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Hotly-tipped indie-rock upstarts Love Ends Disaster! have gathered rave reviews for their debut EP, Stories For The Dislocated, released and self-promoted in February on Denial Records. Reactions have been so good that the EP has earnt a re-release with full distribution from Shellshock. 300 EP's will be winging their way to independent stores across the UK for a May 5th release date. May we suggest that you purchase a copy.»
Some bands come out of nowhere and take you by surprise. High Wycombe and Buckinghamshire is certainly worthy of the term nowhere...»
Released on 12” and a limited run of 500 numbered copies, Polar Remote’s debut EP was recorded live in their homemade studio in the Berkshire countryside. All that independence must have had a profound effect on the band as this one of the most effortlessly lush and beautiful indie records I’ve heard this year...»
Scotland seems to be a fertile breeding ground for talent right now; Franz Ferdinand are arguably the media darlings of the year, Biffy Clyro continue to grow in popularity and the likes of The Kitchen, Multiplies and Us vs. Them are yet more names to look out for in the coming months.»
When Thursday released ‘Full Collapse’ on the US independent Victory Records in 2001, it was instantly hailed an emo classic. And as word spread of the record and the band’s intense and fan-welcoming live shows, their popularity only continued to grow further. In the UK, even without an official release for ‘Full Collapse’ or ‘Waiting’, they sold out shows in London and, perhaps most tellingly, when supporting the now defunct The Movielife on their 2001 tour, the audience thinned out considerably at the end of their set each night...»
The first question that comes into your head when you enter the Portland Arms is just, well, where do the bands play? Having practically lived in this pub most evenings a year or so back, you soon learn that the size of the venue is half the attraction. The Portland can hold about 90 people in its back ro»
