Welcome to issue three of Straight To Video feature! A spicy mix of opinions from Ivarmac and self-described "Altsounds Pimp" Jack S. Chewing the cud over a varied selection of classic and not-so-classic offerings, Jack and Ivar ARE music

One ordinary day, in an ordinary house, in an ordinary street, in an ordinary town in Minnesota the life of one Adam Young changed forever. The power of the internet managed to prise Mr. Young from his ordinary job, working as a package loader for

With a band formed to satisfy lead singer, Dave Lord's New Years resolution to get his act together, and a name that came about from long drinking sessions of mainly lager on the banks of the Tyne it is pretty impressive that Ambershift has managed

Another Trigger is the newest single from UK natives Ambershift. The edgy single is a song taken off their self-titled debut album and is definitely worth a listen even though the band was just created to satiate a New Years resolution. The single

It is your regular music fairy tale of friendship; girl meets best friend at boarding school, they bond over a common love of The Strokes and together they defy the rules. They sneak out at night to catch gigs all over London. They then create a

Reinterpreting old songs doesn’t always add up to someone’s back catalogue, but Suzanne Vega, never being one for big production and bombast in the first place, seems to be the lucky exception in a row of otherwise dreadful, pointless and ‘lack of

Neon Circus' recently released album is called Don't Get Panicked, but this single taken from it is unlikely to elicit such a reaction, or unfortunately much of a response at all.

"Future Disco" is not terrible, there's just not a lot

The opening chords of Night is Over sounds just like you’ve put on an Audioslave album. I kind of like it but the vocalist seems a little monotone. It’s like he reaches one level of noise and tone and he stays there. It’s weird though, it’s not like

The best way I can describe Bastard Of The Skies is "heavy sludge metal." I have to hand it to them though, it’s not just mindless riffing going on here, there is substance. The songs rise and fall like a sleeping behemoth but I’m afraid, despite

“For us, it’s a faith, not a genre. We’ve always been very open and honest about where the songs are coming from. For us, these songs are for everyone.”

A recent statement from Switchfoot lead singer/guitarist, Jon Foreman (like the

Since the early 1980’s, Martin Bisi has been at the forefront of the downtown New York avant-garde, No Wave and punk band scene, as both a musician and record producer. He originally honed his craft when he started BC Studio in Brooklyn with Brian

Low-key, urbane, self-involved - is that a bad thing? Quite a sophisticated little record from the part-time filmmaker, part-time musician, Jordan Galland. They’re not quite chansons, but there’s certainly an air of Gallic seignior about Galland’s

Thirty-four frigging tracks, each one more bass-tastic than the last. It’s hard to know where to start with an album/onslaught like this. To address each track would mean ten words per song and that’s just not how I function. First, I think it’s

As well as being the surname of this family band (David, Ray & Tony), Autons are presumably aware of the allusion their name presents to the artificial life force from Doctor Who. Whilst the latter TV was meant to be foreboding, Autons are less

“It’s a massive leap from the last album, it’s a much better record, more variety, more engaging.” These contemplations were disclosed by the six members of South England’s Devil sold his Soul on their MySpace, just a constricted few weeks prior to

Greek twins Al and Emil Roberts have been making music together since they were 13, and their latest single confirms that a bit of practice can go a long way. "On Ebay" is a song that's easy to like, right from the blissful, happy-hangover opening

Audiobulb Records continue to blow out the cobwebs accumulated in between the steel girders of Sheffield. Founded by David Newman in 2003, Audiobulb, with their subtitle of ‘exploratory music,’ is the body from which much intriguing work has been

Stevie Haong is a talented twenty five year old Chinese-British producer, song writer and pianist from Birmingham and since 2008, he has managed to sell over 65,000 copies of his first album This Is Me in Japan, which he produced, recorded and

Having reached the fourth album in her career, I think that it's about time that young Katie Melua broke free from her some-what creative restraints. It’s no secret that the majority of her work has been co-written by Dramatico label owner, Mike

They say Mick Jagger could sing a telephone directory and make it sound dangerous. I’d like to see what he’d do with a Crowded House lyric. Yes, they’re back, and they’re anything but bad. Unlike life, Crowded House aren’t hugely comparable to a box

Some might say that Zarif is the new and improved Amy Winehouse, but there's a lot more too her than just that. Not many people can say they've performed at Glastonbury, shared the stage with Beyonce and Chris Brown and also gained a degree at UCL.