Punk Reviews
A Day To Remember – What Separates Me From You (Punk, Rock)
25th April 2011 -A Day To Remember’s fourth full length album What Separates Me From You hit the shelves over three months ago now and it somehow slipped the Rocksins radar to do a review, so I thought I would make up for lost time. Florida’s favourite collective of pop-metallers (“its not pop and its not metal, its both” is a significant quote… Read More »
Social Distortion – Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes (Punk, Rock)
25th April 2011 -It’s fair to say that Social Distortion have been around the blocks a few times, heck, frontman and last remaining original member Mike Ness has had his fair share of war stories over the years. The mere fact that this band are still around is testament to the will of Ness and the fact that this album is as joyful… Read More »
Gay For Johnny Depp – What Doesn’t Kill You, Eventually Kills You (Punk)
25th April 2011 -Given Brooklyn hardcore punk band Gay For Johnny Depp are fairly upfront in their intention to push the boundaries, from the eyebrow raising band or classy song titles such as ‘Sex in your mouth’, ‘Cumpassion’ and ‘Shh, put the shiv to my throat’. Add music stylings akin to The Locust, Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower and Pissed Jeans,… Read More »
Violent Soho – Violent Soho (Punk, Rock)
25th April 2011 -Whoah! Sounds like the 90′s. Well not the bleak Oasis dominated years but the good bits when Nirvana ruled the MTV airwaves. Imagine what it would sound like if Weezer’s heavier brother formed a band with The Vines heavier brother and he knew The Smashing Pumpkins heavier brother? Well, that would be Violent Soho from Mansfield, Australia who rip through… Read More »
Kvelertak – Kvelertak (Metal, Punk)
25th April 2011 -“Kvelertak shamelessly draw inspiration from every corner of something that could fit into their idea of good hard-hitting and catchy rock’n’roll. Regardless of genre, but always truthful to the basic idea of the band; good songs performed with the tongue-in-cheek attitude of their punk-rock pioneers.” Releasing their much anticipated debut album, Kvelertak are already well known in Norway for their… Read More »
