Having sold every single ticket for their homecoming show at Southampton Guildhall, Delays had reason enough to be cheerful on […]
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Pop songs for grown-ups, missus? Where I grew up that meant Sade, and life as Peter Pan seemed infinitely more […]
Damien Rice’s new album 9 opens with ‘9 crimes’ which, second time round of reviewing, is still an outstanding song. […]
Collated by Oliver Grey, ‘Access One Step’ is a historical record, not so much of The Joiners Arms, but of […]
Crash My Model Car are a band comparable with Snow Patrol on a fair few levels. In terms of a […]
The 21st century has brought some amazing experimental music to our ears. Nine Inch Nails are a perfect example of […]
It’s definitely that time of year again, with Christmas singles popping through the letterbox faster than we can snow-plow them […]
Glasgow weather can be unforgiving at times and, as much as it is expected, the driving wind and the rain […]
If you are already aware of Ray’s spectacular single ‘Trouble’ you’re in for a pleasant surprise as ‘How Come’ shows […]
A treat from start to finish. Peel championed pop pickers Forest Giants have been ploughing their own furrow of deliciously […]
Paisley Riot are a band you could definitely pick out from the crowd. Sounding like a cross between The Smiths […]
My girlfriend has a code. I’ll be playing something on the stereo – last time it was Misterlee – I’ll […]
With £500 in cash and a couple of single-release contracts waiting for signatures, the final of the latest Band Wars […]
A curio – this little package. Like a musty bottle washed up on the shore from far off climbs, this […]
Maybe it’s the pied piper flute, maybe the girls like a nice neat side parting after all or maybe it’s […]
If you don’t know that Sevendaystory are an emo/punk/nu-metal band, the title of their latest EP, ‘Fade to Strangers’, might […]
The first thing that is funky about this debut album is the cover with its inspired use of coffee beans […]
Enter Shikari are a band with a twist, an electronic one at that. Mixing punk, metal, and hardcore together, creating […]
First spotted on the awesome Transgressive label last year, Goodbooks have already been hailed by the NME as one of […]
Chin Music drew a respectable crowd and chose a high-speed exciting song, reminiscent of My Chemical Romance, to open with. […]
I’ll be honest. I hate Christmas. I hate the lights. I hate the way you can’t go to the shops […]
The last time Gary Nock was reviewed for The Mag this reviewer raised the problem of his mid-set lull. Well, […]
There are female singer-songwriters aplenty these days and standing out from the feminine crowd is a task indeed. Yvonne Lake […]
Four-piece punk band Shock Shock Horror, bring a new meaning to the name punk. Funky beats will have almost every […]