Back in January 2004 a copy of the debut getAmped album, Phoney Society, dropped on the doormat and straight into […]
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Chinastyle combine an awesome melody and a heavy groove for their debut, ‘Trip The Light Fantastic’. Stomping drums and massive […]
Mes Memoires had already been hard at work tapping up the crowd for their set, so they had a big […]
Kunk landed on stage at Hamptons in Southampton mid-way through a tour promoting their new single, ‘We Are Not Who […]
Kunk keep it loose and scuzzy on their venomous, quirky, and, ultimately, hooky single. ‘We Are Not Who You Think […]
Rejecting a plethora of recording contracts in favour of striking out on their own label, Hill Valley Records, Plastic Toys […]
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The perfect choice for a festive night, youthful Jonny Dare filled the stage with tinkling electro-indie and funky trumpets. Slow […]
The wonderful crunch of ‘Love Made Visible’ sets the tone for a long-overdue return for Delays. It’s melodic, it’s got […]
Since they signed a new record deal with Fiction in December, Delays have been hard at work writing and recording […]
Pink Widow successfully fuse several strands of the metal genre into a frantic and varied single. Not only that, but […]
Mixing an altogether Mancunian attitude with some sinister-sounding vocals, Kill The Young are a sombre-indie-rock outfit with the ability to […]
InMe return to public consciousness with their adjusted line-up (Dave’s brother Greg replaces Joe Morgan on bass) and with their […]
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 […]
Winners of the Diesel U-Music award for 2007, The Steers have clearly made a good impression on a lot of […]
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 […]