotic Empire, 2017)
Big Hush hail from Washington DC – a city rich in musical history, with many bands owning a fervent DIY ethic and a tendency to
Read moreCell – Demo 7in (Drunken Sailor Records, 2017)
Fuck me. I was not expecting this. This is some bruising old school hardcore with a gnarled, crusty edge. Realistically I should have been passing
Read morePkew Pkew Pkew –+One re-issue (Side One Dummy, 2017)
This is a bizarrely rapid turnaround for a re-issue. This was originally released in 2016 as ‘s/t’. What we got here is the s/t album
Read moreOgikubo Station – s/t 12in (Asian Man Records, 2017)
You could make immediate mental leaps to The Evens (Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina, Dischord Records) as this is an duo comprised of someone that
Read moreRainer Maria – s/t (Polyvinyl, 2017)
For those unfamiliar, Rainer Maria are an indie-rock band that formed in the summer of 1995 in Madison, Wisconsin. Caithlin De Marrais, singer and bassist,
Read moreMarvelous Mark – Buzzin’ (Drunken Sailor Records, 2017)
Avid readers (assuming there are any) may remember with fondness (doubtful, but I’m open to the possibility) my review of Marvelous Mark’s debut LP, Crushin’
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