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The audience is both meagre and disinterested; they obviously don't know a good thing when they hear it because Mono Taxi do a mean line in melodic garage rock and can certainly play.»
The Sunshine Underground are here and they've brought the summertime funk with them, albeit six months early.»
The aural equivalent of a punch in the face, ¡Forward Russia! kick off 2006 with a bang. Who says January has to be a slow month for music? »
Tucked away in their dressing room (which, tonight, is a record shop in a converted hotel) The Long Blondes are in playful mood. They sip beers, and offer me sandwiches. Fame, fashion and films are three of the more sensible topics we cover over the course of the next twenty seven minutes...»
Imagine, if you will, Nick Cave fronting an indie band. That's kind of how The National sound here.»
Finally, they've found an FM chorus... all that remains now is for Sheffield's latest and greatest to put pen to paper and actually sign a record deal.»
Eccentric, overblown and as English as a red telephone box, The Young Knives look set to put Ashby-de-la-Zouch back on the map.»
It's taken them eight years and seven(!) self-released LPs to get to these shores, but on this evidence it's been worth the wait.»
They've retained those trademark duelling vocals, and the guitars still stutter and jerk as though their pick-ups have epilepsy, but there's now a certain swagger to the Sunderland four-piece's sonic attack.»
If there was ever a spiky psychedelic pop boat, I can't help but feel that Duels have missed it.»
It's easy to imagine these songs going down a storm in a sweaty little club, but on record The Paddingtons sound flat. Let's hope, for their sake, that Pete and Carl haven't changed their numbers recently...»
Evoking a real sense of pathos, 'Coles Corner' could easily soundtrack a classic piece of 1950's cinema. It's refreshing to know that in an increasingly disposable musical culture, timeless songwriting like this can still thrive.»
'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor' might not be one their best, but with raucous lead guitar, a beer-friendly singalong chorus and more energy than a lorryload of Duracell, it sure beats listening to James Blunt.»
If textured nuggets of countrified yet serrated guitar pop are your thing, meet Blackbud.»
In the same way that Barry White provides a soundtrack for lovemaking, this is just about perfect for crashing your car to.»
It's easy to imagine falling in love with the yearning vocals and three-part harmonies on a blazing August afternoon but as a headline act their current repertoire leaves something to be desired.»
Back in April, then relatively unknown, Editors couldn't fill the Zodiac's tiny downstairs room. Dismissed as the British Interpol, nobody seemed that interested. On this evidence, they might just be the real deal after all.»
Thanks to an incessant Rakes rhythm section, we all get down tonight. This is what punk-funk should be: alienated enough to shake your fist to and danceable enough to, err, dance to...»
Three and a half minutes of the most epic, tuneful and intense music you'll hear all year.»
Dealing in a currency of failed relationships and troubled minds, Shout Out Louds' songs take downbeat subjects and turn them into floor fillers. It's a simple plan, but if they can continues to win over audiences like this, it's only a matter of time before it comes to fruition.»
Love it or hate it, Mark Greaney's helium-fuelled voice is back for another three minutes of quiet/loud falsetto wailing...»
Classically trained musicians playing rock arrangements is far from conventional, but it's the formula that has made 2005 the year of The Arcade Fire. DiS investigate what must be one of their last 'intimate' shows.»
"We do still exist", TCTC singer Ben Gautrey assures the audience, but he needn't bother because his band's display has already proven beyond all reasonable doubt that, despite an eight month break, Reading's favourite sons are still alive and kicking.»
In Portuguese, the title of this Illinois quartet's second album means 'of new' but there's nothing here that fits that description.»
There's something undeniably infectious about Hot Hot Heat's singles, and this latest offering from 'Elevator' is no exception.»
You couldn’t ever envisage their scratchy guitars and noisy pop songs taking over commercial radio, but you could easily imagine them enchanting club audiences nationwide.»
It’s as though Arctic Monkeys suddenly have songs that make people want to go crazy. But as those from Sheffield will testify, they’ve had tunes this good for a while.»
If five minutes with Arctic Monkeys is this much fun, god help us when the little blighters finally get around to releasing an album.»
The Features stand accused of being a rather good blues rock act from Tennessee. The prosecution case, based on ‘Exhibit A’ and live dates supporting (and sometimes upstaging) the Kings Of Leon, is overwhelming.»
"It breaks when you force it / it breaks if you don't try" Smith ponders a little later, seemingly recommending a compromise between the two extremes. There's nothing middle of the road about this song, though; to DiS' ears it's one of the best 2005 has offered thus far.»
