Speedhorn dead in London
Raging Speedhorn will be promoting the release of their second album 'We Will Be Dead Tomorrow' with a live set and signing at Virgin Megastore on Monday, August 5 from 6pm. After the release of '»
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Raging Speedhorn - We Will Be Dead Tomorrow
Gemma Hayes - Let A Good Thing Go
Fragile verses, impassioned choruses, heartfelt lyricism: sounds like =EmO= to me. Take away the maleness of it all and you are left with =FemO=. Yes, Gemma Hayes is doing all that reasonably-emotional-while-rocking-hard music all on her own. With her band, of course. It’s really quite whistle-a»
New Found Glory - My Friend’s Over You
I dare you not to hum this tune. Oh, but you will fail to rise to my challenge. Oh, how you will fail. Yeah, it's that rubbishable pop-punk that you will hate yourself for loving every time but maybe it isn’t that wrong. Yeah, just tell yourself that for a couple of...days, maybe. You will succumb. Music »
My Vitriol - Finelines / Between The Lines
"My Vitriol release what MUST be the last single to be purged from their fine debut long player 'Finelines', because I'm not sure they could avoid being branded rip off merchants if they were to release any more after this." James Jam,»
Mudhoney: Autumn tour & single
Since reporting the news about Mudhoney's new album, new UK tour dates for this September have been announced. Mudhoney will be playing their first shows over here since 1998 and will also release a "VERY limited edition sing»
Biffy Clyro, InMe, Hell Is For Heroes, thisgirl at Music Festival, Grays, Essex, Sat 06 Jul
It is the day of The Mardi Gras and I am sitting in a slightly damp field in Essex. This is the site of Thurrock Music Festival - lovingly known as TMF2002. There aren’t any bands that have hit the ‘mainstream’ here bar a»
The Bellrays - Meet The Bellrays
What the hell? A Tina-Turner-a-like fronting a garage rock band? It’s not quite as bad as it sounds…promise. Garage rock often retains an air of pretence as you can’t help but wonder just how underground this sound actually is. Something that puts your mind at ease, as far as the level of contrivance goe»
Essex Rocks - Official
TMF - formerly known as Thurrock Music Festival - is set to rock the county often called Essex, this coming Saturday, July 6th. This year’s festival is at the Orsett Showground, off the A13 near Grays, Essex. Gates open at 11.30am with the first band on at 12 noon. There will be 4 live stages»
(Review of nothing)
The rhyming of “McQueen”, “machine” and “screen” is truly amazing…but only to those of you who are without a rhyming dictionary (yes, they do exist and they’re class for droppin’ yo’ rhymes on da streetz). It’s a slightly more up tempo number compared to ‘»
The Prodigy - Baby's Got A Temper
Those lovely boys - Liam, Keith and Maxim - are back and they seem to be milking it slightly. With a cow-infested video lathered with hanging lady bits and scary men you can’t go wrong….surely! It sounds like the old stuff: a bit gnarly, heavy shit, slightly outrageous for your granny etc. They've don»
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Maher On Water
Some have said that I am testament to the fact that beautiful things come from Geography. Further evidence is supplied in the music of Maher Shalal Hash Baz. Those of you who appreciate the relative lo-fi aspect of White Stripes in this age of over-production en masse may just find a little solac»
Veruca Salt - American Thighs
When Louise Post and Nina Gordon met, they had a dream that they could make a female Supergroup. They would call her Veruca Salt, after Roald Dahl’s character in that book of his. They would play a fragile grunge which rocked enough to let them play the songs that they so wanted to play - the son»
Medication - Medication EP
Featuring ex-members of Machine Head, Soulfly and Ozzy Osbourne (I hope they mean the band, not the jumped-up prick), a listen to Medication should head in the direction of some quality heavy metal mayhem, but it isn’t. It’s total rubbish. With such a high profile line-up surely they could have signed t»
NPB - Loaded
So it’s an Irish quartet singing about getting drunk on a record produced by Gordon Raphael of The Strokes fame. Sounds good to me so far. ‘Loaded’ sounds like a lo-fi, country & western tinged ode to being drunk and somewhat shambolic…that’s exactly what it is! It’s simple in nature and simple here»
The Trials & Tribulations of Being an Elitist Nu-Metal Fan
Fact 1: I like nu-metal.
Fact 2: I like Deftones.
Fact 3: Deftones = nu-metal.
Fact 4: I dislike Linkin Park.
Fact 5: Linkin Park = nu-metal.
That’s right I’m a Deftones fan and I can calmly acknowledge their existence in the nu-metal sub-genre. I »
Mudhoney Become 'Translucent'
Mudhoney are to return with their eight full-length album, 'Since We've Become Translucent' on August 19th through Sub Pop. It is, alas, the first Mudhoney record to be performed without Matt Lukin on bass as he has now retired from the forefront of the scene. Former Bloodloss and Lubricated G»
Death in Vegas go for Gallagher
Death In Vegas release a 4-track double 12" single on July 22nd through Concrete Records. 'Leather Girls' will also appear on the forthcoming 'Scorpio Rising' album due for release in September.
Track listing for the double vinyl 12" is as follows:
Vinyl 1
Leather Girls»
White Man Kamikaze - Be Reasonable...Demand The Impossible
Oh, I do sincerely hope that White Man Kamikaze are as good as the reports and this demo suggest. With personnel seemingly ever-changing when it comes to the bassist and their histories appearing cloudy to say the least, WMK are a band which intrigue and captivate with aplomb. It is possible for a »
The Demise of England's World Cup Expedition
With the FIFA World Cup upon us, a large portion of the planet will be watching a bit more football than usual. I’ll be watching matches in support of the mighty England. Already the team is going in to the finals with only three first choice midfielders and everyone’s getting injured…with the same inju»
Oceansize, Amplifier, Fi-Lo Radio, TV Babies at Manchester Roadhouse, Fri 24 May
It’s a buzz night in Manchester tonight: The Roadhouse is crammed – it’s buzzing. Tonight some of the hottest bands around are going to be playing. Manchester Music has supported them all over the years and this gig is the cul»
Gold Chains & Kid606 Come Again
Following on from the announcement of a June 10th show in Cardiff, Kid606 and Gold Chains are to make another one-off UK appearance - this time in London. One week later on Monday June 17th, Gold Chains will be per»
Hundred Reasons - Ideas Above Our Station
Oh how easy would it be for me to say “Hundred Reasons are the best British live rock band around at the moment and they crap all over all that American soft rock and nu-metal toss.”? Far too easy. It’s probably not even that accurate either. With ‘Ideas Above Our Station’ they have produced a m»
Last Chance to Dislocate
The Dislocate Tour 2002 hits London on Sunday May 19 at The Verge in Kentish Town. As previously reported here Dislocate has undertaken a mini-tour of Leeds, Manchester and Derby ending off with the final leg, in London. Get down there because »
Deconstructing Glasgow
The Deconstruction 2002 Tour have announced a Scottish leg of the formerly London-only one-day punk & skate festival for June 4th at the Glasgow SECC. The line-up will be the same as in London, the day before, with loads of crazy stuff going on next door! Hall 4 - The Bands Lostpr»
Silverchair Fly By
Silverchair come to the 'UK' for a one-off show in...surprise, surprise...London. The show will be at The Shepherds Bush Empire, London on Wednesday June 12. Tickets for this will go on sale at 9:00am on May 15. For tickets, UK residents should call 0871 2200 260 or online at »
AOL-Time Warner get VD
Hertfordshire-based nu-metallers Violent Delight have signed a worldwide record deal with the AOL-Time Warner group. Since embarking upon their nationwide tour with 'A' and Rival Schools earlier this year, Violent Delight's profile has risen considerably. This has led to their majo»
“America is ruining my enjoyment of music”
Ah, it was another chilly night in February when I found myself in the backstage area of the York Fibbers, in front of the stage. I had just shuffled over from Mínus to have a chat and a giggle with UK heavy metallers Matter. I begin the interview with long-haired vocalist of slightly sore throat, Do»
The Top 12 Ways To Fail Your Exams In Style
With the forthcoming exam season not far in your diaries you need to start worrying. You spend too much time on this and other similar websites. You're going to fail at least one, if not all of your exams. What you want to do, is be remembered for it. In no particular order... 1)»
atari:doll - Numb
Atari Doll have produced a finely polished and mildly assorted 4-track demo CD. It is probably unheard of to stumble upon a band demo that is truly different – a collection that really is something new. Instead you would expect to hear a mixture of many different music tastes and maybe, if y»