Illuminati Hotties - Kiss Yr Frenemies
The eleven songs that make up ‘Kiss Yr Frenemies’ are sun-drenched slices of playful power-pop. Or ‘tenderpunk’ as it has been dubbed. Which sounds exactly like you think it will.
Flatliners
Five medical students who are obsessed with what happens after you die, set out on a daring experiment. By stopping their heart for a short period, they trigger a near-death experience so that they will uncover the truth about the afterlife. But guess what? Things don't turn out the way they thought.
Battle Of The Sexes
There are tons of movies about sports. Baseball, golf and of course, boxing. Not too many about tennis though. And now all of a sudden, there are two: first there was ‘Borg vs. McEnroe’ and now ‘Battle Of The Sexes’, a retelling of the 1973 match between tennis star Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and former US Open winner Bobby Riggs (Steve Carrell).
Trashed Ambulance - Flashes Of Competence
Meet Trashed Ambulance. This three-piece gets to call Alberta, Canada home and has been cranking out punk rock tunes since 2014.
The Creeps - Beneath The Pines
It’s hard to believe sometimes, but I have been doing this site for almost twenty years. In that time I’ve had the distinct displeasure to listen to a whole lot of not so great albums.
Tied To A Bear - True Places
Featuring singer-songwriter Jeff Rowe and members of Choke Up and Landmines, Tied To A Bear is something of a who’s who of the Boston underground music scene.
Abolitionist - The Instant
The Portland, OR punk outfit known as Abolitionist have been going at it since 2009 and show no signs of slowing down on album number four, ‘The Instant’.
Speedy Ortiz's guide to Philadelphia
We recently caught up with Sadie Dupuis, Mike Falcone, Darl Ferm and Andy Molholt - collectively known as Speedy Ortiz - to talk about all things Philadelphia.
The Limehouse Golem
In The Limehouse Golem, director Juan Carlos Medina and screenwriter Jane Goldman, working off a novel by Peter Ackroyd, take you to London during the Victorian era. Someone is slicing and dicing up people in the city’s seedy Limehouse district and it’s up to rumored-to-be-gay inspector John Kildare (Bill Nighy) and Lizzie Cree (Olivia Cooke), an actress who has been accused of poisoning her playwright husband, to solve the grizzly murders.
Spielbergs - Distant Star
On the opening track of their debut EP, Norway’s Spielbergs don’t just knock on your door.