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Cobra Starship - Send My Love To The Dancefloor I'll See You In Hell (Hey Mister DJ!)

Cobra Starship - Send My Love To The Dancefloor I'll See You In Hell (Hey Mister DJ!)

Cobra Starship Send My Love To The Dancefloor I'll See You In Hell (Hey Mister DJ!) Single Review There are more twists to the history of members and guest appearances of Cobra Starship than there...

Review posted on 6th August 2007

Hard-Fi - Suburban Knights

Hard-Fi - Suburban Knights

Hard-Fi Suburban Knights Single Review Having recently completed a low-key tour of intimate venues, Richard Archer and his merry men are now preparing for the release of their second album, 'Once Upon A Time In...

Review posted on 6th August 2007

Lifehouse - Who We Are

Lifehouse - Who We Are

LifehouseWho We AreAlbum ReviewBelonging to the same school of music as Matchbox 20 and Goo Goo Dolls (with whom they are currently on tour), Lifehouse had minor success in the UK in 2001, landing inside...

Review posted on 31st July 2007

Hard-Fi - The Roadhouse, Manchester

Hard-Fi - The Roadhouse, Manchester

Hard-Fi The Roadhouse, Manchester Live Review When Staines' second most famous residents (Ali G obviously being the first) announced that they were to tour intimate venues, they made no exaggeration. With a capacity of around...

Review posted on 31st July 2007

Arctic Monkeys - Supergrass

Arctic Monkeys - Supergrass

Arctic Monkeys, Supergrass, The Coral and Amy Winehouse Lancashire County Cricket Club, Manchester Saturday, July 28, 2007 Live Review Having triumphed in their Glastonbury headline slot, Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys now stage their own biggest gigs...

Review posted on 30th July 2007

Travis - The Boy With No Name

Travis - The Boy With No Name

TravisThe Boy With No NameAlbum ReviewFour years on from 2003's '12 Memories' record, Scottish group Travis have returned with their fifth album of original material. Arguably having paved the wave for soft-rockers such as Snow...

Review posted on 26th June 2007

Ash - Polaris

Ash - Polaris

AshPolarisAlbum ReviewHaving just rocked the Isle Of Wight Festival, Ash now release the second single from their imminent 'Twilight Of The Innocents' album. The Irish trio will spend the summer supporting the record across Europe...

Review posted on 13th June 2007

Ash
The Fratellis - Ole Black'n'Blue Eyes

The Fratellis - Ole Black'n'Blue Eyes

The FratellisOle Black'n'Blue EyesSingle ReviewOne of the success stories of the last 12 months, Scottish trio The Fratellis are set to clock up the air miles over the next few months. As well as festival...

Review posted on 13th June 2007

Badly Drawn Boy - Promises

Badly Drawn Boy - Promises

Badly Drawn BoyPromisesSingle ReviewThe artist otherwise known as Damon Gough has been a regular fixture of the British music scene since charting in 2000 with his debut, 'Hour Of The Bewilderment'. Regularly lauded with critical...

Review posted on 13th June 2007

Editors - An End Has A Start

Editors - An End Has A Start

EditorsAn End Has A StartAlbum ReviewCommon wisdom suggests that it's always the third album of a band's career that's the difficult one. With Editors it's actually the second, if only for the fact that trying...

Review posted on 12th June 2007

Yourcodenameis:milo - They Came From the Sun

Yourcodenameis:milo - They Came From the Sun

Yourcodenameis:miloThey Came From the SunAlbum ReviewWithout a personal audience with the band, it's hard to assess whether Yourcodenameis:milo are actually as strange in person as their name, record covers and music would suggest. It would...

Review posted on 12th June 2007

Chris Cornell - Carry On

Chris Cornell - Carry On

Chris CornellCarry OnAlbum ReviewAfter six years and three albums with Audioslave, the former vocalist of Soundgarden releases his second solo effort, following 1999’s ‘Euphoria Morning’. Having officially called it quits with the ‘Cochise’ band (the...

Review posted on 8th June 2007

Zenith - Junktion7 Nottingham

Zenith - Junktion7 Nottingham

Zenith, Junktion7 Nottingham, 23/5/07, Live Review You know how it is. There's always a band that you 'really must see' The latest, greatest incarnation of one of the gods of rock on this planet. One...

Review posted on 4th June 2007

Funeral For A Friend - Tales Don't Tell Themselves

Funeral For A Friend - Tales Don't Tell Themselves

Funeral For A FriendTales Don't Tell ThemselvesAlbum ReviewHaving already headlined the second stage at Carling Festival after their debut album was certified gold, FFAF have gone from strength-to-strength on both sides of the Atlantic. Support...

Review posted on 31st May 2007

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Hump de Bump

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Hump de Bump

Red Hot Chili Peppers Hump de Bump Single Review A band that needs no introduction, this is the fifth single to be lifted from their two-disc, chart-topping record, "Stadium Arcadium". They play a huge gig...

Review posted on 29th May 2007

Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing

Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing

Avril Lavigne The Best Damn Thing Album Review As the 'rock' answer to the likes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne has become a record company's dream, scoring chart-topping success since bursting onto...

Review posted on 23rd May 2007

The Procession - Musique Manifique

The Procession - Musique Manifique

The Procession Musique Manifique Album Review It was in Los Angeles in 2005 that this group formed, when childhood friends J. Paul Zawacki and John Schreffler met a relocated Brit, Greg Jong. The American duo...

Review posted on 21st May 2007

Stereophonics - Empress Ballroom

Stereophonics - Empress Ballroom

Stereophonics & Little Man Tate Empress Ballroom, Blackpool Saturday, May 19, 2007 Live Review With their sixth studio album, "Pull The Pin", due for release in Autumn, Stereophonics have hit the road to test out...

Review posted on 21st May 2007

New Ruins - The Sound They Make

New Ruins - The Sound They Make

New RuinsThe Sound They MakeThis debut album from Chicago's New Ruins was largely written while the principals were at college 600 miles from each other, and recorded in the holidays. It is a rather remarkable...

Review posted on 21st May 2007

The Academy Is - Santi

The Academy Is - Santi

The Academy Is. Santi Album Review About to embark on a huge American tour with +44 and label mates Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is. are a quintet hailing from Chicago. Tipped in some quarters...

Review posted on 8th May 2007

Putumayo records - Gypsy Groove

Putumayo records - Gypsy Groove

Gypsy GrooveAlbum ReviewPutumayo RecordsPutamayo, the most user friendly world music label, has done it again! They have taken the often daunting task of exploring new ground in World Music to the next level with Gypsy...

Review posted on 2nd May 2007

Ash - Then & Now

Ash - Then & Now

Ash Then & Now Album Review With a scheduled June release for their fifth album, this package is a reminder/preview of what Downpatrick's finest rockers have produced. Two new tracks are accompanied by eight of...

Review posted on 24th April 2007

Ash
Stereophonics - Rewind

Stereophonics - Rewind

Stereophonics Rewind DVD Review What do Hanson, Aqua, Olive and White Town all have in common? - They scored chart-topping singles in 1997. It was also the year that Stereophonics scored their first hit, though...

Review posted on 24th April 2007

Manic Street Preachers - Underdogs

Manic Street Preachers - Underdogs

Manic Street Preachers Underdogs Album Review Three years on from 2004's "Lifeblood", the Manics are now on the verge of releasing their eighth studio album, "Send Away The Tigers". During that break two-thirds of the...

Review posted on 23rd April 2007

Richard Swift - Dressed Up For The Letdown

Richard Swift - Dressed Up For The Letdown

Richard SwiftDressed Up For The LetdownAlbum ReviewCalifornian native Richard Swift has sent a buzz through the music press on both sides of the Atlantic, part of the reason why a tour of the UK is...

Review posted on 18th April 2007

Razorlight - M.E.N. Arena

Razorlight - M.E.N. Arena

RazorlightM.E.N. Arena, ManchesterTuesday, April 3Live ReviewWhile 2004's "Up All Night" displayed Razorlight to be a rock band of promise, last year's self-titled follow up saw them fill that potential and break into the mainstream. This...

Review posted on 11th April 2007

Kelly Jones - Opera House

Kelly Jones - Opera House

Kelly Jones Opera House, Manchester Live Review While 2007 will see the 10th anniversary of Stereophonics' debut album, it would seem that the band's leader, Kelly Jones, is not one to sit around and celebrate....

Review posted on 3rd April 2007

This Is Me Smiling - This Is Me Smiling (Self Titled)

This Is Me Smiling - This Is Me Smiling (Self Titled)

This Is Me Smiling This Is Me Smiling (Self Titled) Album Review This Chicago quartet originally released this, their self-titled debut album, in 2005 on local label The Vinyl Summer. They've shared stages with bands...

Review posted on 2nd April 2007

Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High

Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High

Fall Out BoyInfinity On HighAlbum ReviewHaving been propelled to superstardom with their “Sugar, We’re Going Down” single and subsequent album “From Under The Cork Tree”, Fall Out Boy are at the forefront of all the...

Review posted on 21st March 2007

Stereophonics - Only The Names Have Been Changed

Stereophonics - Only The Names Have Been Changed

Kelly Jones Only The Names Have Been Changed Album Review As the creative force of Stereophonics, it was almost inevitable that Kelly Jones would at some point release solo material and it was during the...

Review posted on 19th March 2007

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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate

Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate

On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...

Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying

Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]

Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.

Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review

Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review

Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.

WYSE talks to us about her

WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]

With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...

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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a

Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]

Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...

Keelan X talks to us about staying true to

Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]

Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.

Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]

Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]

Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...

Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and

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Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...

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