It’s hard to criticise the music for either tracks on William’s debut single, but the vocals seem to have an […]
As soon as I put this CD in the player I could tell what this band’s immediate problem was going […]
Downloading a demo to my computer is usually an easy job and one which doesn’t take more than a few […]
‘DTA’ is Joe Matson’s first attempt at being a solo artist. He has transformed from being an indie peddling, blues […]
That was quick. I popped the record on, got my ass lined up to the butt-shaped depression on my favourite […]
I keep having to check that the music isn’t coming from something out of a glossy CD cover with major […]
It’s hard to believe that Ray Lamontagne spent his childhood living in friends’ back yards and even a chicken coop! […]
As a writer, you become very conscious when you keep on saying the same thing. However, bands like Franz Ferdinand […]
The Diarys describe their music as ‘… a truly remarkable soundtrack to life’ but, while it’s an alright record, I […]
This record arrived just in time for me. I thought I was becoming something of a chauvinist as every band […]
White, a recently emerged quintet from Boston, Massachusetts, represent everything that has been missing in rock music during the last […]
Two very contrasting songs; ‘Save Me Sinner’ is built on a rather unimaginative guitar structure. It’s all guitar-shop journeys up […]
As this weary music journalist feels the downside to abusing hospitality at a local music function (this is what happens […]
It’s nice when a band does the whole electronica thing with a view to producing a decent song or two. […]
This CD from London-based four-piece band Sleepless is something I’m always on the look out for – value for money! […]
An amusing thing about the Crave is that they list AC/DC and Guns’n’Roses among their influences. This statement couldn’t be […]
The riff that begins first track, ‘Chair Legs’, is a bendy, calming thing that seems to transform into a hypnotic […]
If the Dandy Warhols didn’t exist, I’d be shouting from the rooftops about The Tamborines. However, The Dandy Warhols do […]
I must confess that before even listening to this CD ‘Big Cliff’ had made its way from our music page […]
Law within the music industry dictates that a CD held within a sleeve with a grainy black and white photograph […]
An eighties style intro to ‘World Gone Daft’ will force you into either the love or hate category. An opening […]
The melody together with the sound of the guitar, put through some kind of cheap cranky effect, make the opening […]
Here comes the madness. At only two tracks long their demo squeezes every ounce of life out of both. A […]
Ok before we go any further lets run the usual EMO checklist. Long anguished album tile? Check. Long anguished song […]