Joy Killed The Duke – Utrecht, The Netherlands Nowadays, when the word “Grunge” is used to describe a new band, it is often greeted with an eye roll. Joy Killed The Duke and Would You Still Like Me are very much a band existing to dispel this. The self-labelled “Neo-Grunge” four-piece…
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Mighty Magic Animal – Salisbury, England, United Kingdom Mighty Magic Animal and Shucks add credit to the statement I made regarding their last EP. Something, something, don’t underestimate a two-piece band. If you want to break-down said release in a little more detail or rather read my own break-down, gyrate over to…
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Fuzz Lightyear – Leeds, England, United Kingdom Fuzz Lightyear and ‘Animal’. The former unleashed the latter via a cacophony of Garage-Punked Grunge in March of this year. As with anything monikered under or even associated with the word “Garage”, both band and track piqued the interest of my usually front-facing…
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Pigeon’s Pocket – Leeds, England, United Kingdom Pigeons. To ascertain why I love them so much would take me drastically off-topic, so that can wait. Pigeon’s Pocket and their Self-Titled EP, however, cannot. The Leeds four-piece in this here 2020, are one new to the game of meticulously pecking at…
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Squidge – Bristol, England, United Kingdom Underground Alt. Rock struggles on in 2020 and Squidge and their ‘Simple Functions’ single are fighting such a fight. In a scene where Alternative and Indie-Rock often segue between plethora and “handful-of” status, it’s not always easy to stand out. The resounding quality is…
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Black Tree Suns – Plymouth, England, United Kingdom For the most part, it’s been three years since any noise has been made by the above moniker. And so in 2020 Black Tree Suns return with ‘Ignite’ to dispel the invisible yet viscously thick noise-cancelling entity that has stood in their…
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ILL WILL – Bristol, England, United Kingdom It’s always notable when a band uses the genre moniker of Grunge. Enter ILL WILL and the ‘Dispose’ single. The Bristol band are very much one of these wearing the “g-word” on their sleeves alongside the bedfellow of Alternative Rock. Melodic and groove-laden,…
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Modern Day Dukes – Leeds, England, United Kingdom Regardless of what it could be about, the title of Modern Day Dukes – 100% Full Fat Noise is enough to force anyone out of automated mindless scrolling. Is that how you found this piece? Be honest now. Anyway, the band, who hail…
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Stegasaurus Sex Party – Coventry, England, United Kingdom Introducing Stegosaurus Sex Party is quite the task. That’s it, feature over! We can all go home! If only it was that easy! The band hail from Coventry and by their own admission play a mix of “trash punk”, “party grunge” and…
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Sober Son – Bradford-On-Avon, England, United Kingdom. If you mosey on over – Here – you’ll find a band who ‘finally got their shit sorted‘. If you stay where you are now you’ll get to know Sober Son – Wonkey Eyed and proof that the band above have continued to organise…
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