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40 Watt Sun ‘Wider than the Sky’
Patrick Walker has always struggled against genre-labels. After the release of 40 Watt Sun's previous album 'The Inside Room', he complained about their record ... Read More...
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Oathbreaker ‘Rheia’
Black metal fans are a notoriously tetchy bunch, often feeling the need to defend their chosen genre from perceived impostors (see: Deafheaven). Those who dema... Read More...
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Danny Brown ‘Atrocity Exhbition’
Many listeners will be drawn to Danny Brown's 'Atrocity Exhibition' by the formidable posse cut 'Really Doe', featuring four rappers - Brown, Ab-Soul, Kendrick ... Read More...
The Glazzies ‘Kill Me Kindly’ – ALBUM REVIEW
If The Glazzies had existed twenty years ago, at the peak of the music industry's hunt for the "next Nirvana", then their second album 'Kill Me Kindly' would ha... Read More...
Doe ‘Some Things Last Longer Than You’ – ALBUM REVIEW
It's tempting to make lazy superficial comparisons between Doe and Sleater-Kinney
They emulate the latter's two-guitar/no bass line-up, dual vocals and righteo... Read More...
Descendents ‘Hypercaffium Spazzinate’ – ALBUM REVIEW
Since the release of their essential debut album 'Milo Goes to College' (1982), Descendents' bespectacled frontman Milo Aukerman has been torn between his two l... Read More...
Bongripper / Dragged into Sunlight / Ramesses + others – The Fleece, Bristol (4th June 2016) LIVE REVIEW
It's a sunny Saturday in Bristol, not that you'd realise from the horde of pasty-faced, black clad Metal Heads who descend on The Fleece for a night of extreme ... Read More...
Temples Festival 2016 is cancelled
The annual Bristol-based Temples Festival cancelled due to "a series of bad business decisions"
Just a few days before it was due to start, Temples Festival 20... Read More...
UNFORGOTTEN: Slint ‘Spiderland’ (1991)
25 years after it's release GIGsoup revisit Slint's 'Spiderland'
An aura of mystique still hangs around 'Spiderland' and its creators, even a quarter of a cent... Read More...
UNFORGOTTEN : EyeHateGod ‘Dopesick’ (1996)
The album begins and ends with the sounds of shattering glass and bloodcurdling screams. In between is some of the ugliest, most misanthropic noise ever to be c... Read More...
Joe Turner
Joe plays in a few bands and is working on his PhD, researching black metal. He likes loud guitars and basketball.