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Now I am usually a fan of Billy Talent’s music, they have got quality guitar riffs, jazzy basslines and more often than not nice vocal melodies but something wasn't quite right and I just wasn’t feeling it with 'Devil On My Shoulder'. I found myself wanting to like 'Devil On My Shoulder' while I... Bristol metalcore youngsters Evita grace us with their debut full length "Minutes and Miles", released through Basick records, who seem to keep finding some very good English metal bands, indeed. After the release of their debut EP "Like an Ocean We Rise Again" in 2007 Evita have toured constantly,... Widely recognised (probably) as the band most likely to gratuitously use the word "Geezer" now that Karl Hyde is on the wagon. The idea of Dub Pistols big-beat-meets-ska cocktail sounds as attractive in late 2009 as the back of a Stratford lock up. But don't throw away that pork pie hat just yet,...
Well, what can I say about Blazin’ Squad? You probably remember them as being a bunch of kids singing annoying songs you loved to hate, the biggest being ‘Crossroads’ at the start of the millennium. As irritating as that song was it did push them into the spotlight at a very young age. Blazin'... The word that gets bandied about most when describing Dinosaur Pile-Up is “grunge” which is fairly accurate. The word I’d like to bandy about as well is “Weezer” - which is also fairly accurate and a compliment. Sure the Leeds based power-trio churn out huge fuzzed-up riffs like we are still... There’s lo-fi and then there’s LO-FI. Joining fellow noise-mongers Wavves in the race to make the year’s most distorted pop album here comes Ohio’s Times New Viking. This three piece - guitarist Jared Phillips, drummer Adam Elliott and Beth Murphy on keyboards - are now on their fourth album. ...

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Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited [Album]
Matador (released 21 September)

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I already thought I was naff at putting albums in genre classifications, what do I do with this? Jazz, 70s funk, psychedelia, folk, blues, rock and everything in between, all cut up and put back together like a huge musical jigsaw. Gaslamp Killer has taken a selection of the Finders Keepers... We all know that bland indie rock is all the rage at the moment and everyone is following in the wake of those who came before. How is an indie band supposed to rise to the top of the ocean of crap that is careening it's way through the charts, the radio and the internet of late. It'll have to... Tiger Shadow from Leeds cite Roots Manuva, Pink Floyd, Sharepusher, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead and Led Zeppelin amongst their key influences. They describe their music as sounding like crossing Hip-Hop, Funk, Rock, Electronica, Blues, Jazz and anything else we can lay our hands on. Tiger Shadow...
There's something really endearing about The Perry Lane Sect. Their music has a very low production value, they aren't the best musicians in the world, but my god, they try hard. There's such passion behind the way that they play, I find it really hard to hate them, not that I'm trying to. ... 'Ballerina' is the new two-song EP from RazorBladeKisses, a full-on Gothic band from Southampton, UK. These guys are shooting for eerie. They like minor keys and dark lyrics and though the songs are perhaps a little heavy-handed, they are well crafted and well produced, and I think they reach the... Some of you reading this will be familiar with the sad tale of Yonlu. While knowing the story isn’t essential to listening to his music, it does add a great deal of depth to the experience. Vinicius Gageiro Marques was a 16 year-old boy living in Porto Allegre, Brazil and the only child of...
Positive reviews are quite plentiful for their first album, with most reviewers hailing them as one of the few metal / emo bands not lacking imagination. Considering the name they self penned for their music- melodic beard punk, the intensity showed during their live shows and song titles like... I first found Wye Oak - Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack - 2 friends from Baltimore - via their last album 'If Children'. This was a frankly random purchase from the Indie / USA bin at the excellent Vinyl Exchange Records store in Manchester. What drew me then was Jenn's hoarse, sweet, personal vocal...

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Wye Oak - The Knot [Album]
Affairs Of The Heart

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 It's always exciting for me to get a CD from a Welsh band in the mail. But not this time! The ****ing Blackout? Who signed them? Turns out that it's Fierce Panda. Dumb asses. The Blackout are one of those bands that screams not because they are feeling really emotional about the subject, but...
Over the past year The Big Pink have become one of the bands that seem to be getting the sort of coverage from NME as if they have just discovered a brand new puppy and want to give it as much love and attention as they possibly can. The band have also played to sold out crowds at The Camden...

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The Big Pink- A Brief History Of Love [Album]
4AD (Out 14th September)
The Ventura Project is led by Joey Slater and Matthew Milligan who live in Gloucester, England and Long Island, NY, respectively. Though separated by the Atlantic Ocean, the two collaborate on music via the Internet. Their single, 'Heroes,' was released in August and is available on iTunes. At...

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The Ventura Project - Heroes [Single]
Hero Squad Records
Cymbals Eat Guitars’ much-lauded debut album (“Why There Are Mountains”) gets a full UK release in October, nearly 10 months after its Stateside one - self-released initially by the Staten Island four-piece. In advance of that here is a taster by way of single “...And the Hazy Sea”. However it is...
The third release from Nathaniel Pearn’s (aka Kano-1) personal pet project Natural Self finds Pearn once again doing what he does best. A lil’ funk, some dubstep, and brass like a soul band. While Pearn has been keeping himself busy contributing to various notable artists work (Quantic, MC... I've always wondered how the Scandinavians might review British music (Adopts Swedish Chefs accent): "dose Kaizer Cheevs make a grate rackett, it sounds like Big Ben shagging Maggie Thatcher. Maybe the qveen listens to them whilst riding her horse to Buckingham House". Or something of that ilk. ...

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Diskjokke - Rosenrod [Single]
Moshi Moshi Music
In a recent interview with Kerrang, in the “Introducing” portion of the magazine, Goes Cube front man, David Obuchowski, uttered these words about his fellow band mate, Kenny Appell, “…he just didn’t give a shit”. Now Obuchowski was referring to the time when Goes Cube’s drummer willingly let a...
The received wisdom is that certain labels can do no wrong. Factory, Creation, Warp, Sub-Pop: these were / are surely more cultural bastions than commercial enterprises, forging ahead on the good ship of impeccable taste, never failing to spot genius in the making and doing it all for us so we... There is no better way to prepare for your independently released debut album, than by unleashing a snippet of dawdling reflection that’s backed to the hilt by hanging guitars and rubbing percussion. This helps to draw out Jordan Spiers’ heartily yearning vocals that at times, mirror those of...

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Flood Of Red - Home Run (1997) [Single]
Dark City (05/10/2009)
Los Albertos are a band that’s never let the party die early, and “Dish It Up” certainly goes down smooth with a pitcher of beer and a sunny day. I’m not looking for emotional depth or a soulfully moving experience from an album like “Dish It Up”. Man, I’m just looking to shake my ass and have...

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Los Albertos - Dish It Up [Album]
Chief Recordings

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There’s a serious call these days for a banjo and mandolin to entertain the youth. The emergence of classical folk and country is both inspirational and dirty. I say inspirational because country/folk here in America has by and large become a stale top 40 game of wannabe rock stars and fake ass...

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The Crux - Now, Ferment [Album]
Bite The Hand Productions

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 Pleasantly brash. Dr. Slaggleberry are a band that are filled with the joys of spring and portray this through technical metal that sounds as though it was found in an alleyway. Slightly sludgy without being too messy. Technical without being confusing. They take the key aspects of instrumental... From Adam's Attic's own web-site: '...penned more than fifty original songs with the promise of more compelling hits to come.' I certainly hope so, for their sake. This kind of music always makes me feel uncomfortable. It just doesn't ring true. Adam's Attic sing emotional pop rock songs the...

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Adam's Attic - Skylines and City Lights EP (BMI)
Hell is being trapped in Adam's Attic.

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
Track one “Shut The Fuck - Uppercut” is an explosive start to the new album from South Wales’ finest The Blackout. The song showcases the bands best screamo core credentials. The song is a strong opener complete with "woahs", the track makes you want to move to its relentless beat. The energy... Will somebody please, for the love of God, take those fucking sticks out of that Prowse blokes hands. I swear, this drummer reminds me of Bart Simpson marching up and down outside a pregnant Marge Simpson's room screaming, "I am so great! I am so great!" whilst banging a pan on his head. All... Anything released on a DIY indie pop record label dedicated to delivering “wee tactile packets of lo-fi POP!” is not necessarily going to impress with its production values or by sounding like Muse. But first song on "If The Wave Loves Two Suns" EP, 'These Are Golden Times' does surprise with its...
Let me take you back to the last Gallows tour, the location being the Stoke date… The place was packed having people being turned away (which considering it’s Stoke is a rarity) and the crowd were just ready for pure intensity of a night of hardcore punk (and Bizzle… yes… Bizzle!). Cue...

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Blackhole- Dead Hearts [Album]
Search And Destroy Records (Out Now)

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 Alternating between heady mathcore, sweeping symphonic metal, and a groove flexible metalcore, The Ocean offer razor-filled ear-candy with the album "Fluxion". A commune like collective of musicians living out of a World War II aluminium factory in Berlin, The Ocean has been creating beautifully...

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The Ocean - Fluxion [Album]
Metal Blade

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 Once upon a time, bands such as Megadeth were considered to be “evil” by conservative American parents. The reason being was that they were one of those “rock” groups. More specifically, they were one of those dreaded “metal” groups. Had I have been into the “metal” music during my youth, my...
A furiously explosive blend of prog and modern rock ethos pervade Opus Dai’s EP “Touch The sun”. New vocalist Tim Neighbors strides confidently into the role of front man. Strikingly reminiscent of Tankian, Zavala, and Bellamy, yet still finding his own voice amidst the dynamic roar of this...

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Opus Dai - Touch The Sun [EP]
Fantom Limb/Acropolis Records
Holy Shit! This is awesome! I could end it there, but it’s generally better to say a few things, get us all on the same page, that sort of thing. No Made Sense? Where the hell have they been? Here I am, skimming through metal day in, day out. Always looking for the new rad for the station,... As much as I love to fine dine on delights such as sautéed Sigur Ros or pan-seared Sunset Rubdown with a Pink Floyd Roux, it’s always comforting to know there’s the fast, easy options of The Black Lips burger or The Strokes sandwich...and now - Nodzzz noodles. Need to rock on the run? Nodzzz’s...

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Nodzzz - Nodzzz [Album]
What's Your Rupture?
Blase, glitzy, self-promoting, urban edged, London hip-hop has been given the seal of approval by Pete Doherty and radio glitterati such as Zane Lowe. This flavour continues into ‘Going Out Tonight’, A boastful single taken from upcoming third album, ‘Go Hard’. It continues Bizzle’s trend of... Not many mainstream artists can claim to have written over three hundred and fifty songs this decade. This year alone the West Virginia musician Jason Ward has released two albums, two EPs and seven singles, yet he is far removed from the mainstream music industry and remains unsigned. He is Kurt... In 1980, after a 5 week tour of the USA, I flew into Manchester airport, picked up my tent, sleeping bag and ticket and headed straight down to Reading for the Festival. There were a lot of bands on that year that I really wanted to See. Iron Maiden, Gillan, UFO, Whitesnake and many others. For...
Pouring out of the sub comes fast paced, glossy, brassy, soul-sounding, glorious DISCO! Nu-Disco to be precise, the kind whose home is in East London rather than Milan or Detroit, and which started breathing again from maybe 2002 onwards/ It's world-wide and a wide-ranging genre, so if you want...

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Shèna - My Fantasy [single]
No Prisoners Records
The Black Dahlia Murder has long held a pole position amongst American Death Metal and “Deflorate” once again shows us why. Heavy and brutal as always, “Deflorate” cracks your spine and rends your flesh with every track. Strnad’s vocals can invoke imagery of pain and mutilation, while Eschbach and... Utterly vile and disgusting! Violent and depraved! This is everything I’m looking for in a sludge-death metal band. Fuck yeah Nekkrosis! I love watching the live Nekkrosis videos. There’s this caged intensity from the vocalist Griff. Like a rabid badger. The eyes of Nol the bassist get all...
On Pink Floyd's 1979 album "The Wall" included a track called "Vera". At the time, I suppose Vera Lynn had really disappeared from the spotlight but 30 years on I can report that Vera Lynn is in fact both alive and well and is challenging the likes of Kings Of Leon and Arctic Monkeys for the... Given that most of the metal output from the sunshine state sounds like a bag of satanic nails being dropped down a windtunnel, Shinedown represent something of a paradox. Virtually unknown in Britain, the Jacksonville quartet sure look like they'd eat your mum's tootsies with a nice Chianti, but...

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Shinedown - Second Chance
Warner Brothers
This single - Every Step - is smooth R/n/B with a high gloss production. What it simply lacks is any grit, and remember that's what creates the pearl. Not that 'Every Step' is bad - just really unmemorable. There's a bit of my brain that I have to work on to stop it filtering out this kind of...





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