• Review: Alvvays – Alvvays

  • Review: White Reaper – White Reaper

  • Sloucher’s Bridge Burnin’ Tramlines 2014 guide.

    Just because I was kicked out left Sheffield, doesn’t mean we won’t do a preview for ya. We know it’s a very busy weekend, this whole Tramlines thing, so we’ve done a lil’ list of bands we really suggest you check. Like last year, we’ve compiled a nifty PDF file you can print with our…

  • An interview with Joe Volume

    1) Hey Joe, what’s up? What’s new in your world? Hey, that feels like an odd question at the time cuz honestly everything has changed, and I’m afraid that lots of aspects of my life have taken a turn for the worse. First up I got attacked in my apartment, which opened up a court…

  • Review: Weird Al Yankovic – Mandatory Fun

    4 out of 5 stars   Video certainly killed the radio star. When the internet came along, it seemed the video star would be dead too. Then came Youtube and rather than signal the death knell, it gave yet more platform for the visual form.

  • Band of the week – The Payroll Union

      History can be a tricky thing. It’s often referenced as “being written by the winners” but that ol’ bit of homespun knowledge overlooks how there’s always something more, a b-side to history’s greatest single. This is where the dark, American Gothic sounds of The Payroll Union come into play. The band’s history is akin to a…

  • Stream – AUXVJ

    Mr. Jonathan Arellano has many faces for his music. Sometimes he goes wild prog with URSS bajo el árbol. Sometimes he’s just part of a gestalt entity called Xavier, where all voices have equal weight. Other times, he ponders about love, life and madness with The Jonathan Arellano Project. And sometimes he’s just performing with…

  • Review – Seth Woods – Been In This War For Too Long: Liturgical Demonstrations From Bygone Days

  • Review: Brontide – Artery

  • Band of the Week: The Eastern Sea

    Sometimes the best surprises you get in life is when you stumble upon a band by mere serendipity. It was August 2012 and I was diving Scrooge McDuck style through that vault of musical riches called Daytrotter. Many good bands were found, but a crown jewel came in the form of The Eastern Sea. The first…