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Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up To Dry
Cold War KidsHang Me Up To DrySingle Review From the moment the first strains of the eeriest bassline since 'With Or Without You' echoed through the speakers like a battleship signalling its intent to a...
Review posted on 29th January 2007
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Some Loud Thunder
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!Some Loud ThunderAlbum Review Forget Lily Allen, Brooklyn based Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! were one of the first success stories of MySpace and its ilk. Their 2005 eponymous debut album...
Review posted on 29th January 2007
The Violets - Foreo
The VioletsForeoSingle Review Sounding like a cross between a lunchtime pile-up on the underground and butcher's knife-sharpening session with commentary overdubs provided by Kate, Hazel O'Connor's character in 'Breaking Glass', you're probably wondering what on...
Review posted on 29th January 2007
Blood Arm - Lie Lover Lie
The Blood ArmLie Lover LieAlbum ReviewListen to ‘Lie Lover Lie’ all the way through from start to finish just the once and you’d swear your life on it that The Blood Arm come from somewhere...
Review posted on 21st December 2006
Rosemary - Suburban Kings
Rosemary, Suburban Kings, Single ReviewUseless and utterly irrelevant fact number 1: I spent the first 20 or so years of my life living on Rosemary Street. I bet you were all dying to know that,...
Review posted on 21st December 2006
Guillemots - Annie Let’s Not Wait
Guillemots, Annie Let’s Not Wait, Single ReviewIf 2006 was the year of the Guillemots, then the next twelve months promise to be just as dynamic for the multi-cultural, overtly eclectic quartet. ‘Annie Let’s Not Wait’...
Review posted on 21st December 2006
Frank Turner - Vital Signs
Frank Turner Vital SignsSingle ReviewAs the former frontman with prototype emo nu-metallers Million Dead, itâs probably fair to say that his solo output was always going to go one of two ways.On one hand youâve...
Review posted on 21st December 2006
Favourite Sons - Down Beside Your Beauty
Favourite Sons, Down Beside Your Beauty, Album ReviewBrooklyn’s Favourite Sons seemingly have a few confessions to make. First of all it seems the Sons, or maybe that should read principle songwriter Ken Griffin, hasn’t exactly...
Review posted on 21st December 2006
Duels - Once In The Night
Duels Once In The Night EPEP ReviewAah, Duels, the next big thing to come out of Leeds © every single music pundit from 2004, yours truly included.So what went wrong then? Well for starters, they...
Review posted on 21st December 2006
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier
The RaconteursBroken Boy SoldierSingle ReviewWith their debut record just being denied an entry at the top of the charts upon its release back in May, it is clear to see that The Raconteurs is more...
Review posted on 21st December 2006
Deftones - Hole In The Earth
DeftonesHole In The EarthSingle ReviewThey've been around a while haven't they, Chino Moreno and the Deftones, so long in fact that it's hard to picture a time when they weren't trying to create or at...
Review posted on 23rd November 2006
Polyphonic Spree - Wait EP
Polyphonic SpreeWait EPSingle ReviewWhat a difference a couple of years make, particularly if you're The Polyphonic Spree.It wasn't so long ago that they were the name on everybody's lips, the must-go-and-see-live band of 2002, as...
Review posted on 23rd November 2006
Paul Weller - Hit Parade
Paul Weller, Hit Parade, Album ReviewNow depending which part of the fence you sit on in terms of passing judgment on the creative merits or not of one Paul Weller, you will either view this...
Review posted on 23rd November 2006
The Rapture - W.A.Y.U.H. (People Don't Dance No More)
The Rapture W.A.Y.U.H. (People Don't Dance No More) Single Review Now that they've been cited as inventing something called "New Rave" whatever that may be, there isn't really anywhere else for The Rapture to go,...
Review posted on 23rd November 2006
:( (Colon Open Bracket) - First Blood
:( (Colon Open Bracket) First Blood Album ReviewFollowing the likes of Enter Shikari out of the bedroom post hardcore scene come Aberdeen four-piece : ( (pronounced colonopenbracket). Thing is, where as the aforementioned bunch sound...
Review posted on 23rd November 2006
Angus & Julia Stone - Chocolates And Cigarettes
Angus And Julia Stone, Chocolates And Cigarettes, EP ReviewNot since the Carpenters has there been a sibling duo worth talking about, or even not mentioning as far as memory serves me, and before someone starts...
Review posted on 23rd November 2006
The Pipettes - The Rescue Rooms Nottingham
The PipettesThe Rescue RoomsNottinghamLive Review23rd SeptemberOnce upon a time, "proper" pop music was considered to consist of vocal groups of either or both sexes cooing in harmony over a simplistic tune complete with matching attire...
Review posted on 2nd October 2006
Sebastien Tellier - Universe
Sebastien TellierUniverseAlbum Review(Lucky Number)To call Sebastien Tellier a maverick would only be telling half the story. Sure, he doesn't exactly play by the rules, and don't even think about labelling him under some HMV-friendly genre...
Review posted on 20th September 2006
The Violets - Hush Away
The VioletsHush AwaySingle ReviewOh I do like to be beside the seaside.well, I did, until I realised that The Violets had hot footed it to London several moons ago, which I suppose is their spiritual...
Review posted on 13th September 2006
Larrikin Love - The Freedom Spark
Larrikin LoveThe Freedom SparkAlbum Review(Warner Brothers / Infectious)All this congealing of gypsy imagery, folk mentality, ska beats and punk philosophy isn't necessarily the best way to put together a record, let alone a whole genre....
Review posted on 13th September 2006
The Futureheads - Worry About It Later
The FutureheadsWorry About It LaterSingle ReviewWho would have thought it, that just two albums into their career The Futureheads would have reached a crossroads already?While they have to be commended for not rehashing the first...
Review posted on 1st August 2006
The Horrors - Death At The Chapel
The HorrorsDeath At The ChapelSingle ReviewThe Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster with shorter songs, better cheekbones and a Farfisa organ? You decide, but as the battle of style over substance drags on, it's hard not to...
Review posted on 1st August 2006
The Young Knives - Weekends And Bleak Days (Hot Summer)
The Young KnivesWeekends And Bleak Days (Hot Summer)Single Review"Hot summer.what a bummer.pull a sickie.do a runner."Never has a truer opening couplet been put to verse.With 2006 vastly becoming renowned as being the year of the...
Review posted on 1st August 2006
Kobai - Serotonin
KobaiSerotoninSingle ReviewScottish six piece Kobai are yet another example of the power of the growing phenomena that is MySpace. Relatively unheard of six months ago, they've gradually built up a following using the "Add Me"...
Review posted on 1st August 2006
The Cardinals - All Talk
The CardinalsAll TalkSingle Review(Tri-Tone Recordings)'All Talk' is more Mancunian geetar goodness from a band who obviously know the city's history at producing some of the most innovative six string slingers with tunes over the past...
Review posted on 24th July 2006
Union Of Knives - Violence & Birdsong
Union Of KnivesViolence & BirdsongAlbum ReviewGlasgow based three-piece Union Of Knives describe themselves as having "the sound and the attitude incarnate". Whilst the latter cannot be brought into question – at least by hearing this...
Review posted on 17th July 2006
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
LostprophetsLiberation Transmission,Album ReviewDon't you just wanna hate Lostprophets, huh?Those five Welsh pretty boy, television presenter shagging, purveyors of classic, radio-friendly rock that anyone from 16 to 60 can find some appeal with.Admit it, you do,...
Review posted on 12th July 2006
Angels And Airwaves - It Hurts
Angels & AirwavesIt HurtsSingle ReviewHands up how many of you actually admit to owning a Blink 182 record? Oh come on, there must be at least one of you.The law of averages actually suggests there...
Review posted on 12th July 2006
Snowfight In The City Centre - No Light Left
Snowfight In The City CentreNo Light LeftSingle ReviewFresh from the ashes of Lisa Brown come Snowfight In The City Centre, and while those of you with a distinct moniker prejudice are already putting up the...
Review posted on 12th July 2006
The Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D.
The Flaming LipsThe W.A.N.D.Single ReviewWhen you've been making music as long as Wayne Coyne there comes a time when criticism is something that can be deflected with the ease of a Shane Warne leg spin...
Review posted on 12th July 2006
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