Author: Guy Shankland

Album Review: No Fun At All – Grit
March 14, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: No Fun At All – Grit

Swedish Punks ‘No Fun At All’ are hurtling towards their thirtieth(!) anniversary and the band’s first release in Nine years, ‘Grit’ is an outstanding example of thoroughbred European Punk. The first cut ‘Spirit’ blows the doors off with it’s clean...
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Album Review: Trophy Jump – Depression Club
March 13, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Trophy Jump – Depression Club

Zagreb Skate Punks Trophy Jump release the Bolshoi bouncing ‘Depression Club’. The simplistic title track resonates like early Offspring before ‘Sympathy For Kevin’ lyrically resists a gay pass and the tune is pure 90’s American Punk. A snare splitti...
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Album Review: Moose Blood – I Don’t Think I Can Do This Anymore
March 13, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Moose Blood – I Don’t Think I Can Do This Anymore

Canterbury Emo Rockers ‘Moose Blood’ release their third full-length studio album the poignantly pragmatic ‘I Don’t Think I Can Do This Anymore’. Understated opener ‘Have I Told You Enough’ sets an early pace and tone that is rarely deviated from...
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Live Review: Skid Row and Night Ranger at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
March 12, 2018 No Responses

Live Review: Skid Row and Night Ranger at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

The historic Empire is packed as San Francisco’s Night Ranger take to the iconic stage. The band ooze mature sunshine cool and their enthusiasm brightens up the rainiest of Sunday nights. The ever-smiling band swirl, smile and shimmy their way...
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Album Review: Blessthefall – ‘Hard Feelings’
March 12, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Blessthefall – ‘Hard Feelings’

Arizona Screamo Rockers BlessTheFall releases their sixth studio album ‘Hard Feelings’. Kicking off with the razor cut ‘Wishful Sinking’ which has a Linkin Park spine and some Slipknot anger vocals are thrown into the busy bubbling pot. The five-piece ...
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Album Review: Milestones – Red Lights
March 6, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Milestones – Red Lights

The blurred boundary lines between Pop-Punk and just Pop are stretched to snapping point by Manchester’s Milestones debut ‘Red Lights’. The commercial radio heavy opener ‘BitterSweetHeart’ shimmy’s into shopping mall shenanigans, running down corri...
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EP Review: Ay Wing – Ice Cream Dream
March 6, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Ay Wing – Ice Cream Dream

Solo artist Ay Wing’s ‘Ice Cream Dream’ is full of eclectic electro goodness which swirls around the oyster wafer ear. Opener and title track ‘Ice Cream Dream’ is a must for BBC 6’s ever-precious playlist. The tracks light spacious sound...
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Album Review: The Dub Righters – True Sound Killaz
March 4, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: The Dub Righters – True Sound Killaz

London Three piece The Dub Righters throw their frayed flat cap into the Street Ska ring. The bands independent underground sound resonates with squatters rights, mouldy bathrooms and bed sheet curtains. Opener ‘Archway Keith’ has a distinct homemade 2-Ton...
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Album Review: Last Great Dreamers – 13th Floor Renegades
March 4, 2018 No Responses

Album Review: Last Great Dreamers – 13th Floor Renegades

Eighteen months since the Last Great Dreamers released the excellent ‘Transmissions From Oblivion’ album the band have returned with another corker ‘13th Floor Renegades’. Up first is the rat-a-tat attack of ‘New Situation’ that blows away any cobw...
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EP Review: Kid Klumsy – Spit Your Dummy Out
March 4, 2018 No Responses

EP Review: Kid Klumsy – Spit Your Dummy Out

Kid Klumsy’s debut E.P ‘Spit Your Dummy Out’ is loaded with STP family familiarity and the result is six cuts of the Nineties shaved Pop-Punk. ‘Grow Up’ kicks a musical hacky sack at Sum 41 while ‘24 Hours’ has a...
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