Overall Score: 9/10Musicianship: 10/10Variety: 9/10Consistency: 10/10Pros: Epic sounds, great melodies and keeps its momentum throughoutCons: May not appeal to everyone Birmingham boys Led By Lanterns have been challenging the norms of the music industry for years, building their own community and connecting directly with their fan base through Twitch and Discord. Citing While She Sleeps…
Like a lovechild of Frank Turner and Billy Bragg raised on the fields of Glastonbury, Beans On Toast has been churning out his particular brand of storytelling since 2005, supporting big names up and down the country on top of his own tours, festival appearances and book writing. Beans On Toast’s latest release Survival Of…
Overall score: 8/10Playability: 9/10Musicianship: 9/10Pros: Another record from this band that from start to finish meets their high standardsCons: The second half is very dense and this softens its impact slightly Fit For An Autopsy have carved out a name for themselves based on consistency with the assistance of their not so secret weapon: songwriter/guitarist/producer…
Rock Sins ventures to Shepherd’s Bush Empire to see The Darkness on their penultimate date of the 22 date UK tour. With initial trepidation after hearing the news of Massive Wagons pulling out of the London dates due to someone in their camp contracting the dreaded C word, we wouldn’t be surprised with the dates…
Philosopher Cornel West once said; “you can’t move forward until you look back”. Embracing this ideology, emo titans MAYDAY PARADE have released their long awaited album What It Means To Fall Apart via Rise Records. The follow up to 2018’s Sunnyland offers up 12 contemplative tracks for fans and new listeners alike to sink their…
Limp Bizkit. The much maligned face of turn-of-the-century nu metal which was often pointed to by critics as the worst of the worst, and justification for the intense hatred held towards nu metal as a whole for the next decade. Of course, in the intervening years, those who grew up with the genre have begun…
The pandemic brought the world’s global music scene both to a halt and to its knees. But, with Covid’s colossal weight stacked on its shoulders, the music industry was forced to forge a new path where the trodden one was no longer an option. With creativity and a will to keep music alive, we saw…
From the comfort of my living room I’d been watching various tours unfold across the country and after a long 18 months of no live music, I had been eagerly counting the days until Vukovi’s Birmingham tour date. The videos, photos and posts I’d been keeping an eye on did not do this show justice….
A mid-week gig never sounds appealing, you’re getting over the hump towards the weekend, but when the young Irish up-starts Inhaler come to town, you make yourself available. The scepticism was fairly strong for this gig, it was hard to not look past the fact that their lead singer was the son of rock music…
Generally regarded as one of the most important UK festivals for all things rock, metal, punk and ska, the weekend of Slam Dunk Festival’s now-duo of dates on opposite ends of the country were sorely missed in 2020 thanks to the onset of COVID-19. Fortunately though, the absence was only to be a temporary one,…
