The first guitar I hear today belongs to Director, a timid looking bunch of lads from Dublin. As soon as […]
Before listening to ‘Conversations Between Us’ it is important to consider who the album is aimed at. If a fifteen […]
My, hasn’t music progressed these past few years? No longer are the charts filled with endless club anthem related drivel […]
There were few bands as consistent and heroic as Shed Seven. Surviving shoe-gaze, britpop and finally bowing out with a […]
As a member of Deep Purple Ian Gillan found himself plucked from seventies obscurity and thrown around the world in […]
One dreary night in St Mary’s, Southampton, a little known music journalist bared witness to a little known local band […]
Having sat on the cold stone steps of Southampton Guildhall for some 15 minutes while waiting for my mate to […]
I must confess I felt a mild case of deja-vu when this CD dropped through our letterbox. The reason being […]
2005’s ‘The Great Destroyer’ was a pivotal album for Low. It was a cue for the band to perform with […]
It’s not entirely clear from the biographies how it happened, but Mia Riddle and James Black, two singer/songwriters for opposite […]
These are boozing, schmoozing, carousing regular guys and we know that because they tell us so. Their website and MySpace […]
Fuzzy bass, cute guitar licks and a vocal that isn’t afraid of it’s French heritage, ‘I Want You Babe’ is […]
Nutronstars are nuts; and they are fantastic for it. The CD cover looks like it was made in arts-ed class […]
It really must be something in the water, for time and memorial the north of England has consistently produced some […]
Pitching up at the request of Kyoto I rush into The Joiners hoping and praying that I haven’t missed their […]
The Motorpool always threaten to take over the CD player. Previously with the striking ‘Winter Suntan’ and the depth of […]
Schizo Fun Addict are a band on the edge. In fact, they spend half of their time on either side […]
A friend and I were brainstorming names for his new band, who were recording an album in the back bedroom […]
Having never heard any of the bands on tonight’s bill I approach with a certain level of self-induced optimism. My […]
It’s amazing how tiny events can completely change your day. For example, you’re feeling good about the day ahead, you’re […]
Headlining one of the seemingly infinite singer/songwriter nights that have cropped up in Glasgow of late, Acoustic Love Experience bounded […]
On a lazy Monday in Glasgow sometimes the battle to sink or swim is the only thought worth occupying. The […]
Having been entirely absent from the single market for over 10 years, ‘Hibernation’ is something of an appropriate name for […]
It’s always a pleasure when a little package from Get Amped lands on our doormat. From the arrival of their […]