Movie Review: Guest House
From the very first seconds of Guest House, you can immediately tell who the audience is, why the film isn’t going to work, and everything it’s going to do. A look at frat party America, with all the bells and whistles attached to it, directed by a man with pasta in his name. Sam Macaroni’s tale […]
Single Review: ‘Out of Reach’ by Royals
After gaining some traction from their cover of Taylor Swift’s ‘Me!’ Southampton’s four piece pop punk band Royals are back with a brand new single ‘Out of Reach’. The record has been released with the help of popular punk band Neck Deep’s Seb Barlow and provides a familiar, comforting sound for all pop punk […]
Single Review: Up All Night (Reimagined) by Royals
Royals are a pop-punk band from Southampton. The four piece is made up by Luke Smithson is on vocals/guitar, Will Sherlock is on guitar, Lewis Smyth is on bass and Alex Baker is on drums. After forming in 2019, Royals went on to find quick success, not only gaining a local fanbase from their hometown […]
Single Review: Reducer by Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
The absolutely raucous five-piece Newcastle band Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – or Pigsx7 for short – are back with their noisy new single ‘Reducer’, which left me with incredibly mixed opinions. Instrumentally, this song is amazing. Christopher Morley brings us into the track with some incredibly fast and hard-hitting solo drumming, while […]
Movie Review: Jumanji: The Next Level
The team behind Jumanji: The Next Level should count themselves lucky that I don’t feel a single shred of nostalgia for the original Robin Williams movie. Somehow watching that film as a kid a fair few times and never having it resonate with me on a level that was more than thinking it was merely alright, my lack of […]
Single Review: ‘No One Left’ by Hightail
Hightail are a pop punk band from Bristol consisting of Jordan Veale on vocals, George Adams on guitar, Lewis Bellamy on bass and Chris Bretton on drums. Their first single of this year ‘No One Left’ is an emotional tear jerking song with upbeat guitar riffs and heavy drums. The guitar solo included in this […]
Single Review: ‘Anxiety’s A Bitch (Don’t Let It Kill You)’ by Too Close For Missiles
Too Close For Missiles are a local pop-punk band from Newcastle Upon Tyne. The band consists of John Arkle on Vocals/Guitar, Chris Thompson on Guitar, Andy Tatters on Bass/Vocals and Rob Ledger on Drums. Too Close For Missile’s latest single ‘Anxiety’s A Bitch (Don’t Let It Kill You)’ is the song we all need in […]
Double Single Review: ‘CORPSER’ and ‘Dead Tired’ by SHAME.
SHAME. are a metal core band from Bedfordshire. They embarked on their to venture to make music in 2019. The band consists of James Fox on vocals, Jamie Fleming on guitar and vocals, Ross Davidson on guitar, Adam Davidson on drums and Connor Connolly on bass. Their debut single ‘CORPSER’ has that familiar heavy metal […]
Movie Review: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn)
Where did this sudden love for Harley Quinn come from? After Suicide Squad committed struggled at the box office, I thought we’d seen the end of D.C.’s endeavour into replicating the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Clearly not, as Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn) proves otherwise. When their most brazen, Avengers […]
Album Review: Akvamarin – Gravel Shores
Daniel Czako, Hungarian singer-songwriter and session musician also known as Gravel Shores, was kind enough to send us a copy of his newest album Akvamarin, which I had the pleasure of listening to! This record was produced by private Hungarian label Spiritside Productions and is advertised as ‘nihilism never sounded this good’, which I think […]