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…
Full NutritionFloods In Japan – Kent, England, United Kingdom Floods In Japan and the 2020 Demo like many, entered said year via lockdown. Ah, lockdown, that thing that went away but not really. That thing that is now lingering like some sort of dystopian outcast ready to stake its claim, administered…
Full NutritionBeefywink – Bristol, England, United Kingdom Beefywink and Dance In The Deluge enter 2020 after a considerable, vibrant, varied and voracious journey through the underground realm. The band, akin to many of the DIY stature, have been through what may seem like a hellish experience of inconsistency and indomitable, unrelenting…
Full NutritionThe Cult Sounds – St. Louis, Missouri, USA Post-Punk is, for a lack of a better set of words, “a funny one”. A funny one that today, has resulted in introducing of The Cult Sounds via a few words and relevant sounds to adequately break down what the band are…
Full NutritionSquidge – Bristol, England, United Kingdom Today is straight to the point, or rather within the context of my waffle that is. But yes, the early stream of Squidge and ‘Cardboard Box’. Squidge. The band whose name I never tire of typing, uttering and squashing with my ham-fisted, Isle Of Wight-originating under-articulating…
Full NutritionTurfboy – Dublin, Ireland Grunge. The “its been done” genre. One that has begrudgingly limped along parallel to its own fuzz staring up at the big names. Turfboy and At Tension find themselves in this camp and very much, like all underground bands in this vein, exist to dispel this…
Full NutritionOut Of Love – London, England, United Kingdom With so many DIY and underground labels populating the UK scene now, trends are forming. This is where Out Of Love and ‘I Am Not Me’ enter the stylistic fray via Venn Records. The London Alt-genre-fluid label is a dependable source from…
Full NutritionMawpit – Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom The genre moniker and stylised form of sound known as Grunge is a funny one. In this here 2020 Mawpit tells us of ‘Natures Curse’ using this very word and all its inherent fuzz via a background elsewhere but also two-thirds adjacent. I hear…
Full NutritionJoy 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…
Full NutritionMighty 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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