Sometimes when you sit down to review a CD your mind can be made up quickly over the relative merits […]
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Gulp. This is a thing of heart-stopping beauty, like a lump in the throat giving way to an unexpected tear. […]
‘Sunburn’ is one bad mother of a calling card, with Bob Ross roaring away like Howlin’ Pelle from the Hives […]
Egads my friends! What have we here? An unsigned band CD with (could it possibly be?) GOOD SOUND?!! Yes indeed, […]
The bio I got with this demo is probably responsible for Global Warming, but reading through it they have some […]
The boys of San Sebastian had already made such a good impression on The Mag, and our Edinburgh correspondent Laura […]
Friday the 18th of August was certainly a night for getting out of the house. A large proportion of the […]
Nothing accompanied this CD when it found its way into my possession, so all I have to go on is […]
Breaking The Girl are a band I have known for a while and I have constantly been told to listen […]
A nice gentle way to start off a Sunday afternoon, this 2-track CD should be the perfect way to help […]
Mighty Six Ninety release Believable on the new up and coming label Kids which has helped iLiKETRAiNS find an opening […]
This self-titled demo from Birmingham band UXL starts of with a fantastic crashing guitar and drum intro before mellowing out […]
Monkey Rope used to be called The Others – they can probably have the name back if we can get […]
The problem with this album is that it has so many effects, clicks and whirrs packed in that if you’re […]
Mellow first track ‘After 8’ begins with a Primal Scream style drum intro and funky meandering guitar before lead singer […]
You don’t get to support Snow Patrol without good reason, and there are plenty of good reasons why Ben Dlugokecki […]
If you haven’t heard this track you must have been hiding in a cave for the past few months, and […]
Jack Viper are one of those bands who, frustrated by inadequacy of the limited options that the 90s styles had […]
Sweaty, skinny and raw rock, what more can you ask for… The Shutdowns are the newest, trendiest lads on the […]
Err…the press release goes a little something like this… After recording ‘This is the Shit’, Roger’s lead guitarist J Edgar […]
Right, I’ve written this review three times already and had to delete it cos it was basically as if a […]
The heart longs to give Demeter a rave review, as then Anna Mercedes might like me and my little world […]
I didn’t know, but I was in for a mixed bag at The Joiners. I had turned up in all […]
Liverpool’s Freemaker peer out of their promo shot like the runners up at a Richard Ashcroft look-a-like contest ( they […]