Time for T-T: Chris goes cross country
The first Chris T-T solo headline tour gets going with NYC anti-folker Thomas Traux and all.»
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thommo has written the following articles:
Bearsuit - chargr / what, you've never seen snow before?
Those super-furry Peel-favourites from Norwich serve up another riot of cherryade, fake blood, brass instruments and blistering pogo action.»
Judas Kisses at Southampton The Joiners, Mon 04 Oct
Yes, it really is only one person making all that noise.»
Superheroes - Alcohol and Fighting
Worth trying if you're outspoken, dishevelled and/or slightly bitter.»
Where The Spoken Play - Where The Spoken Play
So ramshackle it could make a Pete Doherty gig look like Kraftwerk (but, quite thankfully, doesn’t).»
The Others - Stan Bowles
Thrilling punk urchins? Aimless QPR-bothering chancers? Take your pick, but the song's quite endearing, y'know...»
Super Furry Animals - Songbook Vol. 1
Those Welsh eclecto-pop masters release 'Greatest Hits' package - but is it a glorious confirmation of their supremacy as a 'singles band'?»
Countermine - Smallest Fears EP
That their singer emits something resembling anger three minutes into ‘The Smallest Fears EP’ shows that they do at least mean it. And they make a nice noise in the process, so that’s a bonus.»
Bonemachine - Vent
‘Vent’ is a mini-album rammed with haunting songs – in a way that you could actually wake up with a cold sweat on, hoping that the sound coming from beneath the bed is a bass line laced with guitars and not something a bit more sinister...»
Mclusky - She Will Only Bring You Happiness
Needless to say, Falkous has his scary voice on.»
Fleeing New York - Hollywood Bowl
Lip-curled whirlwinds of, for want of a less clichéd phrase, rock and, indeed, roll. Guess where. Detroit, you say? Nope, uh…Southampton.»
Grade AOK: Fleeing New York to tour Uni's
The South Coast's indie-glam-art-blues-rock-mongers take on the nation's higher education establishments...»
The Hot Puppies - Green Eyeliner
Every fey indie disco should aspire to play this sort of thing, Daddy-o…»
The Waxworks Waltz - Death Ray EP
Three men with electrical flea market instruments and funny eyes have arrived...»
[CULTUREINDUSTRY] - dj ascetic loves himself badly / the recognitions
Does notably well at giving its listeners the willies whilst barely batting an eyelid, so better fear for your (and their) sanity when then look like they’re struggling.»
New Found Glory - Failure's Not Flattering (What's Your Problem)
NFG assure us that new single ’Failure’s Not Flattering (What’s Your Problem)’ duly “nods to the songwriting and production of the ‘80s.” Sorry, what did you say? Something about bandwagons?»
Daughters Courageous - Demo
Strong-lunged, big-amped, heavy-hearted alt.rock, no less.»
65daysofstatic - The Fall Of Math
Thomas Blatchford lays it on the line: "If this sort of indescribably wonderful clamour doesn’t influence countless ensembles in its wake then we’ll eat our own effects pedals."»
Damien Dempsey - Seize The Day
He's still working towards troubadour stardom, but rest assured that there are much worse storytellers to sit comfortably for.»
Truck Seven Festival 2004
One boy's account of a weekend's band action: bring on the Rotary Club falafels...»
(Angel)strike a Light! Jim Bob back on the road
Latest acoustic tour to support new album, the book, a film featuring Fruitbat and the Carter repertoire.»
Skandinavia - Never Too Late
Stormy, mystical and highly enjoyable Iceland rock it is, then.»
Siobhan Parr at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms, Wed 14 Jul
Wow, that voice - so brimming with emotion it’s as if her heart were located in her voice-box, vulnerable enough to quiver but strong enough to stun.»
Bonemachine, Dilutral, Brenda at Southampton The Joiners, Fri 16 Jul
Jazz? Well, it’s a broad term, so perhaps. Ambient? Only if you’re a bit disturbed. Whatever it is, it’s bloody marvellous.»
The 5678s - Woo Hoo
It could have easily slipped into the Pulp Fiction soundtrack had Dick Dale's fret dexterity been replaced by a deranged owl on vocals. Altogether now: "WOO-HOO! WOO-HOO-HOOOOO!"»
Mondo - Before The Fall
Like waking up after a night out with Spiritualized and Godspeed! only to find fuzzy sonic guitar ambience lapping at your bare feet. Go on; take their hands…»
!!! - Louden Up Now
They veer wildly from Kraftwerk-ian bleep-house to Squarepusher trying to write a pop song... If both your mind and ass remain unfreed, then better check you haven't got the pause button on. Tremendous.»
"Everyone wants radio hits. Even the most leftfield bollocks."
War. Religion. Pasta. That's right folks, it's the second part of our Chris T-T interview...»
Get Amped - Phoney Society
Did we rally against Good Charlotte for nothing?»
Turncoat - A Demonstration of Turncoat
It’ll only demand seven minutes of your time, but you’ll feel like you’ve been driven round winding country lanes, dragged into seedy drinking establishments and lured onto the dancefloor whilst still begging for more afterwards.»