Rattleback – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Despite its numerous derivatives, the far-from dulcet sounds of Hardcore Punk are yet to be quelled. Rattleback and Weeding The Garden State are both a collection of cognitive organisms and their respective craft that very much subsist on the voraciously, viscous vitality that is the…
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I See Vultures – Leicester, England, United Kingdom It’s been a rough-year to debut as a band but I See Vultures and ‘Neversafe’ enter 2020 none-the-absolute-less. The band’s resolute determination is to be commended, even if they should “retrain” and look for other work. The Leicester band have thus far fallen upon…
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PARLA – Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom Alternative Rock, in the modern age of underground Rock, is a lucrative foundation and canvas. It is here that introducing PARLA is both logistically fitting, and at its easiest. PARLA can be found somewhere around Cardiff and the UK south-west, with the aim of…
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SHIIVA – Lancaster, California, USA California is fertile ground for Punk-Rock and Hardcore and from this sonically nutritional soil, SHIIVA and their Groov(e) enter 2020. The four-piece in this past July unleashed their debut defiance set across seven tracks durationally set between 1:32 and 2:39. That latter piece of information is…
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Austerity – Brighton, England, United Kingdom Introducing Austerity. Hmmm, well isn’t that a profundity rich topic in this age of the exponentially increasing Punk music cornucopia. However, despite the looming threat of my incessant waffle, I should think now, a few sentences in, it would be rude to stop and…
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Shellycoat – Hamburg, Germany The legacy of ’90s Punk is a lucrative well of sonics that outdoes itself. Shellycoat and Hide The Knives enter via the influence of the seminal period but in a manner open and free in its exploratory desires. The Hamburg band have been slogging it out since…
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Bruise Control – Manchester, England, United Kingdom Bruise Control and their Self-Titled enter into a 2020 that, for lack of a better everything else, has kept full-capacity in-ear live gigs to a recurring maximum. In other words that aren’t quite so ridiculous and do have some functional meaning when collated…
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LASSITERS – London, England, United Kingdom The words “LASSITERS and Their Self-Titled” have (not particularly gracefully) graced Ear Nutrition before. This was back in the now near-mythical, comparatively utopian (but not really) time of 2018 where things were still decidedly shit, but less so. This was a time where their…
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Friday Night Lights – Leeds, England, United Kingdom 2020 has seen new music aplenty but also that of hindsight inspired improvements. Friday Night Lights and ‘The Girl In The Picture’ can be very much counted here. The Leeds four-piece, much akin to the majority of those on the UK underground…
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Quietus – Charleville-Mézières, France The myriad, maelstrom and wealth of Progressive Rock music and it’s adjacent noise is unquestionably lucrative. Quietus and Chaos Is Order Yet Undeciphered are words befitting of this umbrella and it’s protective and creatively nurturing shelter. Of course, I say “Progressive Rock” but in truth, in…
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