Nineties power trio Sugar return with a new track and a 4 LP vinyl set of all the singles released on Creation back in 1992...

Suede are back in full glory with Antidepressants, their tenth album following the great Autofiction which was our album of the year...

Lancaster noise punk trio TV FACE return with a second AOTW after the brilliant Tide Of Men reviewed here with the usual colourful cryptic...

James Morrison (aka Jim Bob) is back with a one two wham bam thank you ma'am two album release, the second being Stick which is described...

Clobber hit us fully in the face with three tracks of ferocious hardcore. Wayne AF Carey blasts the wax away...

Levenshulme's finest acoustic troubador Chris Bridgett returns swiftly after his debut Speedboat On Chapel Street. This time it's a stripped.

The Dirt: Monkeypunch (Sister 9 Recordings) Vinyl | CD | DL available here Released 1 August Sonic sidekicks Jack and Sachiko (aka The Dirt) return two

Steve Harrison can certainly tell you a story or two, or three regarding his early life and love of music, including the opening of his...

Gina Birch: Trouble (Third Man Records) Vinyl | CD | DL Released 11 July Raincoats veteran Gina Birch arrives back on the scene with her second album, a

Hotly tipped newcomers GANS are back with a bang with the funked up electronica of It's Just Life, another taster from their upcoming album..

Cracked Ankles Records are actually 'cracking' it at the moment with an eclectic roster of groups that many labels would kill for.

Salford group Sugarstone release their debut album via Crackedankles, following in the footsteps of fellow Northern label mates Yaang.

On Liminal Veil, the split album from Belk and Casing via Panurus, the stitches will itch long after the headwound has stuck itself together

Evan Williams arrives on the scene under the wings of Peter Doherty's label Strap Originals and it's a brave debut of well written songs...

[slab] are the fast rising Mancunian post punk trio who have released one of the albums of the year and their sold out album launch...

Sevendials: A Crash Course In Catastrophe (Cadiz Music/ CreationYouth) Vinyl | CD | DL Released 11 April What do you get if you cross a Cock, a Joke and a

The new Dead Pioneers album doesn't let up on its strong message fusing hardcore and post-punk, presciently hyper relevant to the reality of the USA

Eleven years on from last album Transmission, Death In Vegas (aka Richard Fearless) return with Death Mask, an album that goes back to minimal

dead things are back with their blistering debut EP, a sinister four tracks covering murder, history and... dead things.

Miki Berenyi Trio: Tripla (Bella Union) Vinyl | CD | DL available at Sister Ray Released 4 April Miki, Moose and Oliver rise from the ashes of Piroshka

The excitement is mounting as Dead Pioneers release their last single off the highly anticipated second album PO$T AMERICAN which...

Bobbie Peru make a long awaited return for their earlier fans and new fans alike with their third album Nurse Corkscrew, a rollercoaster...

Brooklyn group (via Athens, Georgia) Bambara return after three years with possibly their most accessible album to date...

Out Of A Dream is musically uplifting, lyrically dark with razor sharp observations on the state of the world

DIY Manchester trio slab release their debut album Taut produced by Simon 'Ding' Archer and it's a lesson in cinematic moody music...

The Manc dance punk trio on Crack(edankles) Yaang release their debut EP after already blasting it on the live scene...

Dead Channel Sky, the sixth album from clipping. draws its power from our own age to confirm what we have known all along and fear will happen

It's a long time since I've witnessed Doves live, yet the wait is over. Their latest album Constellations For The Lonely reviewed here...

Was I Good Enough?, the new collaboration from Intensive Care and The Body, transcends modern classifications of 'heavy' or 'extreme' music

Armoured Flu Unit: Carnyx (Grow Your Own Records) Vinyl | DL | Streaming Out 7 March - order here   Armoured Flu Unit release a ferociously fantastic

Almost six years since the release of their last proper album Welcome To Our Village reviewed here, Adventures Of Salvador...

Restless and ambitious: Courting’s new album is a thoroughly modern record made from a grand old Liverpool tradition.

Mid Cheshire hardcore punks Kicked In The Teeth return ready to blast us this year with album number three, giving us a taster with...

Doves gently fly back in with a masterpiece we've all been waiting for, from the trio who can still nail that perfect song...

There are 30 listed gigs in Manchester tonight yet this one has me hands down in the punk stakes, with Whinge ready to celebrate the release

As the 45th anniversary of the Closure of the legendary Eric's club in Liverpool approaches, a reunion has been arranged to celebrate it's music and As the 45th anniversary of the Closure of the legen...

Green light. Red light. Both at once. Over and over. All light. Ryan Walker interviews TORU about their new album, Velours Dévorant.

Green light. Red light. Both at once. Over and over. All light. Ryan Walker interviews TORU about their new album, Velours Dévorant.

Michael are back with another single from their second album Nite Salad made one of our albums of the week reviewed here and dropped...

Manic Street Preachers make a powerful return with Critical Thinking, their most urgent album in years. Natalie Royle reviews...

Third album from the House of All. Darker, odder and ultimately more satisfying. A work of folk-horror literature with drums and guitars.

A re-release of The Dickies second album on CD with bonus tracks from a single is a prime example of early pop punk. Nathan Brown reviews.

1992 was the year CDs finally killed off vinyl in records shops but there were still some decent bands around as shiny discs took over.

In a time when digital saturation has become an unavoidable reality, Waterlog’s latest single Touchscreen offers a wry, rollicking reflection on our collective tech addiction. The creative brainchild ...

After releasing the excellent I Think I Found A Lump single recently Whinge arrive with their debut album Something's Quite Not Right

New bands and new music discovered by attending free shows in London by Keith Goldhanger.

Benefits keep up the intensity with new single, Divide. Andy Brown embraces the new noise from Middlesbrough’s finest.

Deep Cabaret – Matchless Wrong Speed Records Vinyl | DL Out now   2024 featured a dazzling array of albums – titanic post-punk trio Objections The 2019 live performance from captivating the hurdy-gurd...

How far can you push an X-Files themed punk band? Follow the evidence because the truth is out there says Nathan Brown.

How far can you push an X-Files themed punk band? Follow the evidence because the truth is out there says Nathan Brown.