Tagged: Hot Water Music

Only Strangers and The Debut Self-Titled.

Only Strangers – Stoke-On-Trent, England, United Kingdom. Melodic Punk, a genre classification that many hate passionately for far less than the more than reasonable reason of personal preference, despite Punk’s early and dare-I-say pop-fulled and melodic charge. In truth, some the most emotively charged, genuine and indeed popular Punk-Rock bands...

Hummer – The ‘Budweiser and Butter’ EP.

Hummer – Warrington, England, United Kingdom. (Cover) Photo Credit: Scott Bradley – Click Here. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Hummer are one of those bands who are very switched on. They know their vices, they are aware of their surroundings and it really very well shows through...

Deadlines and The Forthcoming ‘End Of History’.

Deadlines – Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. It’s been a while since we’ve seen Deadlines but with a new full-length set for May 11th of this year, now is as good a time as any. The Cardiff based (in their own words) ‘Aggro...

Jake & The Jellyfish – ‘Long In Winters’.

Jake & The Jellyfish – Leeds, England, United Kingdom. A band from Leeds with a great name have recently released an album on a label also with a great name. Jake & The Jellyfish have been ploughing the proverbial field since 2011 in a steady steady stream of heart warming...

MF Premiere: Hope Street – ‘Back To The Grey’ (Video).

Hope Street – Perth, Western Australia, Australia. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Photography credit: Jeromeo Photo – Click Here. Perth Punk-Rock band Hope Street are preparing to release their follow up to the 2016 EP Rebel Hearts EP set for an early 2018 release. Today, the band are...

Voice Of Addiction and ‘The Lost Art Of Empathy’.

Voice Of Addiction – Chicago, Illinois, USA. The latest album from Chicago political Punks Voice Of Addiction is a frustrated album by a band that have been in the Punk game for quite some time. The Lost Art Of Empathy is the band’s second full-length and if fast, abrasive yet melodic Punk...

Papertank and The Debut ‘Playground’.

Papertank – La Chaux De Fonds, Switzerland. Switzerland three-piece Papertank recently released their debut album on Division Records and what an album it indeed is. The band consist of a drum-kit, a bass guitar and a voice-box and via this create a groove-laden mix of Punk, Garage Rock and Stoner Rock...

Diploma and ‘The Cost Of Clarity’ Enroute and In Depth.

Diploma – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. If you’ve ever had anything to do with the Melbourne Punk music scene then you will know how daunting it can be in size, cohesion and general shock and awe. It was something during my six months in the city I found sadly only limited...

Caste Bravo – ‘Foreign Object Free’.

Castle Bravo – Perth, Western Australia, Australia. When you listen to Perth Punk-Rock band Castle Bravo you hear a band that has done their sonic homework and a band that has paid attention to the last twenty or so years of Punk music. The band take cues from the likes...

Hope Street – The ‘Rebel Hearts’ EP.

Hope Street – Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Cover photo credit: Rachel Barrett Photography – Click Here. October this year saw the second EP from Perth Punks Hope Street, a band taking their collected influences and impressive stage-sharing history into the studio and channeling it into emotive and raw Punk-Rock thats...