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Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - I Spy
Get Cape. Wear Cape. FlyI SpySingle ReviewDue for several performances at the prestigious SXSW showcase in the middle of March, the artist also known as Sam Duckworth returns at the end of the month for...
Review posted on 12th March 2007
Billy Talent - Fallen Leaves
Billy TalentFallen LeavesSingle ReviewOriginally named Pezz, this Toronto-based Canadian quartet has been playing together for over a decade. Multi-platinum success in North America sees them about to embark on a gargantuan tour of the continent,...
Review posted on 12th March 2007
Ash - The Foundry
AshThe Foundry, SheffieldSaturday, March 3Live ReviewSince bursting on the scene more than a decade ago, Ash have now gone full circle. Guitar vixen Charlotte Hatherley, who had been in the band for ten years, left...
Review posted on 12th March 2007
Spidersimpson - My Alamo, The Mexicolas, The Cockpit, Leeds
Body (rich text):SpiderSimpson, My Alamo, The MexicolasThe Cockpit, LeedsLive ReviewTonight is the first English date of a rotating headliner tour for three of the most promising Birmingham rock bands. All have record deals and between...
Review posted on 7th March 2007
The Twang - Wide Awake
The Twang Wide Awake Single Review Currently receiving much adulation in the press as a possible Next Big Thing, The Twang consists of five Birmingham lads with an apparent appreciation of the Madchester scene. If...
Review posted on 5th March 2007
Good Charlotte - Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
Good Charlotte Keep Your Hands Off My Girl Single Review Having made their breakthrough at the turn of the Millennium, this band that features twins Joel and Benji Madden who are now on their forth...
Review posted on 5th March 2007
The Golden Dogs - Big Eye Little Eye
The Golden Dogs Big Eye Little Eye Album Review Canada hasn't come close to matching The New Pornographers for a while now, but The Golden Dogs seem to be aiming at a leapfrog, rather than...
Review posted on 5th March 2007
Blood Brothers - Set Fire To The Face On Fire
Blood BrothersSet Fire To The Face On FireSingle ReviewFormed in the music holy land that is Seattle in 1997, this five-piece have recently completed a UK tour with Help She Can't Swim and are now...
Review posted on 5th February 2007
The Bronx - Shitty Future
The Bronx Shitty Future Single ReviewCurrently blazing across the UK before launching their audio assault across Australia and the rest of Europe, this quintet from Southern California earned a record deal after just a dozen...
Review posted on 29th January 2007
Damien Rice - Rootless Tree
Damien RiceRootless TreeSingle ReviewImminently to embark on the Australian leg of a mammoth World Tour, Irishman Damian Rice is promoting "9", the follow up to his highly successful "0" album. Reaching UK shores toward the...
Review posted on 22nd January 2007
The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
The Long BlondesGiddy StratospheresSingle ReviewSigned to the legendary Rough Trade label, The Long Blondes are a quintet hailing from Sheffield. Their debut album, "Someone To Drive You Home", was released last year to much acclaim...
Review posted on 22nd January 2007
We Are Scientists - Crap Attack
We Are Scientists Crap Attack DVD Formed in 2000 and having relocated to New York a year later, We Are Scientists are something of a rarity amongst American bands in that their style is much...
Review posted on 8th January 2007
Foo Fighters - Skin And Bones
Foo FightersSkin And BonesAlbum ReviewOver the course of the last decade, the Foo Fighters have established themselves as one of the world's premier rock bands. Regular festival headliners, they proved their popularity by staging their...
Review posted on 2nd January 2007
Chris Cornell - You Know My Name
Chris CornellYou Know My NameSuretoneSingle ReviewFormer Soundgarden and some-time Audioslave vocalist Chris Cornell is given the prestigious role of providing the theme tune to the latest outing for Ian Flemming's James Bond in the critically...
Review posted on 20th December 2006
Idlewild - If It Takes You Home
IdlewildIf It Takes You HomeSingle ReviewScottish rockers Idlewild have been around for over a decade, yet have always seemed to be on the periphery of the British music scene. Perhaps at their most popular with...
Review posted on 19th December 2006
Embrace - I Can't Come Down
EmbraceI Can't Come DownSingle ReviewHaving made one of the most remarkable comebacks in contemporary music, the five Yorkshiremen who are collectively known as Embrace have gone about cementing their resurrected status by spending the majority...
Review posted on 13th December 2006
Spidersimpson - Jabez Clegg
SpiderSimpsonJabez CleggManchesterTuesday, December 5Live ReviewHaving released their first single recently, this Birmingham quintet is now on their first major U.K. tour, which will culminate with a sold out, 200 capacity, homecoming show just days before...
Review posted on 7th December 2006
Army Of Anyone - Army Of Anyone
Army Of AnyoneArmy Of AnyoneAlbum ReviewCurrently on tour across North America, Army Of Anyone are another rock super-group formed from the ashes of disbanded acts. This particular collection sees Filter singer Robert Patrick being joined...
Review posted on 5th December 2006
Spidersimpson - Heavy Metal Machine
SpiderSimpsonHeavy Metal MachineShowing that patience and hard work can reap rewards, this Birmingham quintet are releasing this, their debut single, three years after first getting together. In that time they've received the backing of some...
Review posted on 29th November 2006
Protest The Hero - Heretics And Killers
Protest The HeroHeretics And KillersSingle ReviewFormed by five friends when they were 14, this Ontario band has recently toured with Bullet For My Valentine in the UK and have previously shared a stage with Trivium....
Review posted on 23rd November 2006
Vega4 - You And Others
Vega4You And OthersAlbum ReviewCurrently on a UK tour, this quartet were multi-national quartet were introduced by mutual friends in London and bonded over a shared passion for music. This record took nine months to record...
Review posted on 20th November 2006
Spidersimpson - Lose Myself
SpiderSimpsonLose Myself EP ReviewEven before they had a record deal, this Birmingham quintet had toured with Stereophonics and has more recently had national radio support from Dave Grohl. They are one of Britain's most exciting...
Review posted on 13th November 2006
The Feeling - Love It When You Call
The FeelingLove It When You CallSingle ReviewSince their first release in Spring 2006, Sussex quintet The Feeling have gone from strength to strength with their soft-rock styling. A true rival for Keane as the softest...
Review posted on 9th November 2006
The Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In
The Goo Goo DollsLet Love InAlbum ReviewAlmost exclusively known for the classic rock-ballad "Iris", the 'Dolls have been together since 1986, with this record being their eighth album. 2006 has proved to a successful year...
Review posted on 6th November 2006
Nicky Wire - I Killed The Zeitgeist
Nicky WireI Killed The ZeitgeistAlbum ReviewThe second member of the Manic Street Preachers to go solo, after James Dean Bradfield, the man born Nicholas Allen Jones has been the band's principal songwriter for the last...
Review posted on 16th October 2006
Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy
Say Anything...Is A Real BoyAlbum ReviewAlready having played a headline string of UK dates back in September, this California sextet refused to be the next Blink 182, shunning major label interest to sign up with...
Review posted on 16th October 2006
Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55
Charlotte Gainsbourg5:55Album ReviewAn acclaimed French movie actress, Charlotte Gainsbourg was actually born in London and recorded her first album at the tender age of 13. This record features collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Air and...
Review posted on 9th October 2006
Anechoic - This Is How It Is
AnechoicThis Is How It IsAlbum ReviewIn case you were wondering, anechoic means, "neither having nor producing echoes", so that's the educational part out of the way. Having formed a few years ago, they've become regular...
Review posted on 4th October 2006
Cord - Sea Of Trouble
C/O/R/DSea Of TroubleIslandIf their website is to be believed, Norwich quartet may just have made the best album ever in the shape of soon-to-be-released "Other People's Lives Are Not As Perfect As They Seem". Name-checking...
Review posted on 28th September 2006
The Knife - Like A Pen
The KnifeLike A PenBrilleSingle ReviewThe Knife are Swedish siblings Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Andersson, who are based in Stockholm and have been making music since 1999. The chances are you've heard one of their...
Review posted on 28th September 2006
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