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New Age Grace – Take A Stand
New Age Grace are back with Take A Stand. The single, due for release on 19th December, is backed by a digital B-side We All Fall. This will be the band’s final single before the release of their debut full…
Neoplastic – The Wolds
Hull based post-punk trio Neoplastic return with new single The Wolds. Singer and bassist Leo Joslin describes the song as “a love letter to the Yorkshire Wolds”. But this is no ditty of a folk song. Anyone expecting a Jethro…
The Captain – Fight Your Momma
The Captain are back with their third single of 2025. Fight Your Momma is another belter of a rock song from these Dutch masters. Fight Your Momma begins with singer Kiki Baljé shouting “Good morning” like a toddler jumping on…
The Empty Threats – happy birthday
The Australian sextet released their 2nd full length album this month, a follow up 2023’s ‘Monster Truck Mondays’, and boy has it been worth the wait. The Empty Threat’s sophomore album ‘happy birthday’ is a tour de force of avant-garde…
PØRTERS – Motion Without Direction
PØRTERS might just have the best four-part vocal harmonies since ABBA. Take a listen to the opening track ‘Where are we going?’ from the band’s latest EP ‘Motion Without Direction’ and you’ll see what I mean. This is a track…
PROJECTOR – It Surely Has Been Hell
PROJECTOR crank up the crank wave on latest release ‘It Surely Has Been Hell’. Once again singer Edward Ensbury has something to get off his chest, and he’s going to let you know about it. ‘It Surely Has Been Hell’…
Beth Seymour & The Lizzies – Hellboy
Ahead of the release of their debut album ‘You Wouldn’t Like It Inside My Head’ Beth Seymour & The Lizzies release new single ‘Hellboy’. The album charts the coming out of Beth Seymour as transgender. It’s a musical tour de…
Baby Shower – Winona Ride or Die
Baby Shower return with an epic new single ‘Winona Ride or Die’. For those unfamiliar with the Melbourne trio, they take the humour of Men at Work and blend it with the raw punk energy of Amyl and the Sniffers…
The Captain – Can’t Hide
The Captain return with their latest single ‘Can’t Hide’. The Captain are the most exciting thing to come out of the Netherlands since Arne Slot. ‘Can’t Hide’ is a sonic tour de force from a group of talented young songwriters…
Mannequin Death Squad – Shame
Mannequin Death Squad return with their latest single ‘Shame’. The track, taken from their second album ‘Wise and Dangerous’, puts the Melbourne punk duo on the same level as other great rock duo’s such as ‘Wargasm’ and ‘Royal Blood’. ‘Shame’…
Twin Skeletons – You & Me
Twin Skeletons are set to drop their latest single ‘You & Me’ on 28th March and Makeit-loud.com have had a sneaky preview. Heavy and intense are apt descriptions for ‘You & Me’ which combines a pounding beat with gnarly guitar…
Cosmorat – BE LIKE ME
Cosmorat are back with a message from the heavens: BE LIKE ME. Cosmorat have a track record of assembling songs with the kind of care and attention normally associated with a Savile Row tailor. In short, Cosmorat are Haut Couture…
Saving Escape – Good Traveler
We’re beginning 2025 with a look at a rock band from Cincinnati called Saving Escape. The band released their debut full-length album ‘Good Traveler’ in the summer of last year, but they’ve been playing together for more than a decade. …
Cactus Lane – Hivemind
Cactus Lane are here with their latest single ‘Hivemind’. This isn’t a song to get you rocking around the Christmas tree, no, it’s one to listen to when you want to demolish it. ‘Hivemind’ is an up tempo, power-poise, energy…
The Captain – Chaotic Mind
The Captain deliver a Dutch masterclass with their new EP ‘Chaotic Mind’. Fast paced, punky and rhythmic are all apt descriptors for ‘Chaotic Mind’. This is a musically tight album with a wonderfully distorted symmetry to it. The Captain are…
Ocean Floor – ROT
Ocean Floor are back to blow up your speakers with their new single ‘ROT’. The Leeds based band have built up an enthusiastic following as a result of previous singles ‘Jenny’ and ‘Bleached Blond’. ‘ROT’ kicks it up another gear…
Zoë Fromer – Velvet
Zoë Fromer delivers a knockout punch in a velvet glove with her latest EP. For those unfamiliar with Zoë Fromer she’s best described as a Lower East Side microphone wielding spirit of ecstasy. Fromer can sooth your furrowed brow with…
everyday saints – rumspringa
Praise the Lord, everyday saints are here with their single ‘rumspringa’. Guitarist and co-vocalist Pip Rainbird describes the everyday saints sound as “dingepop from a seaside tourist trap.” Well, that’s one way of describing Brighton. ‘rumspringa’ is a beautifully constructed…
The Meat Sweaters – Human Porkchop
The Meat Sweaters are back with another 2 minutes of mayhem in the guise of new single ‘Human Porkchop’. Listening to The Meat Sweaters can feel like the musical equivalent of watching the movie ‘Seven’. Food is an essential…
Swim School – Heaven
swim school blow the doors of 2025 with new single ‘Heaven’. “Oh, here we go again” sings Alice Johnson, and she’s not wrong. swim school are the voice of a generation. They take relatable topics such as sexism (Delirious), self-doubt…
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