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Handsome Boy Modelling School's second album»
I came expecting some cheesy pop-punk. I was surprised. Firstly by local openers Heads on Sticks. Underneath the dual female vocal melodies lay a noise driven foetal cross breed of Sonic Youth, Sleater Kinney with the obligatory twist of nu-metal. Good to watch, and I'm sure it'll be just as much fun watc»
Elbow In The Guts So, how can we help you this evening? Aha, you're looking for the next big thing? Well, you've a fair chance that Elbow are what you are looking for there. Then you probably already knew that, with the exposure they're currently receiving in the press, the sessions for Radio 1, and that b»
I'm a great fan of hiding one's light under a bushel. It means that those people who come to appreciate how worth knowing about you really are have made an effort and are genuinely interested in what you do.
So I'm intrigued to find kindred spirits in The Nectarine No. 9. They formed back in 1993, with ex-Fire»
Just in case you feel like passing out in a beautiful venue near the coast, listening to amazing music in the sunshine in this idyllic summer we're definitely about to have, you could do worse than giving The Big Chill at Lulworth Castle, Dorset a shot, from 17th-19th of August. Acts confirmed at this early stage i»
Normally, I'd probably call an album with such an uninspiring name, and such an uninspiring concept behind it as this "Complete Rubbish", but as far as The Pixies are concerned, there is no way I would be so disrespectful. The influence they have had on modern rock is often invoked in articles such as the»
Anything even remotely acoustic and folky nowadays seems destined to be compared to the tragic beauty of Nick Drake, and The Blue Trees is about to join the club. Whilst it is an album full of gentle warmth and fragile feeling, it is also full of contentment and happiness, ending any such comparison with its ch»
