Dan Slessor

Goonies Never Say Die No Words To Voice Our Hopes And Fears   Having given the world Mogwai and 65 Days Of Static, the U.K. has certainly made some essential contributions to the post-rock canon, and Blackpool’s Goonies Never Say Die are welcome additions to the fold. With a gorgeously organic sound supplemented with subtle […]

Your Demise The Kids We Used To Be   Having hammered away in the U.K. hardcore underground since 2005, Your Demise started grabbing a lot of attention with 2009’s Ignorance Never Dies. A thunderous affair, it hit home as hard as Hatebreed at their most pissed off while vocalist George Noble’s snarling lyrics unloaded a […]

A Rocket To The Moon The Rainy Day Sessions EP   With 2009’s On Your Side, A Rocket To The Moon further cemented Fueled By Ramen’s reputation for finding bands that connect strongly with young fans hungry for huge choruses and lyrics they can really relate to. Bursting with melodies, the band certainly fit comfortably […]

Hello Astronaut The Only One EP   Proving once again you need neither an actual band nor a record label these days, Hello Astronaut is the nom de plume of 18-year-old multi-instrumentalist Jordan Palmer, and The Only One, his second release, is a confident, richly melodic and heartfelt affair. Palmer has progressed dramatically since 2009’s […]

Parkway Drive Deep Blue   From the eerie breathing that opens “Samsara” to the final burst of pointed aggression that rounds out closer “Set To Destroy,” Parkway Drive give the performance of their lives on Deep Blue, and in doing so they have delivered one of the albums of 2010. While the Australian quintet’s two previous full-lengths—2006’s Killing […]

The Used Artwork On their fourth full-length, Utah’s the Used have delivered not only the definitive album of their career, but arguably one of the best records you’ll hear in 2009. Every track comes armed with a truly stratospheric chorus, yet no two songs tread the same path. The band explore a variety of moods […]

The Used The Used Emerging as the post-hardcore and modern-day screamo scenes were steadily building momentum in 2002, the Used clawed their way onto the map on the merits of delivering a debut that while not necessarily setting the world on fire, still managed to wield a scrappy, unique and compelling personality. From the get […]

Call The Cops Call The Cops As the burgeoning electro-pop/rock thing continues to set the charts on fire, Orange County, California's Call The Cops, the latest signing to Myspace Records, are joining the (sugar) rush to the top of the heap. Their self-titled full-length debut may not exactly be turning the genre on its head, […]

No One Deserves To Be Here More Than Me Though Philadelphia's Blacklisted are certainly a hardcore band, their brand of sonic abuse refuses to play by the rules of the genre, dragging anyone too close to the speakers on a hellish journey into ominous sonic territory. Their previous releases have been uniformly stunning, and on No […]