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Under The Influence with Haggard Cat
Haggard Cat are a critically acclaimed British post hardcore/alt-rock duo composed of drummer/backing vocalist Tom Marsh and vocalist/guitarist Matt Reynolds. We thought it about time we got a “feline” for what makes Haggard Cat purr, so we asked Matt and Tom to share four records that have been huge influences on their song writing.
Light Up isn’t just an incredible album, its an album that fills your heart with joy. Solstice have proven once more that they can really deliver the goods by being the guardians of a brave new world in all of its true form. And we got to experience the adventure in all of its glory!
‘Death Embers’, is a fiery new track that showcases the band’s infectious energy and intensity – a genre grinder fed with gothic tinged punk, doom metal, shoegaze and industrial.
Leeds’ politico post-punks share four records that have influenced their music and forthcoming new album
Photo: Richard Bloom Citizend, a duo hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden, is excited to unveil their debut concept EP, The Spiral. Teaming up with heavyweight champions Majestic Mountain Records, Citizend is set to move the boundaries between Americana, po …
Chad Murray’s “six-piece swarm of jank post-psyche miserable bastard music working as a unit to explore extremity in all its facets.”
Deepest Wellsprings of Being, the new album from Ohio-based band Flourish, is the sound of 90s shoegaze run through the cinematic style of David Lynch and the post-futurism of Blade Runner.
We are drowning, but we keep gasping for air as the world teeters on the brink of an uncertain future. . .
ShitNoise’s latest single, ‘The Ballroom Brawl’ is not set in a ballroom or at all influenced by The Sweet. It does however come with a health warning: This video may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.
‘Disrupt’ stares eyes wide open into the abyss of the soul. The black hole stares back whilst scorching our eyes to blindness, leaving us in darkness – alone by ourselves.
Ahead of the release of Lightless Expanse on September 20th, guitarist and vocalist Ben Hutcherson talks to Echoes and Dust about 3 releases that have played a huge influence on the Glacial Tomb sound.
MANICBURG is a new project born in northern Manhattan. It is the trait d’union of two sonic worlds: that of Julliard composition instructor and NYC native Ray Lustig and Italy’s bohemian bonhomme, Luigi Porto.
Teeth, Babel Map’s forthcoming third album was recorded in the spring of 2024. Prior to beginning the writing of Teeth, the group describes this chapter as an evolutionary time for them as a change in line-up allowed for a progressive increase in experimentation with song structure.
Ahead of WALL’s debut album ‘Brick By Brick’ release through APF Records, guitarist Ryan Cole sat down with us to talk about 3 influential releases.
The genesis of “End of the World” traces back to Citizend’s first encounter with artificial intelligence. Prompted with the task to conjure a song lyric for the end of days, the band received a chilling response from the AI: “it was your own fault.”
