Riverstate survive an early moment of ‘Every Little Thing She Does is Magic’ and take things in a different direction […]
Now let’s get some facts straightened out before we get started on this record… Freezer Burn learned to play their […]
Combining Jimmy Eat World and The Early November into an abridged American rock sound, The First stomp their way through […]
The Tacticians are back with the sparkling power-pop single, ‘Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys’. True enough! The vocals are […]
I have to put my hand up to the fact that I didn’t like these chaps when I saw them […]
Revere play intricate, delicate and emotional indie-pop, like a lighter version of Radiohead or a tidier Broken Social Scene. Some […]
When you attend a live performance several hundred feet above the ground in a glass fronted tower, you can’t help […]
The Cedar Falls have got a decent sound, wholesome guitars and slamming drums and bass make for a rock sound […]
Peter Derzbach rather bravely slots a ‘…she’s a star…’ chorus into ‘Deni’ and even sings it real high. Whether Peter […]
The Electric City are a great-sounding rock band, drawing on some Ibiza influences to grind in a bit of dancefloor […]
Churning up a buttery mix of rock, pop and jazz doesn’t result in the kind of cheese you might expect, […]
Sounding like a cross between Gossip and Kenickie, Ninotchka’s ‘Capricorn’ is a muddy mix of warm fuzzy guitars, distorted vocals […]
Jessica’s Ghost conjure up the vision of The Pretenders, with ‘that Christmas song’ they did firmly entrenched, not just in […]
Ray Lamontagne is bringing it home with the first release from his second LP. ‘Three More Days’, it had to […]
Where do you start with this record, or indeed this artist? TD Lind went a long way to make this […]
When Toupe sent us this record, they made quite a point of including all the lyrics. Far from being a […]
As if the heatwave hadn’t reduced everybody to a dried husk already, the packed out Unit 22 in Southampton supplied […]
When you see Ray LaMontagne on television, fully bearded and with a matching fuzziness from the retro-style photography, you can’t […]
‘9 ’till Live’ is essentially a single, backed up by four live tracks as a bit of a bonus feature. […]
Despite having turned up at the Original 106 studios to be interviewed about The Mag Awards, I couldn’t subdue my […]
With no shortlist, nominations, or judges’ decisions, The Mag Awards’ winners were a truly public selection. The Talking Heads in […]
The Mag Awards show in 2007 took place at The Talking Heads in Southampton. On this page you’ll find the […]
Starting with the positives, this is a record produced to the highest standards. The crystal clear guitars seep through the […]
Recorded just five weeks before the tragic death of John MacIsaac, the lead singer of Mach Schau, this single comes […]