Stella – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Stella, a three-piece from around Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio that are in short, a little weird. Now, don’t let that throw you because it really is in a wonderful, discordant, progressively-toned way. Imagine The Shape Of Punk To Come-era Refused mixed with elements of Big...
Tooth And Claw – Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. If you – Click Here – you will find an article written about a small time Post-Rock project by the name of Wanderer. The article was written by a less experienced MF and about a band themselves in the throws of their...
White Lion Parade – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. It’s been a while since they have been so but White Lion Parade have been busy these past six months. A new drummer, live shows and now a new six track release taking their already fully immersive, and sonically all encompassing melodic...
Pile Up Festival – York, England, United Kingdom. Another of Riff Media’s festivals this year, Pile Up Festival will take place at the Fibbers in the city of York this coming June and will showcase a line-up doing its very best to provide the best both in known names and...
Dove House – Brighton, England, United Kingdom. (Cover) Photo credit: Zara Nashnush. Dove House are a band from Brighton with their fingers in more than just one stylistic pie. They list themselves as Alternative Rock and Post-Indie which in general reality could mean any number of things but in the reality...
Chiyoda Ku – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. (Cover) Photo credit – Honzacolar. The city of Bristol is often seen as being synonymous with musical progression and diverse creative output. You can quite literally find anything you wish via the Bristol airwaves and with the MF “””””office””””” in such close proximity...
All Hail Hyena – Burnley, England, United Kingdom. ‘We are the feeling you get when you first dip your knees into a warm bath; the exciting shudder you develop when peeing after a long and arduous bus ride.’ When we opened this request on our Facebook page, we were greeted...
NYOS – Jyvaskyla, Finland. Technology has opened up a lot of avenues in modern times for bands that sit outside of the traditional 3 pieces-or-more configuration, and NYOS are one such Instrumental duo from Finland that have embraced the possibilities offered by loop pedals to augment their sound. With their soon to be...
Bent Knee – Boston, Massachusetts, USA. I first came across Bent Knee on Amps For Equality‘s To Chechnya With Love – Vol 1 charity compilation – Click Here. The included track, ‘Queen of the Conquest’, immediately made an impact on me with it’s strong vocal hook, amid a selection of other tracks...
Lambhorn – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. MF goes through phases. These phases are for the most part completely out of our control, for requests flow as they do and with that sentence comes the use of word “flow” which is perfect to describe the manner in which Bristol progressives Lambhorn...