Gentleman’s Brawl – Leeds, England, United Kingdom Pop-Punk has become quite the varied canvas and infuser in its generation-old medium. Gentleman’s Brawl, ‘Roseblunt’ and ‘Black Tar’, a band from Leeds soon to release the respective latter-two titles as their latest, are a living, breathing example. The five-piece’s sound exists on…
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Ripcord Records – Scotland, United Kingdom At the beginning of February and after a gargantuan amount of work Ripcord Records, Refuge Part I and Refuge Part II were unleashed. So, why after over three weeks of public airing and a lengthy run-up to both the respective releases, am I electro-scribbling…
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GRUNK – Rugby, England, United Kingdom “GRUNK and Unnecessary Hate Boner” is a series of words that I hadn’t expected to utter yet alone write down so others can. However, for whatever reason, I am attracted to both dirge and humorously monikered bands and music so here we are. GRUNK hail…
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Heathcliff – Munich, Germany Heathcliff and Stay Posi, after a slight delay due to the year of “ugh what now” will soon release via SBÄM as the European staple continues in its quest to propagate the soundwaves with a steady supply of fast-Punk. Punk & Disorderly Records of Canada and Milestone Sounds…
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The Expanse Of The Internet “May Have Missed Volume 1” is an attempt to counter the volume of requests I receive in the various Ear Nutrition inboxes as I type away. The venture of EN, when it boils down to the barebones of itself, is a spare-time hobby. I try…
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Icantdie – Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom Given the three-pieces’ stylistically straddling flexibility, introducing Icantdie is no simple task. 2016 saw the Welsh noise makers dramatically emerge from Bridgend via an organised but cacophonic-inclined blend of self-monikered “Heavy Alternative Rock” beset with an earth-shattering heaviness borrowed from more than one camp.…
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Broken Calling – South East, England, United Kingdom For all the poignant and inherent politics of the Punk scene, Broken Calling and ‘Redemption’ enter 2020 as something of a reminder. A crucially targetted and jagged punch to the face with a sole purpose. One to show that political disdain and…
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Ryan Martin – York, England, United Kingdom The words “Ryan Martin” and “Through Thistles And Thorns” are now appearing across your visual cortex in an effort to dispel the “solo-artist” assumption. In other words, this relates to the assumption that most in this vein are bound simply to an acoustic…
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Underdark – Nottingham, England, United Kingdom After the elapsing of time and some changes, Underdark and ‘Plainsong’ // ‘With Bruised And Bloodied Feet’ become part of the tirade of new music releases of 2020. The Nottingham five-piece, like many, had their path altered and diverted due to the onset COVID-period,…
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Hidden Mothers – Sheffield, England, United Kingdom Hidden Mothers and their debut EP in this 2020 of woe, enter into the lucrative well of progressive guitar music on a journey to the depths of its blackened fringes. But Matt, what the fuck are you talking about? Well, my various perplexed…
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