‘La La La La Ley’ they hollered as they came to take us away. The contrast between a really pop […]
Placebo meets My Chemical Romance in This City’s wiry hand-written demo CD. It all starts with the titleless ‘Track 1’, […]
Some satisfyingly crunched-up guitars supply the main hook in this stomping rocker, which has an impressive intro. To a certain […]
The intro to Last Days of Lorca’s ‘Let’s Build Ships’ is enough to worry anyone with a heart condition. A […]
The biography promises passion, hunger and honesty and I say bring it on! Nerve Engine are as confident on record […]
This is a really mature and well-rounded record for someone so young. Mark Alexander’s ‘Remedy’ falls somewhere towards being comparable […]
Psychemodo are habitual writers of immersing pop songs with sparkling production and a Post-Office-sized queue of hooks. They aren’t about […]
This is certainly a family album. Not only does every member of the band bear the last name Kongos, but […]
Most bands make a song ‘epic’ by making it far too long, far too slow and far too much of […]
Now, I know this is a music magazine, but Lasse Gjertsen is not a musician. Well, he can’t play drums […]
With the notable exceptions of The Beatles and Led Zep, every band with a misspelt name has always made me […]
Photo bring to mind a combination of The Ordinary Boys and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers with their energetic funk-o-skama […]
With a rock sound that tears at the heels of bands like Jet or Kings of Leon, but with a […]
Halfway between Blondie and Northern Uproar, The Random keep things simple for their single, ‘Tonight’, which also borrows a large […]
With a sound reminiscent of some early Echo and the Bunnymen, ‘Gaunt’ is the combination of light-pop music with sinister […]
Brighton is currently spewing forth great bands like some kind of musical white hole and The Mojo Fins are one […]
Eaten by Tigers supply a huge slab of melodic instrumental metal with their single ‘Entropy’ and I’m pleased to report […]
Beginning with the spasming ‘Accelerator’, a driving rock song built on some incessant drumming and a neat guitar line, this […]
Now you may well be wondering how this band got their name – well wonder no more, as their biography […]
This really is a record caught between something good and something terrible. This is one of the harshest opening lines […]
12 Stone Toddler are the suppliers of the filth-pop groove of ‘Twang’, which bounces along with dirty guitars, dark piano […]
Hailing from the darkest depths of Pontypridd in South Wales, S.K.W.A.D. are a four-piece ‘alternative’ rock band which, judging by […]
Groan! What kind of a song title is that? Well, don’t blame The Hold Steady for it as it’s the […]
Starting with the fast-paced ‘Death of Me’, Pray for Hayden demonstrate an excellent grasp of near-EMO rock. There’s chunky bass […]