Australian unit-shifters ahoy! JBT and Silverchair heading this way..
Fresh from releasing new albums, Silverchair and the John Butler Trio play UK dates...»
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Rrrrrrrremix rrrrrrrrremix: Dntel anyone, though
Cult Seattle label Sub Pop are offering you, you and maybe even you the chance to remix the title track from the new Dntel album, Dumb Luck, in some kind of crazy competition...»
Oxford Zodiac to close for four-month refurb
The AMG-acquired Oxford Zodiac is to close for refurbishment for four months over the summer...»
Save The Spitz Update: petitions, donations, support
You demanded action, so we're here to point you in the right direction. By constructively rewording bits of the press release. It’s not cheating, they make you do it in school...»
Patrick Cleandenim - Baby Comes Home
It may have been given a lot of thought, but for all Baby Comes Home's carefully-rehearsed pizazz, it’s found sadly lacking in the one region where surely the musical is most important: the quality of the music...»
Soweto Kinch at London Cargo, Thu 12 Apr
In Soweto Kinch, Britain has a charismatic performer and an undeniable talent, though the live show might have to change if he’s going to become anything other than a well-kept secret...»
Stained Glass Heroes - Stationary / Invader Paul
Maybe the problem is that the '80s was an era which many consider to be a musical wasteland best left alone, and on this evidence you’d be hard pushed to argue otherwise...»
The Kissaway Trail - Smother + Evil = Hurt
It’s impossible to tell the fate of a band before the first single even hits the shelves, impossible to foresee the level of their ultimate peers, but ‘Smother + Evil = Hurt’ is a good start at the very least...»
Monkey Swallows the Universe - Little Polveir
Perhaps the idea of reminiscing about better days in love and affording the occasional glance through the window just in case your beloved should be on their way back to you might seem a little painful...»
The Kamikaze Hearts - Oneida Road
Listening to Oneida Road is like a 40-minute holiday to a simpler place, full of people whose lives probably aren’t going anywhere – as is frequently inferred during the duration – but they’re content nonetheless. Just make sure you’re indoors come nightfall...»
Frank Turner tours: real damage ensues
The travelling folk superhero announces details of a fresh 20-odd date tour of the UK in the coming weeks, plus a new EP...»
Loney Dear - Loney, Noir
Loney, Noir is calm, airy and melodic indie-pop with a hint of folk; partly like The Shins, or Mew without the abstract feel, Sigur Ros without the apocalyptic visions or even Midlake with more to smile about...»
yourcodenameis:milo - They Came From the Sun
It seems we’re dealing with a different band to the one whose debut was so off-the-wall. They Came From The Sun is controlled, content to slowly build up and ration the noise in favour of something slightly softer...»
The Pitz? The Spitz threatened with closure
One of East London’s best venues for the arts, The Spitz in Spitalfields Market, could be going the way of the Hammersmith Palais in under six months...»
The Zincs - Black Pompadour
Black Pompadour is not a bad album, it’s just flat; delivered with little to no passion, meaning that listening to it in its entirety will be a test of patience for some...»
Circuits - Pistols At Dawn
Somewhere along the line, ‘Pistols At Dawn’ loses its bite and becomes a summery pop song rather than the rock it initially seems to aim for...»
The Race - Comfort, Comfort
With the briefest of choruses, ‘Comfort, Comfort’ is an odd choice for a single, in that it doesn't really make an impression in the same way as some of The Race's other material has done...»
Ash at London Kings College London (KCLSU), Thu 08 Mar
Tonight might not be their best performance, nor are they at a pinnacle of their career, but should Ash find a way to plug the gap left by the downsize, you can’t help but feel the wheels could soon be back on their wagon once and for all...»
Scott Matthews - Passing Stranger
Coffee-house stuff – it doesn’t stand out or hold your attention, it’s just something to have on in the background where there would otherwise be silence...»
Popular Workshop - Stutter and Dance EP
Formed through these very message boards, Stutter and Dance is the Popular Workshop's first EP; four jagged tracks showcasing both the melodic and the spasmodic...»
Jetplane Landing face the backlash
Sweet Jesus, could it be? Yes, it’s true! More than three and a half years since second album Once Like A Spark, DIY punk-rockers Jetplane Landing have completed work on their third long-player...»
The Race get Foppish
Berkshire indie-rock types The Race are to promote their new single ‘Comfort, Comfort’ with a series of instore shows at cheap-as-chips retailer Fopp this month...»
Thee More Shallows: new album, new label, new shows
San Francisco trio Thee More Shallows have confirmed a series of UK shows in support of their new album...»
Rice Is Nice: Damien takes Fionn on tour
Radio-friendly singer-songwriter Damien Rice takes his all-round brilliant label-signee Fionn Regan on tour with him. For four whole shows...»
Nat Baldwin - Enter The Winter
The double-bass is probably best known for its starring role amongst old-fashioned rock and roll bands, all sparkly baby-blue jackets and slickly-gelled hair. What it’s not often associated with is an avant-garde approach to folk music, nor can you usually find one being wielded by a solo artist. But no-one told Nat Baldwin this...»
The Long Winters, Scanners, Fortune Drive at London Monto Water Rats, Thu 15 Feb
Writer's note: The Long Winters are great...»
Various - The Lockout Volume 1
If more than one of these acts turns out to be one of ‘the breakthrough acts of tomorrow’ as advertised, I’ll eat my own face...»
The Hedrons - One More Won't Kill Us
The Hedrons: more pop than punk, more like industry pretenders The Like than the sadly defunct Sleater-Kinney and, crucially, without much lasting impression...»
The Favours, The Wrens at London ULU, Sat 17 Feb
Perhaps this is a message for any band who might be looking uncertainly to the future and contemplating that new ‘easy listening’ direction: don’t do it. Instead, how about you jump higher, shout louder or maybe just look involved? To say it works for The Wrens is an understatement...»
LCD Soundsystem hear the Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem will release their new album, Sound of Silver, this March...»