Dougal and Gammer, Breeze and Styles, Brisk and Ham; the hardcore genre has produced some of the greatest dance duos in the world and now has another dastardly duo to add the mix – Fracus and Darwi

People tend to create strong opinions against or in favour of other people with strong opinions. This is the case of Slough's firstborns Viva Brother, whom everyone seems to have something to s

Italian-born Cesare Marchese is renowned for his deep electronic sounds and quirky experimental tech-house. A formally trained musician, he started off his career as Cesare vs. Disorder, but n

In Waves, one of the most eagerly anticipated metal records of 2011, can without a doubt be considered the most important release of Floridian metal outfit Trivium’s twelve year career. Like any we

White Orange are a throwback grunge band from Portland that are releasing their self titled album in September this year. The sound is sludgy, slow and so 90s it’s unreal. Take that nostalgic vi

Music producer Offshore, aka Ewan Robertson, has been busy of late, releasing a series of EPs in the last few months alone. Pacer is the latest in this series. It’s short and sweet: the length of t

For the debut single from Manchester outfit Oceansize, we are thrown headfirst straight into the monster riff of 'Catalyst'. A wall of distorted guitars, pushed forward by a competent rhyt

Amongst samba performers from Brazil, belly dancing gypsies, a range of political tirades and an uncountable number of people in a variety of colors buzzing around the Oregon Country Fair, I was ab

Liquid Me are a three-piece band from Oneonta, New York; bringing a mix of hard rock, post grunge and a splash of punk. As is often the case, they are three very good friends who have known ea

Otis … oh piss, is probably more accurate, but we’ll come onto that later. A little introduction to the band is always nice to give some context to the music. It usually helps me understand t

GROUPLOVE rapidly gained copious amounts of acknowledgement, appreciation and critical acclaim when that indie/alternative quintet released their S/T EP in 2010. Having exploded onto the scene la

In September 2010 shock news emerged that Adam Kessler was leaving The Drums, now less than 12 months on, the three remaining members return with new single ‘Money’ set for release on the 5

Bombay Bicycle Club are back and armed with new single ‘Shuffle’, in an attempt to remind everyone just how good they are. With the third studio album A Different Kind of Fix due for release

British band The Horrors have returned with Skying, the follow-up to their 2009 breakthrough, Mercury-nominated album Primary Colours. That album saw the group making a progressive change from the

The Burritos started off on the right foot by naming themselves after my favourite foodstuff, so I guess I was subconsciously predisposed to like this for some facile reason. There is also the resu

Noah & The Whale are a band who I've watched grow and progress over the last few years. From the happy-go-lucky indie folk debut album, Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down, to the more sombre conce