Vicky Greer

The technical skill and musical talent of ĠENN – on show across new album unum – is indisputable, far exceeding guitar band expectations
★★★★
ĠENN – unum
Album title: unum
Artist: ĠENN
Label: Liminal Collective
Release date: 6 Oct
With their debut album unum, ĠENN have shaken off all comparisons to their post-punk and noise-rock contemporaries and established themselves as a wholly unique act with their tantalising blend of psychedelic rock, Maltese folk and jazz, all bound together by the ba...

If reading the title of this article has you ready to start a fight, then this list is not for you. This one’s for those of us who are driven mad every year by the inevitable, and utterly relentless, barrage of Mariah Carey, Wham!, Slade, Wizzard, etc, those 'feel-good' standards that end up draining every last drop of festive cheer from our souls. If you’re more than ready to retire the traditional Chrimbo classics, here are 10 modern tunes to get you in the spirit of the season – each with ...

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Of all the noisy post-punk bands to emerge from Dublin in the past five years – and there are plenty of them – Sprints quickly established themselves as the best of a fantastic bunch with a run of showstopping singles from when they emerged in 2020. Their first full-length ...

Release date: 19 January 2024
7/10
(Albums)
(Green Day)
Green Day have been a divisive band for the best part of their career.
From accusations of selling out in 1994 when they signed to a major label to release Dookie, to swapping it all for high-concept stadium rock in the 00s and their last decade of pop-punk offerings, they’ve had both critics and adoring fans every step of the way. On their fourteenth studio album Saviors, however, they’ve got something for everyone. Over the course of a...

From the moment they emerged into the spotlight with their incredible debut single Nothing Matters, The Last Dinner Party were clearly unlike any other band in the UK. Their songs feel more like a work of art than a piece of music, their gigs often come with dress codes lik...

The riot grrrl boom of the early 1990s was a game-changer for women in punk that inspired a generation of young feminists to pick up guitars and find like-minded activists to take a stand against misogyny. Bands like Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney and Bratmobile first emerged in Washington state and quickly spread their message of liberation and loud guitars across the US and later, the world. But the movement declined almost as suddenly as it began, with many of the original groups disbanding b...

One year ago, Creeper performed a set in London’s Roundhouse which ended with lead singer Will Gould appearing to be decapitated on stage, marking the end of a musical era for the band which consisted of 2020’s ‘Sex, Death & the Infinite Void’ and its EP epilogue ‘American Noir’. Now, a new chapter begins with ‘Sanguivore’, a fresh, vampiric concept album which is rather fittingly released on Friday the 13th.
Gould, performing as William von Gould for this record, describes ‘Sanguivore’ as “a...

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Northern Ireland has always had a special relationship with punk music. The original 1977 movement gave young people a place away from the horrific sectarian conflict that was taking place around them, and inspired homegrown bands such as Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertone...

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When Poppy announces a new album, you never really know what you’re going to get. Few artists have switched so readily between genres from one album to the next. Since her Bubblebath EP was released seven years ago, Moriah Rose Pereira has tackled electropop, heavy metal, i...

Release date: 16 September 2023
4/10
(Albums)
(Demi Lovato)
REVAMPED, in theory, has been a long time coming from Demi Lovato.
Moving into heavier territory has always been on the cards for her, beginning her musical career in the Disney days with polished pop-rock before moving into mainstream pop. Last year, she went full circle with her heaviest work yet on the pure pop-punk, even hard rock, of 2022's Holy Fvck. REVAMPED continues this journey while it remembers the past with a rockstar re...

An interview with The Mary Wallopers for The Rodeo magazine (print)

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Olivia Rodrigo’s rise to fame in 2021 was a sight, and a joy, to behold. Before January of that year, she was known only as an up-and-coming teenage Disney star with her role in the ridiculously-titled High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Then along came driver’s l...

As much as we want to believe that rock music is a utopia free from society’s ills, there’s a dark history of misogyny in the industry, with generations of female artists ignored, belittled and harassed as they’ve come up through the scene. But in the wealth of music books that have been published in recent years, more and more of these women have been making their voices heard.
From female musicians telling their stories in their own words, to detailed explorations of the scenes that were bu...

Given their impact on alternative culture, it’s hard to believe that Paramore have only released five albums since their debut landed in 2005. Since then, the Franklin, Tennessee group have had quite the journey, becoming one of the landmark emo bands of the 2000s, indulging in a brief flirtation with synth-pop, losing bands members, and going on hiatus, before returning recently to make the most highly anticipated comeback of the year with their new single This Is Why.
Each album has built o...