Defying the well-known ‘Silent August’ effect, the Talking Heads was squeezed from wall to wall for the final of their […]
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Belasco are a British four-piece that combine elements of some of the most thrilling rock music of the last ten […]
There is an interesting school of thought doing the rounds at the minute that somehow attention to detail is for […]
And so to Whitechapel, playground of mythic tabloid demons from Jack the Ripper to Pete Doherty. Short-notice openers for this […]
Four-piece The Park Race hail from The Home Counties and describe their sound as a combination of pop, indie and […]
Sometimes you go to see a band and return home not having a clue as to why this band are […]
Roaring from Germany with a new three track EP – Fidget have obviously spent their years of touring and gigging […]
It’s a good job I’m not a bass player looking for work. Since Jack and Meg emerged from their Detroit […]
This is the third studio album released by South in the UK but I have to confess that I had […]
Dublin Based songwriter Chris Singleton has clearly spent a lot of his young years absorbing the best bits of forty […]
After a series of tube-related transport traumas, my entrance to 93 Feet East was breathless and littered with expletives. All […]
Vamps and Gypsies are a glam band, but although they quote Motley Crue and Guns’n’Roses among their influences, they certainly […]
First impressions of Jeremy Smoking Jacket are ‘what the f*ck is this?’ Then when you actually listen to this clan […]
Rock music on both sides of the Atlantic is in a such state of limbo right now that it is […]
When I last saw The Subways, they were performing to 70,000 people and the chance to catch them at a […]
Fair enough – I can hear the question before you even say it out loud; Why on earth are we […]
A rhythm that demands your attention, a vocal that purrs to brave instrumentation, and lyrics that really ought to be […]
How many of you have heard of the MOK Fest? Not many I’m guessing. This festival is a hidden gem […]
You will know Ainslie Henderson as the only genuine talent from the BBC’s Fame Academy. Alright, Sinead Quinn was good […]
Scatterbrain (Chris McCague with occasional help from his friends) has released a pleasant little acoustic EP called ‘Chalkface’. This release […]
Bridgend’s The Title The Author (formerly known as She Died in June) describe their new EP, ‘Our Research Explains It […]
‘The Most Terrifying Thing are deserving of your ears’ drools their press officer, who may or may not be wearing […]
As a follow up to their successful debut EP ‘Feel’, ‘Euro Pop’ dips its finger in so many musical elements […]
It’s hard to box Paisley Riot into any one category. An energetic four-piece that show clear signs of such a […]