March 10, 2010
NAME: The High Wire SINGLE/: The Midnight Bell YEAR: 8th March 2010 LABEL: Grandapa Stan RATING: 4/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Please don’t wake me up! LOCATION: London, UK LINE UP: Tim Crompton (vocals/guitar)... [Read more...]
March 10, 2010
NAME: Joy Formidable SINGLE: Popinjay YEAR: 2010 LABEL: Draca RATING: 3/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Welsh doesn’t necessarily mean bad. LOCATION: Wales, UK LINE UP: Ritzy Bryan (vocals/guitar) / Rhydian Daffyd... [Read more...]
March 9, 2010
NAME: Wolfmother SINGLE: White Feather YEAR: 2010 (22nd February) LABEL: Modular RATING: 2/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Alas, another cheesy rock song LOCATION: Australia LINE UP: Andrew Stockdale (vocals, guitars)... [Read more...]
March 9, 2010
NAME: Breed 77 SINGLE: Zombie YEAR: 2010 LABEL: La Rocka Records RATING: 4/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: What’s In Your Heeeee-ad? LOCATION: Gibraltar/London LINE UP: Paul Isola (vocals) / Pedro Caparros (guitars)... [Read more...]
March 7, 2010
NAME: The Moons ALBUM: Life On Earth YEAR: 2010 (15th March) LABEL: Acid Jazz RATING: 4/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Defo worth a second play (and third, and fourth and fifth…) LOCATION: Orbiting Earth (but currently... [Read more...]
NAME: Motion Picture Soundtrack ALBUM: The Shapes We Fear Are Of Our Own YEAR: 2010 (March 1st) LABEL: Endgame RATING: 4/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Fantastic UK rockers reign triumphant! LOCATION: Kent, UK LINE... [Read more...]
March 7, 2010
NAME: Alberta Cross SINGLE: Old Man Chicago YEAR: 2010 (March 8th) LABEL: Ark RATING: 5/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Getting bigger by the day. LOCATION: New York LINE UP: Petter Ericson Stakee (vocals/guitar)... [Read more...]
March 7, 2010
ARTIST: Mastodon SUPPORT: Totimoshi VENUE, TOWN: Camden Roundhouse, London DATE: 24th February 2010 RATING: 5/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Fact: Best live metal band. MAIN REVIEW: Warming up the stage for Mastodon... [Read more...]
March 7, 2010
NAME: North Atlantic Oscillation ALBUM: Grappling Hooks YEAR: 2010 (March 22nd) LABEL: Kscope RATING: 4/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Experimental post rock head fucking. LOCATION: Edinburgh LINE UP: Sam Healy (vocals/guitar/bass/keyboards/programming)... [Read more...]
March 5, 2010
NAME: Mongrel EP: Revenge YEAR: 2010 LABEL: Immolation Records RATING: 3/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Two minute slabs of power. LOCATION: Massachusetts LINE UP: Adam Savage – Guitars, Drew Barker – Vocals,... [Read more...]
March 5, 2010
NAME: Thomas White ALBUM: The Maximalist YEAR: 15th March LABEL: Cooking Vinyl RATING: 4/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: White Combines All In Rock LOCATION: Brighton LINE UP: Thomas White WHAT’S THE STORY?:... [Read more...]
March 4, 2010
NAME: Matthew Glenn Thompson ALBUM/SINGLE: The Garden and The Arcade YEAR: 2010 (15th March) LABEL: Teddev Music RATING: 2/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Inoffensive, heard-it-before, bland, American indie. LOCATION:... [Read more...]
February 26, 2010
NAME: Black Soul Strangers SINGLE: The Haunting YEAR: 2010 March 14th LABEL: Squeek Records RATING: 2/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Gay Boy Band From Ireland LOCATION: Dublin, Ireland LINE UP: Barry Gorey (vocals/guitar)... [Read more...]
February 26, 2010
NAME: Noisia SINGLE: Machine Gun YEAR: 8th March 2010 LABEL: Vision/Division RATING: 2/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Please Give Me Stronger Drugs LOCATION: Groningen, Netherlands LINE UP: Members (and they are... [Read more...]
February 26, 2010
NAME: Cymbals Eat Guitars SINGLE: Wind Pheonix YEAR: 2010 LABEL: Memphis Industries RATING: 2/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: I would rather eat myself LOCATION: New York, USA LINE UP: Joseph Ferocious (vocals, guitars)... [Read more...]
February 26, 2010
ARTIST: The Drums VENUE, TOWN: Brixton Academy, London DATE: 20th February 2010 RATING: 4/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: World to beat to Drums? MAIN REVIEW Ah, the elixir of youth. Boasting four of the freshest... [Read more...]
February 26, 2010
Alberta Cross have posted a rather strange but very entertaining tour blog: The single ‘Old Man Chicago’ is out on March 8th. www.myspace.com/albertacross Following their critically acclaimed Autumn... [Read more...]
February 21, 2010
ARTIST: The Sunshine Underground SUPPORT: Cosmo Jarvis VENUE, TOWN: Digital, Brighton DATE: 17TH Feb 2010 RATING: 3/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Festival worthy, anthemic, psychedelic rock. . MAIN REVIEW: Walking... [Read more...]
February 16, 2010
NAME: Jack Rabbit Slim ALBUM: Hairdo’s & Heartaches YEAR: 2010 (March 22nd) LABEL: Western Star Records RATING: 2/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: One Elvis drawl too many. LOCATION: Herts, Northampton,... [Read more...]
February 16, 2010
NAME: Kakuzi SINGLE: Sun Kissed Planet YEAR: 2010 (February 8th) LABEL: Magic G Records RATING: 3/5 FIVE WORD REVIEW: Indie-pop harmonies with mystical flavour. LOCATION: London, UK LINE UP: Alastair Lawrenson... [Read more...]
