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Voxtrot - album sampler
Voxtrotalbum samplerNow, normally an album sampler would be no great shakes, not even worth writing about you might say. However, this five track sampler from Voxtrot's forthcoming debut gives us a tantalising glimpse at one...
Review posted on 23rd July 2007
Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy of the Lost
Lightspeed ChampionGalaxy of the LostSingle ReviewLightspeed Champion is the pseudonym of Devonte Hynes, who is probably better known for his stint in short-lived noiseniks Test Icicles. Galaxy of the Lost will come as something of...
Review posted on 23rd July 2007
Joan as Police Woman - Real Life
Joan as Police Woman Real LifeAlbum ReviewTaken from one of the finest albums of 2006, and probably the highlight, Real Life is the latest single from New York singer-songwriter Joan Wasser. The sparse piano and...
Review posted on 23rd July 2007
Low - Drums and Guns
LowDrums and GunsAlbum ReviewLow have always been one of those square peg bands. Formed in 1993, when grunge was king, they carved out a niche in the industry as a truly unique group that was...
Review posted on 30th April 2007
Biffy Clyro - Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies
Biffy ClyroLiving is a Problem Because Everything DiesSingle ReviewSome things in life are truly unexplainable. The very meaning of existence troubles some, and has done since the beginning of time. Others are concerned with more...
Review posted on 30th April 2007
Samsa - To Conquer
SamsaTo ConquerSingle ReviewCumbria natives Samsa have been making inroads into the underground indie scene for a few years now, even gaining an early champion in the late John Peel (who was this John Peel fellow...
Review posted on 30th April 2007
Shitdisco - Ok
ShitdiscoOkSingle ReviewWow, what a controversial name, eh? Shit. Disco. Ha. Very edgy. Seriously though, they're a bit rubbish aren't they? I mean, they're a perfectly competent 2007 dance-punk band, but that's about it, they're every...
Review posted on 30th April 2007
Low vs Diamond - Heart Attack
Low vs DiamondHeart AttackSingle ReviewLow vs Diamond are a new gang of rock chancers hailing from L.A. who have the somewhat dubious pleasure of sharing a manager with the Killers (it's no picnic, just ask...
Review posted on 30th April 2007
Rufus Wainwright - Going to a Town
Rufus WainwrightGoing to a TownSingle Review'I'm so tired of America' sings one of Uncle Sam's most unique singer-songwriters, on this, his comeback single. Going to a Town is a big ballad like they used to...
Review posted on 30th April 2007
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
Patrick WolfThe Magic PositionAlbum ReviewIn casual circles, Patrick Wolf is being regarded as something of a newcomer, even though he has already produced two albums in the last five years. The Magic Position though, is...
Review posted on 13th March 2007
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
Bloc PartyA Weekend in the CityAlbum ReviewIt's been about two years since the release of Silent Alarm, an interesting if rather one-dimensional affair that established East London's Bloc Party as the premier British indie-rock band....
Review posted on 13th March 2007
The Horrors - Sounds from Outer Space
The HorrorsSounds from Outer SpaceAlbum ReviewThe Horrors, and let's not beat around the bush here, are a bit rubbish aren't they? At the risk of making myself extremely unpopular, I have to say that two...
Review posted on 13th March 2007
Oreskaband - Ore
OreskabandOreAlbum ReviewWhen this album plopped onto my mat I uttered three words. The first was "what", the third was "Dickens" and the second was "the." The album artwork is like Rivers Cuomo's wildest dream, the...
Review posted on 13th March 2007
Maximo Park - Our Velocity
Maximo ParkOur VelocitySingle ReviewNewcastle's finest return with the same intense punk racket they're known for, but with something of a twist. The jerky guitars are replaced by big thrashy ones, and a giddy keyboard line...
Review posted on 13th March 2007
The Black Keys - You're The One
The Black KeysYou're The OneSingle ReviewThe Black Keys have of late been picking up acclaim from the most unlikely of places with their stripped-down take on blues-rock; even Mr Thom Yorke himself has declared himself...
Review posted on 13th March 2007
Plan B - No Good
Plan BNo GoodSingle ReviewHe's an angry young man, that Plan B. No Good sees him sounding especially ticked off, over a hi-hat heavy beat and subtle acoustic guitar, a combination that serves him well on...
Review posted on 13th March 2007
The Decemberists - O Valencia!
The DecemberistsO Valencia!Single ReviewThe Decemberists' grand opus, The Crane Wife is such a complete, albeit unconventional record, that taking a single from it would be like deciding which new-born pup to prize from its mother's...
Review posted on 13th March 2007
Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control
The GossipStanding in the Way of ControlSingle ReviewSurely everyone's already heard this haven't they? You reading this, you've already heard it millions of times haven't you? So why re-release it? Well, it was played round-the-clock...
Review posted on 13th March 2007
Bonde do Role - Solta O Frango
Bonde do RoleSolta O FrangoSingle ReviewBonde do Role are a Brazilian trio at the forefront of the new baile funk sound coming out of Rio de Janeiro. This track's rapid beats and lively aggro vocals...
Review posted on 13th March 2007
Jesse Malin - Glitter In The Gutter
Jesse Malin Glitter In The Gutter Album Review Jesse Malin's debut album owed a lot to producer and collaborator Ryan Adams - his Steve Forbert-like vocals and easy rock sound, full of energy. Then, the...
Review posted on 5th March 2007
Noisettes - What's The Time Mr Wolf?
Noisettes What's The Time Mr Wolf? Album Review I believe it's partway through track two of What's The Time Mr Wolf? when the true philosophy of the Noisettes is uncovered. "Scratch your name into the...
Review posted on 29th January 2007
Various Artists - Ben Davis' Top 10 Albums of 2006
Well, here we are, at the end of another year, the rise of the MOR Bluntinis continues unabated, while the NME continue to make up cobblers names for bands that sound vaguely similar (Look out...
Review posted on 21st December 2006
The Dears - Gang Of Losers
The DearsGang Of LosersAlbum ReviewThe Dears are an odd bunch. After nigh on ten years of plugging away at the Montreal music scene, it looked like 2004's No Cities Left would be it for them....
Review posted on 4th October 2006
Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family - Show Me How The Spectres Dance
Liam Frost & The Slowdown FamilyShow Me How The Spectres DanceAlbum Review22 year old Mancunian troubadour Liam Frost is undoubtedly a special talent, and has crafted an album that is to Manchester what 'I'm Wide...
Review posted on 4th October 2006
The Walkmen - A Hundred Miles Off
The WalkmenA Hundred Miles OffAlbum ReviewSome albums have great openers, Highway 61 Revisited had the snarling kick in the teeth of 'Like A Rolling Stone', Kid A had the disorientating ambient whirr of 'Everything In...
Review posted on 4th October 2006
Bernard Fanning - Tea & Sympathy
Bernard FanningTea & SympathyAlbum Review'Take my wife.' No, if you're reading this thinking that a certain chubby comedian had put some of his rather questionable views to music, prepare to be disappointed. I know I...
Review posted on 4th October 2006
Juliette And The Licks - Four on the Floor
Juliette And The LicksFour on the FloorAlbum ReviewWhen The Licks first appeared, people were understandably sceptical, given the history of awful attempts by actors to break into music, Steven Seagal, Keanu Reeves, Russell Crowe, and,...
Review posted on 4th October 2006
Jamie T - If You Got Money
Jamie TIf You Got MoneySingle Review"OMG!!! LoL Jamie T Is Propa Gud N E is wel fit aswel! LMAO! E plays a base instead of a gitar an e sings like e talks!"I'm paraphrasing of...
Review posted on 4th October 2006
Jarvis Cocker - Running The World
JarvisRunning The WorldSingle ReviewIt's been a few months now since a single bespectacled eye peered at the world from the Murdochian cult of Myspace and gifted us this song, promising to save us from the...
Review posted on 4th October 2006
Be Your Own Pet - Bicycle
Be Your Own PetBicycle, Bicycle, You Are My BicycleSingle ReviewAaaah yes, this truly is music at its most transcendent. The sound of four teenagers throwing huge hormonally driven strops simultaneously.This is the new single from...
Review posted on 4th October 2006
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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
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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 "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 "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]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "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 "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
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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