Live review of Dananananaykroyd, Johnny Foreigner and My Psychoanalyst at The Venue in Derby on September 22nd 2008. My Psychoanalyst are something of a rarity these days; a band who truly eschew the word eclectic...
Review posted on 26th September 2008
Live review of The Domino State with support from The Recovery at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham on September 20th 2008.Local-based four-piece The Recovery have been turning heads for some time now, and this evening's set...
Review posted on 24th September 2008
Swervedriver at King's Cross Scala, London, Tuesday 16th September supported by Six By Seven and Exit Calm.Rarely has the expression 'there were grown men around me crying' been used more aptly than this evening, but...
Review posted on 23rd September 2008
Read a review of Oasis' new single 'The Shock Of The Lightning' released on Big Brother.There aren't many bands around that after fourteen years, six albums and two-dozen singles can still create a mad rush...
Review posted on 18th September 2008
Read our review for Lovvers album 'Think' released through Wichita Recordings. Wouldn’t it be great if all albums clocked in at little over a quarter of an hour in total? Now we’re not saying for...
Review posted on 15th September 2008
Read our review for The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart's single 'Come Saturday' released through Fortuna Pop!Once upon a time indie pop was as far away from its current definition as you could possibly...
Review posted on 15th September 2008
Wintermute, Fun With Wizard Stencils EP ReviewDiscordant specialists Wintermute may be based in Leeds but their unconventional, jerky dispositional pop owes just as much to the Stateside uneasiness of Q And Not U or even...
Review posted on 12th September 2008
Album Review of 'Singles Collection Mysteries and Rarities' released through Deltasonic. As underrated artists of the past decade go, few can fall into the same category as The Coral for making consistently good records without...
Review posted on 8th September 2008
Read our Glasvegas Album Review released on 9th Sept through Columbia recordsGlaswegian Experimental, Surf Pop four piece - Glasvegas release their, much anticipated, debut album on 9th September 2008. So far, 2008 has been a...
Review posted on 5th September 2008
Album review of Brainlove Records presents.Two Thousand And Ace! Released through Brainlove Records. If we were to compile a list of record labels least likely to ever sell their souls to the corporate, money-orientated confines...
Review posted on 3rd September 2008
Album review of Beautiful Future by Primal Scream released through B-Unique.Bobby Gillespie has always liked to be seen as something of a visionary in musical terms. From his earliest dalliances flitting between banging the skins...
Review posted on 3rd September 2008
Leeds Festival - The review Sunday August 24th 2008. Sunday is the obligatory meat-and-potatoes indie day at Leeds festival, so I set myself the task of finding a few survivors amongst the wreckage of the...
Review posted on 1st September 2008
Leeds Festival - The review Saturday August 23rd 2008. Opening proceedings this fine, gloriously sunny Saturday morning we have two performances that we shall simply call Beauty v The Beast(s). The latter represented by Welsh...
Review posted on 1st September 2008
Leeds Festival - The review Friday August 22nd 2008. Leeds Festival is once again upon us, and the predicted deluge has safely stayed away, at least for the time being. If one could be critical...
Review posted on 1st September 2008
Paperwork album review by Volcano! Released through Leaf.Cast your minds back to the winter of 2006 and Chicago's volcano! launched themselves head first onto an unsuspecting music scene with their 'Beautiful Seizure' long player, a...
Review posted on 19th August 2008
Single review of '31st Floor/Come Together' by The Tamborines.For Brazilian trio The Tamborines, relocating to London must have been a bit of an eye opener. No longer considered as the freaks on the block, their...
Review posted on 19th August 2008
Album review of 'Fantasy Black Channel' by Late Of The Pier released through Parlophone. Borne out of Nottingham's extravagant Liars Club scene and certainly not afraid to flaunt their own eccentricity in public, Late Of...
Review posted on 19th August 2008
Review of XX Teens album 'Welcome To Goon Island' released on Mute Records. Originally from Southend but more recently associated with the artier side of the London scene, XX Teens haven't had the easiest of...
Review posted on 4th August 2008
Review of Spiritualized's track Sweet Talk/You Lie You Cheat.It's been a difficult few years for Jason Pierce. As if losing your missus and most of your band members weren't bad enough, he normally paid the...
Review posted on 4th August 2008
Latitude Festival at Henham Park, Suffolk, 18th - 20th July 2008.Alright, so the festivities themselves actually commenced the day before (Thursday 17th) but Contact being the sleepy heads we are didn't actually make it on-site...
Review posted on 28th July 2008
Latitude Festival 2008: The Contactmusic PreviewFor a festival that only opened its doors to the public for the very first time in the summer of 2006, Latitude has swiftly usurped pretty much all of its...
Review posted on 15th July 2008
Interpol live review from Sheffield Carling Academy on Wednesday July 9th 2008 with support from Ladytron.Opening up for any established artist can be difficult enough at the best of times, but to go on before...
Review posted on 14th July 2008
EP review of The National's A Skin, A Night / The Virginia released through Beggars Banquet.The National may be the least commercially accessible offering from New York's post-millennial underground scene, but over the course of...
Review posted on 8th July 2008
Album review of 'Workout Holiday' by White Denim released through Full Time Hobby. Sometimes, retro chic doesn't necessarily have to be about celebrating the past and nothing else. Occasionally someone comes along with a historical...
Review posted on 1st July 2008
Read our single review of Angelou by The Strange Death Of Liberal England released through Fantastic Plastic.So often compared to a certain Montreal-based troupe they may have been in the past; one would suspect all...
Review posted on 30th June 2008
Read our single review of Chemtrails by Beck released through Interscope.If you can't beat 'em you might as well join 'em, or so they say. Following on from the likes of Radiohead and Nine Inch...
Review posted on 30th June 2008
Read our album review of Viva La Vida (Death And All His Friends) by Coldplay released through Parlophone. If there were such a thing as "Marmite Music" then Coldplay would surely be its patron saint....
Review posted on 30th June 2008
Single review of 'Only You' by XX Teens released through Mute.If you're going to change your name, then surely it's best to go the whole hog and leave as little trace of your previous incarnation...
Review posted on 27th June 2008
A Place To Bury Strangers To Fix The Gash In Your Head / Ocean Meal Deal Records Single Review Having achieved the title 'loudest band in New York' before even reaching double figures as far...
Review posted on 12th May 2008
This Et Al Figure Eight EPEP ReviewHaving been away for what seems like a lifetime (but is actually only a little over twelve months), it's a welcome return for Leeds' unsung heroes This Et Al.Possibly...
Review posted on 29th April 2008
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Ahead of the imminent release of his second solo album - Dekker, aka Brookln Dekker, took time out to let us know about the musical project he...
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