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Ex-Libertine Peter Doherty faces a jail sentence after admitting breaking into the flat of his former co-songwriter/bandmate, Carl Barat. Doherty pleaded guilty to the charges of breaking and entering, and of stealing a list of items including stereo equipment and an antique guitar. However, he claims he w»
The Love Music, Hate Racism tour has been hit by a succession of setbacks... Following last-minute cancellations in Stoke-on-Trent and Blackburn, the bands' travel plans for Newcastle and Dudley have been decimated and they've been forced to cancel the dates in those locations. This from the news release: »
"...Someone else has already said it better and you can’t top that - steal from them and go out strong” - well, indeed. Or, as Virgin Suicides would put it in the cd which opens with the above sample, 'Plough Over the Bones of the Dead'. This defiantly derivative 4-track ep has no room whatsoever f»
Pounding, driven rock’n’roll, made distinctive by keyboards and a reinforcing echo to the music which gives it a sense of intent and inevitability. The record is overlaid with a cartwheeling exuberance and energy, a strobe-like effect which flickers without feeling disjointed. There’s an almost theatrical glamour to it»
Antiproduct are off on tour... As well as the usual round of venues, the tour will include an APRA-party Double Gig Special on July 29th, playing as a full band at the Metro at 9pm and then moving on to the 12 Bar Club for an 11pm acoustic set. Save yer Metro tickets stubs for an admission discount at 12 B»
Radio has defended its playlist, seemingly implying that any lack of UK music on the air is due to a respective lack of UK talent. After being accused by Telstar chairman Sean O'Brien last week of failing to support UK talent, Radio One has retorted that at least 35%, and usually more, of its playli»
Following the success of previous Ladyfests worldwide, Manchester and Bristol are to host their own Ladyfest events in 2003. Taking their cue from the first-ever Ladyfest held in Olympia in 2000, the not-for-profit, riot-grrl inspired festivals provide a space to showcase women’s art, politics, gene»
Martin Grech has emerged from the studio with his new single recorded and new tour dates booked. The single, 'I Am Chromosome', a new piece of music from Martin, is set for release around the 18th of August. The track will be available before release as a free download from »
Manics-inspired, Lamacq-endorsed, jaw-droppingly broad in scope and having branched out into a fantastic gig promoter and record label, the mammoth and long-running R*E*P*E*A*T fanzine has reached the status of something of a Cambridge legend. With the 20th issue just out, co-founder and general zine-meister »
Upcoming Virgin Suicides E.P. and tour: ploughing over the bones of the dead... The Virgin Suicides are setting out on tour at the end of July to promote the release of their forthcoming ep. Released on cd by R*E*P*E*A*T Records, described as "an adrenaline fuelled 4 track punk mas»
A Placebo-esque distortion on the guitars and a hard, heavy drumbeat to start, leading into Freezerburn’s fast and slightly quirky brand of Indie. I suspect there’re more subtleties to this than the scratchy recording quality will let through but the more I listen to this, and the more the songs sink in through »
An on-screen Adam Ant fest approaches, in the forms of a Channel 4 documentary and an independent film short titled Antmuzak. The Channel 4 documentary will air on July 17th at 9pm and will profile Adam Ant's career, music, and his recent breakdown and depression. As well as using documentary footag»
MBA hit the road again with Antihero and Cultural Ice Age in support of the Anti Nazi League DiS-faves Miss Black America plus Antihero and new-punks on the scene Cultural Ice Age are touring in support of Love Music, Hate Racism. Th»
Musicians interested in playing benefit gigs for Disarm DSEi are invited to attend the group's fundraising meeting at 7:30pm on Tuesday 24th June. Disarm DSEi is a coalition of groups planning demonstrations and direct action in the week of the Defense S»
All three songs on this single/demo follow the same recipe of grim rock’n’roll with alternately high and harsh/low and crooning female vocals and guitars distorted to the point of squealing playing an industrial machine-like grind over a throbbing, insistent bass-line. Which sounds (to me at least) like it should ma»
A benefit gig against militarisation is taking place in London at the London Mean Fiddler on Wednesday June 11th. The gig, on behalf of the Disarm DSEi protest group, will feature the bands Conflict, Inner Terrestrials, Bug Central and Flatpig. Tickets are £6 each and are avail»
Theoretically, the latest Electric Six single ought to qualify as that most vile of things, the over-polished to the point of lifelessness rock song. Every song on the cd walks a tightrope between rock and pop, rough and polished, heavy and slick. They take distorted guitars and polish them up on the production,»
Infidel play punk and metal songs with a gap between the two styles which means you can divide their set into two clear categories. I don’t feel they’ve quite shaken their strands of influence down into their own distinct style yet; there’s a sense of work-in-progress about them. They can clearly all play in a t»
Ladies and gentlemen.. while your attention was elsewhere, four lads from Felixstowe have created the concept of "Medieval Pop-Rock" - a winning combination of winding rock riffs, half-growled vocals and fun. This 3-plus-secret-track demo doesn't have the RAWK-factor of their live shows and could u»
The guy with the wobbly voice from the car commerical, has a new single and a tour.. 19 years young folk-metaller Martin Grech, has announced the dates of his first tour of 2003, to co-incide with the release of a new single 'PUSH' on January 27th taken from his debut album »
I’m loving this more and more with every listen. In fact, it’s been in my CD player fairly solidly since I got it - it’s one of those cds which sinks in deeper with each hearing. Driven, angry rock with an edge of bitter melancholy to it, Sufferkiss are masters of songs which build up and»
"Swedish thrashers" The Haunted have announced the dates of a UK tour to promote their second album 'One Kill Wonder', due for release on February 17th. Tour dates below - for further information, details of support bands etc check out w»
Of Montreal will be touring the UK in January/February 2003 to mark the release of their debut UK album 'Aldhil's Arboretum' on Track and Field records. Of Montreal are based in Athens, Georgia. Singer/songwriter Kevin Barnes has this to say about the album: "We wanted to make an alb»
We Start Fires are a four-piece alt-indie-pop group from Darlington who talk big and dream bigger. Their down to earth discontent lacks any sense of pretension, comes from simply seeing that things are wrong and wanting to put it right. And because it’s so impossible not to see that they believe in what they’re »
The third Dedbeat Weekender of hip-hip, funk and electronica takes place from the 8-10 November at Pontins Holiday Park, Norfolk. From Dedbeat publicity: “The idea is that you check out progressive music (some you’ll know, some you won’t – that’s the point) and at the same time dance your ass oss wh»
You know in Primary school they say that if you mix all the colours up you get white – and then you try it and you get a disappointing sludge? Well, Alys in Wonderland are the musical opposite of that. They take a wide-ranging selection of musical styles (experimental, rock, riffs that verge on metal, samples of»
The Dawn Parade's Peel session goes out TONIGHT, Tuesday 8th October, before the band embark on a 2 month long national tour. The Peel Session songs include 'Strung' 'Out on Nowhere' and 'Some Desperate Beat' and will be included in the show running from 10pm tonight. Also out »
This I like.
I can’t think how to classify the music – basically rock with a hint of glam underneath it and drum machine effects. It’s the sound of a band who really know where they’re going and what they’re aiming for, and it’s incredibly assured and confident.
It’s a bleak, detached record; often co»
I have to try and find words to do justice to Antihero’s live set. I’m not sure I can. Adjectives kinda lack effect when it comes to explaining why something leaves you speechless, with a compulsive grin on your face and the adrenaline still coursing through you. Rock shot through with samples and played with a »
I kinda feel bad saying this about a band who have only been gigging for a very short time and are still young, but Brides of Yesterday were BAD. My friend was in the toilet when he heard what he thought was a pre-song foghorn effect - when it didn’t stop after a few seconds he realised it was actually the lead »
