The Dreaded Press

Thomas Giles‘s ambition just exceeds his reach on his new solo album of electronica-tinged progressive, Pulse… but it’s well worth a listen nonetheless.

Dead Sea Apes capture the echoing loneliness of Greater Manchester in the early hours; there’s poignant post-rock bleakness aplenty to be found in “Soy Dios”.

Staunchly independent Leicester post-rockers Maybeshewill soundtrack the chaos of a global recession, with admirable assistance from Long Distance Calling.

The new single from Leicester postrockers Maybeshewill has a rather charming stop-motion animation video to accompany it.

Lost Generation, eh? When I was your age it was all fields around here, and post-hardcore meant simple jagged angry stuff, just like Broadcast Sea are playing here. Now get off my damn lawn.

J Mascis plays guitar really damned loud. In person, however, he’s kinda quiet.

Remember when Jane’s Addiction weren’t a stadium-rock parody of the band they started out as? Middle Class Rut strip that down to the basics, and it rules.

Just when I thought Amplifier couldn’t get much more awesome, they got someone to make a head-twisting psyche-fest of a video for new sort-of-single “The Wave”.

It’s been a five-year wait for The Octopus, the third album from Mancunian space-rockers Amplifier. Is it worth it? Depends what exactly you waited for, really.

Southern sludge-metal veterans Crowbar have been out-brutalising metalcore for two decades; they may not be flashy showmen, but they’re a fucking fierce band.