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ALBUM REVIEW: THE DIRTY HEADS - CABIN BY THE SEA

Reggae has always been my preferred genre of music, often hidden in the midst of my Ipod and overlooked by ‘keen’ music lovers in the realm of rock and metal. Now that The Dirty Heads are in the collection, I can proudly come out as a proud reggae lover after listening to their album Cabin By The Sea.

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ALBUM REVIEW: MIGGS’ 15TH & HOPE

You’ve had a rough week. It happens. Your 47th cup of Joe doesn't seem to be providing any pick-me up. You wonder to yourself, "What can I do to get out of this slump." The answer is 15th and Hope, the latest release from American pop-rock Indie band miggs. If this lyrically driven CD, with its uplifting feel good beats and positive yet emotionally charged message, doesn't do it then nothing will.

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ALBUM REVIEW: BASEMENT’S COLORMEINKINDNESS

Most bands would close-up shop with a simple bow to their strong audience base or release a ‘Best of’ collection to extort as much money as possible from their beloved fans. The UK based ‘Basement’, their latest album ‘Colourmeinkindness’ has proven to be the five piece’s final effort to shine, showing many other bands how to break up with style. [READ MORE]

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ALBUM REVIEW: ISIS’ TEMPORAL

What do you get when you combine transcendental elevator music with blazing yet unrefined metal riffs? Give up? Temporal, the newest and possibly final release from the San Francisco, California based band ISIS. [READ MORE]

ALBUM REVIEW: Hyro Da Hero’s album, Birth School Work Death

Most people like to rant about politics and everything in between whilst making an unnecessary fuss about it – ranging from the radical (yet awesome) Rage Against The Machine to the average whining 16 year olds who think they know everything. Take all of that out of the equation and you end up with the LA based rapper Hyro Da Hero’s album Birth School Work Death. He churns up politically charged tunes while fusing hip-hop and rock influences in an attempt “To bring real music back”.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Ill NINO ‘EPIDEMIA’

Epidemia is Ill Nino’s second release for Victory Records and the follow-up to 2010’s Dead New World. It’s a solid, aggressive and focused album that could very well be the bands biggest and best offering since their groundbreaking record 'Confession' in 2003.

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ALBUM REVIEW: PIG DESTROYER’S BOOK BURNER

It’s been 5 years since DC’s Pig Destroyer has released an album. Their new album, Book Burner, is said to be “meticulously tailor-made for destruction, with a blood thirst for riffs,” and it doesn’t disappoint. After several listens, it’s a fucking penetrating album, and an outline of what American grindcore should be.

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