Black Arc
The Coast as Cover
Intelligent hardcore on debut EP from new band, Black Arc
Munroe Effect
Who's Throwing Rocks? / Death Clash
Superb debut single from Portsmouth-based indie guitar outfit, Munroe Effect
Neutrinos
One Way Kiss
Formulaic, strictly-by-numbers girl-fronted indie rock on debut album from rising new group the Neutrinos
Centrifuge
A Document of Selected Works
Compelling compilation from now defunct hardcore rockers Centrifuge, the debut release of promising new label Welikedanger
Truckdriver Jr
And Then You'll Burst Into Flames Forever
Versatile riff-based post-rock on debut EP from small town Midlanders Truckerdriver Jr
You Judas
Happiness
Impressively noisy and anguished new album from atmospheric shoegazing outfit You Judas
Hot Gossip
Angles
Fantastic angular pop rock from new Italian trio Hot Gossip
Honour Among None
The Art of Survival EP
Juvenile debut EP from nevertheless exciting, rising Welsh metal band Honour Among None
Death Before Dishonor
Friends Family Forever
Energetic old school hardcore rock on re-release of American band Death Before Dishonour's debut album from 2004, 'Firends Family Forever'
Latterman
We Are Still Alive
Catchy third full length album in four years from enthusiastic emo punks Latterman, who show no signs with this record of letting up or slowing down
These Arms Are Snakes
Easter
Deranged, confusing second album from Seattle hardcore rockers, These Arms are Snakes
Holy Mountain
Enemies
Awakward, unimaginative political hardcore from American punks, Holy Mountain
Alexisonfire
Crisis
Mature, heavyweight hardcore punk on very impressive third album from rising stars of Canadian rock Alexisonfire
Sinking Ships
Disconnecting
Abrasive, appealing hardcore on second album from Seattle-based punks, Sinking Ships
Scouts Honor
I Am The Dust
Experimental, but confusing punk rock on second album from Illinois-based trio, Scouts Honour
Envy
Insomniac Doze
Fantastic hardcore post rock on latest album from long running Japanese band Envy, released on Mogwai's Rock Action Records
City And Colour
Save Your Scissors
Surprisingly uninspiring new single from the City and the Colour, the solo project of Alexisonfire's Dallas Green
Armalite
Armalite
Perfect summery punk on first album from Pennyslvanian-group Armalite, whose line-up includes former Atom and His Package front man Atom Goren
Love Equals Death
Nightmerica
Impressively trashy punk rock which recollects both Billy Idol and Anti Flag from recent Fat Wreck signings Love Equals Death
Fivemiledrive
Houston We Have A Pop Song
Exciting debut EP from Portsmouth-based thrash pop quintet Fivemiledrive
Polaris
Polaris
Over indulgent and drawn out second album from durable Leeds band Polaris
Lords
This Ain't A Love Thing, It's A Hate Thing
Sometimes exhilirating, sometimes pedestrian guitar rock from British band Lords
Beatglider v Shinri
Ep
Intriguing, but too gently-paced post rock on split EP from Essex-based outfits, Beatglider and Shinri
Fightstar
They Like You Better When You Were Dead
Catchy, pretension-free American debut release from ex-Busted frontman Charlie Simpson's new emo band, Fightstar
Some Girls
Heaven's Pregnant Teens
Compellingly brutal and violent debut album from hardcore supergroup, which includes members of The Locust, Swing Kids, Give Up the Ghost, Over My Dead Body and The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
Bled
My Assassin
Solid, but strangely lost-sounding first single from American hardcore act the Bled's impressive new second album 'Found in the Flood'
Since By Man
Pictures Of The Hotel Apocalypse
Exciting second album from Since by Man, which blends together both modern and earlier hardcore influences and whose twisted styling draws comparisions with both the Locust and the Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower