We caught up with Signals Midwest after their Birmingham show, supported by Guerrilla Monsoon and Isaac. The band, who are embarking on their first European tour, weave progressive influences into their melodic punk rock to create a distinctive sound. We spoke about their experiences working with Tiny Engines, their current tour and their hometown scene […]
Monthly Archives: September 2014
EP Review: Boston Manor – Driftwood
Boston Manor are a band from Blackpool that broadly straddle the pop punk and emo genres. They are currently signed to Failure by Design Records, previously having released an EP and split with Throwing Stuff. They have continued to build on the success of Here/Now with a new six track release titled Driftwood due for release mid-October. […]
Album Review: Pale Angels – Strange Powers (Arc Live Session)
First off – this new release by Pale Angels is a live recorded seven inch. So the production is defiantly lo-fi, and the reverb on the vocals sounds like they stuck the microphone down the toilet for laughs. But that dirty, home-recorded, four-tracky sound can be charming when done with intent. And on the whole […]
Band Interview: Modern Baseball
Modern Baseball are in the UK for their first headline tour supported by Spraynard and Losing Sleep. We had a chat with bassist Ian about the band’s success, Riot Fest and their local scene in Philadelphia. How’s the tour been so far? This tour’s been awesome. We’re only on like our third day but we’ve […]
What’s Wrong With the Kids? – Volume 1
In this exact moment, the biggest single regret of my life is not the stack of wasted life opportunities or the multiple god shit awful choices I’ve made, but the fact that I didn’t manage to dive off the main stage at the Reading Festival. This is a momentary thing, of course, and the reasons […]
Promoter Interview: Paul Edwards
Paul Edwards took a break from selling t-shirts and doing beer bongs to talk to us after a sold out Front Bottoms show in Nottingham. Paul puts on house shows at Rathaus (previously at Number 3), helps to run Cats? Aye! Records and helps out with WrongWayRound promotions in Southampton. We asked him about how […]
Band/Label Interview: Chris Clavin (Ghost Mice/Plan-It-X Records)
Chris Clavin is best known for being a part of folk-punk band Ghost Mice and running Plan-It-X Records. Currently on tour in the UK playing songs and telling stories from his new book Free Pizza For Life we had a very, very long chat with Chris after a house show in Coventry, about just about […]
SYS Show #3: Christmas Party w/ Laughing in the Face Of, Guerrilla Monsoon + more (Dec 18, Birmingham)
SEEING YOUR SCENE PRESENTS… Our Christmas party, with all proceeds going to Acorns Children’s Hospice! Featuring: Laughing in the Face of – Aggressive, amazing hardcore/punk rock from Birmingham. Guerrilla Monsoon – Rising punky-emo from Birmingham. Signed to Paper + Plastick. Gonna be big! Mixtape Saints (solo) – Acoustic punk rock soul tracks courtesy of Sam […]
Band Interview: And We Danced
Today comes the first in a series related to Paper + Plastick, featuring And We Danced from Minnesota. Covering rock, emo and punk in their music, we spoke to the band about their experiences starting up the band, their local scene, and Jaq Zrust (vocals/guitar) and Jeremy Tappero (guitar/vocals)’s experiences with former Fueled by Ramen bands […]
Album Review: Crows An Wra – Kalopsia
Cornwall punks Crows An Wra have released their first full length record Kalopsia. The band describes themselves as ‘Prog-Punk’, and from that genre combination alone, you can already begin to hear what the album sounds like. It has spacey effects and off beat dissonant riffs, blended expertly into mathematical time signatures. However, this album is so much more […]