2014 saw the release of Pianos Become The Teeth’s beautiful, yet very different third album Keep You. A departure from their post-rock/screamo hybrid into more emo-ish territory, completely leaving screams behind in favor of clean vocals. Pianos are on their first European headline tour since 2012, and the sudden style change raises questions like if … Continue reading
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Introducing: Life Below
What are Sundays good for? Exactly. Discovering new bands. Hailing from Durban, South Africa comes Life Below, a blackened hardcore band who have just released their debut track ‘Cycles’. Bassist Steven, also the editor of http://www.noisefix.co.za, was stoked to answer some of our questions, so read on! Please introduce yourself and your band. “Hey, we’re … Continue reading
Introducing: Venom Prison
Based out of Wales, Venom Prison are ready to introduce themselves to the public. The fresh metal band features (former) members of Wolf Down, Brutality Will Prevail and Desolated. Vocalist Larissa took the time to answer some questions and give Venom Prison a proper introduction along with the new tracks which you can stream below. … Continue reading
Exclusive: Stream The River Card’s New EP “Forced Hand”
Stoke-On-Trent’s hardcore outfit The River Card are set to release their brand new effort called Forced Hand. The 4-track EP is up for pre-order now in the Farewell Records webstore (in various bundles) on baby blue, white and clear vinyl. We’re stoked to present an exclusive stream of the EP which you can listen to in the … Continue reading
Exclusive: Buy The L.A. Journal / The Collaboration T-shirt and Support Actions Not Words
Hey guys, listen up! Actions Not Words is a charity based in Kenya that focuses on providing under privileged children with quality education. Currently the NGO sponsors over 65 individuals. In addition to their three current projects (Boarding School Program, Young Mums & Naivasha Prison), their next goal is to build a school in the … Continue reading
Introducing: The River Card
After listening to their new EP Forced Hand, available for pre-order now via Farewell Records, it was without a doubt that I was gonna introduce you all to The River Card. That is, if you’re not familiar with the Stoke-on-Trent band yet, like I was. They’ve actually been around since 2005 and put out six blasting releases … Continue reading
Introducing: Earthly Rage
When updating each other on our latest finds, Max Horn from Baron X Bones told me about London-based band Earthly Rage: “super young, but fucking sick”. I didn’t hesitate to check them out and was pretty blown away by their debut EP On Wings of Darkness considering the fact that no band member has officially … Continue reading
Photo Report: Joyce Manor & Cheap Girls @ De Bakkerij, 9 November 2014
Last Sunday we went out to see Torrance, California’s punk outfit Joyce Manor in Castricum, the Netherlands. While till in awe of their 2011 self-titled debut LP and jamming this beautiful vinyl on a regular basis, the band released their third full-length album Never Hungover Again on Epitaph Records last summer. SPIN praised the band’s … Continue reading
Photo Report: GIVE & Fever @ Winston Kingdom, 6 November 2014
Last night Anne and I went to see GIVE in Amsterdam. A little later than expected, Dutch hardcore band Fever opened up. I was looking forward to finally see them live, as their name has been popping up on show posters regularly lately, but unfortunately they played a rather sloppy 15-minute set. The potential is definitely there … Continue reading
Introducing: The Dull Eyes
The Dull Eyes are a fairly new band from Dusseldorf, Germany who like to describe their music as “space shit”. We had the privilege of exclusively streaming their new EP Titanomachy in its entirety and we definitely feel the spacey, fuzzy vibes. We asked singer Jannis some questions about his band and the new release, check … Continue reading