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Leeds Festival, 22.10pm and a packed tent is ready and waiting to see Marmaduke Duke who, despite being formed six years ago, are only now starting to enjoy real commercial success. The buzz for this band is mainly due to the fact that one half of this exuberant and brightly coloured two-piece, is... Mike Batt has a keen ear for talent. Not content with working with the hugely successful Katie Melua and helping to shape her into a unique and interesting musician, Batt has now turned his craft to Florence Rawlings. Having toured with Batt on his ‘Songwriter’s Tale’ promotional tour, Rawlings... Narrows is a band that consists of many members from many other bands, most notably is Botch vocalist Dave Verellen. Alongside him is These Arms are Snakes guitarist Ryan Frederiksen as well as a host of very seasoned musicians who have been in many a fine band. See Narrows website for the full...
Jon Allen spent his formative years growing up in South Devon. "Dead Mans Suit" is his debut full length release. The album kicks off with the title track 'Dead Mans Suit' and the first impressions are good, it's a catchy tune, and there's a nice Hammond organ solo near the end. Jon's vocals are...

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Jon Allen - Dead Mans Suit [Album]
Monologue Records

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 Oh come on. How cool is this? So Altsounds sends me this CD, right? It's a compilation titled Moondust. An incredible compilation. I haven't even stuck it in the CD player yet, and I'm already trying to figure out what to say about this incredible set of songs, apparently compiled by the People... Subverting and subversive, Texas Rose, The Thaw & The Beats starts off pretending to be straight mid western country folk and it almost succeeds. "It shakes and it splits me - that you could forget me," is the defining line of the opening song 'Rose'. Defining because that's the moment you...

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Castanets - Texas Rose, The Thaw & The Beats [Album]
Asthmatic Kitty. Ships in USA 22 Sept, in UK 5 Oct

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Originally released in 1978, "Never Say Die" was the last studio album to feature Ozzy Osbourne as vocalist. It was my favourite Black Sabbath album to feature Ozzy, which I am sure will surprise a few readers also of surprise is that the music on "Never Say Die" is not entirely what you might... ZAO have been around a long time, since 1993 in fact, and in that time have had a multitude of line up changes to the extent that there are no original members left! That by no means implies that the members are new, with vocalist Daniel Weyandt and guitarist Scott Mellinger joining back in 1997. ...

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ZAO - Awake? [Album]
Ferret Music
Sometimes an album comes along that knocks you sideways; an album that hits your heart and your head and redefines everything that’s gone before. An album that’s so personal you want to keep it for yourself but so sweet you have no choice but to share it with others. Geoffrey Gurrumul...
The Devil Wears Prada are a band that have become something of a Marmite act, in that, you guessed it, you either love them or you hate them. If you had introduced me to them after their first release I would likely have hated them but, "With Roots Above And Branches Below" shows that The Devil... Mind Odyssey, founded back in 1993, is a German progressive metal band. They released several albums back in the 90’s but disbanded towards the end of the decade. 10 years later and a reformation has resulted in "Time To Change It". cMind Odyssey are very self indulgent as "Time To Change It" is... Cosmopolitan Breed 77, The Prodigy and System Of A Down mingling metal and synthesizer rock parading is topped off with a quirky, Amy Lee rehearsing with Queen Adreena flavoured backing kick. It renders ‘Resistance Now’, a mood and tempo flitting saunter. Heitham Al-Sayed’s philistine vocals...
To start the review I like to mention a phone conversation I had with a friend last week, the friend had decided to ring me at 1am and proclaim to me that 'Constellations' by August Burns Red was probably his favourite record of 2009 so far. Considering that friend is a bigger fan of metalcore...

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August Burns Red- Constellations [Album]
Hassle Records (Out Now)
Man Raze is the current project of Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen, Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook, and bassist Simon Laffy of the glam metal band Girl, whose members went on to such projects as L.A. Guns and tours with Yngwie Malmsteen. Their album Surreal is the culmination of a four-year... Like most up-and-coming American emo / pop-punk bands, Echo Screen got noticed by the seminal Drive-Thru records in the US before the release of their debut album "Euphoria". The band signed to Rockout and such is the life of young bands these days, Echo Screen has already replaced a guitarist and...
With her wild hair and mock-goth outfit, leaning away from the old fashioned microphone stand, Florence Rawlings looks more like Alison Mosshart than Katie Melua. But this is another artist who seems to be embarrassed to be associated with such a mainstream commercial sound. Either that or... Occasionally, I can’t quite think of anything to say. It irritates me, to say the least -- although my verbal constipation is probably not half as annoying for those around me as opposed to the occasions when I do tend to speak. It’s especially bothersome when I’m attempting to review something.... Amon Amarth's re-release of the 2001 album "The Crusher" is a gem for any fans of Sweden's foremost melodic death metal band. Featuring a cover of 'Eyes of Horror' by The Possessed, and a bonus live disc of "The Crusher" performed in full. This re-release is worth owning for all fans of Amon...
Trapped in a genre that applauds musical exploration - which makes it hard to record the best moment as development never stops - it took trumpeter Mark Rapp quite some time to come up with "Token Tales", a collection of expressionistic jazz instrumentals drawn from the pictures in the trumpeter's...

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Mark Rapp - Token Tales [Album]
Paved Earth Music
Holy crap! Here it comes. Finally, the one album I’ve been waiting for. I play “Please Take Your Cash” first thing on a Saturday morning, up to a bad start; the sun comes up again and I suddenly remember why and how I could face London’s awful weather 5 to 7 nights a week in the name of Rock N... Am I allowed to be a bit less objective and be slightly romantic when it comes to reviewing one of my favourite (if not my absolute favourite) bands ever? Geordie legends The Wildhearts are finally back. After getting a “Spirit of Independence” Award from the same Kerrang whose offices they once...

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The Wildhearts - Chutzpah! [Album]
Backstage Alliance

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Listening to Lenka's self titled debut album without any preconceptions, on opening track 'The Show', Lenka comes across sounding like a 12-year-old girl doing a straight, non-ironic karaoke cover of Regina Spektor. Not that I can imagine many people attempting and actually pulling off karaoke...

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Lenka - Lenka [Album]
Epic / Sony Music

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
 Remembering the hype surrounding last years platinum selling debut album “Hats Off To The Buskers” I was dreading having to review The View’s “Temptation Dice” so when I finally sat down to listen to “Temptation Dice” - deadline fast approaching - I was left a little winded. Instantly recognisable... Flood of Red are the a six piece ‘screamo’ band right out of Glasgow and their ‘Place Before The End’ single is, to put it simple rock brilliance. Containing the single itself as well as the addition of the track ‘This Is All We Have Left’, this single is sure to be something of a hit with Emo and...
Just by listening to Wall Street Riots you can tell they have come a long way since the two founding members, Karnig Karayan (Guitar) and Charlie Cosser (Vocals) started out playing Nu-metal all those years ago. Bringing us to the present date and now a four piece, Wall Street Riots have created a... In 1974 after five years dedicated to fusing the musical sub-cultures of New York City, The Phenomenal Handclap Band recorded this self-titled album as a culmination and a document of that mission. The recording was then sealed in a time-capsule not to be opened for twenty five years. So now here...

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The Phenomenal Handclap Band - The Phenomenal Handclap Band [Album]
Friendly Fire Recordings / Tummy Touch Records
Where The Land Meets The Sea have a great thing going on here as their debut EP "Listen For The Gulls" keenly demonstrates. "Listen For The Gulls" is a five strong tracklist of musical experimentation that results in an unexpected, joyful and playful sound. Where The Land Meets The Sea hail from...
Onlookers latest single ‘Canterbury Tales’ is an odd mix of pop and what seems to be some kind of jazz influence creeping into the mix. The choppy and rhythmic beat makes for a good pop track. It is this ‘feel’ that ensures its status as a song that you can both dance and relax to which I am sure... Playing a style she has called folkabilly herself but living on a bluesy highway- commercial failures, musical sell-outs and mostly other people having success with her songs- Nanci Griffith had seen and heard it all before so she decided to quit writing new songs. The world she sung about for... Every so often, an album comes along that pushes the boundaries of pop music, that defies genre, and that totally blows everyone's skirt up. This is not one of those albums. What Mama's Gun have accomplished with Routes to Riches shouldn't be underestimated, however. The album is a painfully...
Remember Mansun? Towards the close of the last century they were heralded as England’s great rock hope after two critically acclaimed albums, but then as the 21st century arrived, Mansun left; falling apart after the release of their critically lambasted third album and they haven’t been seen... El Cantar De Mio Cid is the second part of a trilogy of EP’s from Bears From Labrador, following on from last year’s auspicious debut, Wilderness. The 12 tracks that make up the triplicate were all written during the same summer, which is certainly apparent from the first two thirds. The... On my first listen to 'Climb on My Back' by The Silent Years and with no prior knowledge of the band or their music at all I half-dismissed it as a bit predictable and a bit samey. But then by the third listen, I realized something quite special was going on. 'Climb On My Back' is a...
Rob Jones, AKA The Voluntary Butler Scheme, when playing live is a one-man band. Literally. He loops piano or guitar to provide a rhythm track, uses a kick drum to add a beat, samples his own voice to provide backing vocals and then sings and plays guitar over the top whilst adding occasional... Of course The Victorian English Gentlemens Club are from Cardiff and are a boy/girl combo. Their debut album came out in 2006 and in the run-up to the release of the follow-up album “Love on an Oil Rig” (great title) in mid-September here is their second single of the year 'Watching The Burglars'.... Every once in while, there comes an album that leaves you speechless - Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest is that album. There are, of course, two very dissimilar reactions to this: some don’t know what to make of what they’re hearing; others are pretty much like the first, but the difference is that...
Let this review start with a warning: If you expect a serious review about how Steel Panther are going to change the face of music as we know it you are thinking a much higher expectation for a band (so listen to Fleet Foxes or something!). ‘Feel The Steel’ takes us back to a time where sex,...

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Steel Panther - Feel The Steel [Album]
Island Records (Released 8th June)
First off kudos must go to a quite truly wonderful title. It wouldn't have the same twang to it if he stuck with Marion Morrison but heck it would have been just as intriguing. Now Twin Atlantic are quite far removed from John Wayne in pretty much every way really. They don't have girls names...

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Twin Atlantic - You're Turning Into John Wayne [Single]
Red Bull Records - Out 14th September
This gig flew by so quickly, and that’s a good thing. The Preston based indie four piece got off to a great start with what I assumed was the intro to their set, rather than an actual song. The intro was different, progressive and catchy, then they started playing actual songs. This set was like...

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Team Waterpolo [Live] @ Bodega, Nottingham
Indie Four Piece Pop Band - 17th October
Step into the vast valley of space and time. Stand back and admire the view, take a moment to grab your bearings, now focus. Enter the not to distant future and we find a thirteen track journey to the planet 'Red'. These Aliens go by the name of Datarock and they come in peace, along with some...

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Datarock - Red [Album]
Nettwork

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 Coming out of the Wirral (or Liverpool according to their Myspace) are the latest pop-punk rock and roll crossover to hit our ears in The Hot Melts. According to the little bit of PR that I got on the promo copy the influences of the band tend to be a combination of Eddie Cochran, Weezer and Wes...

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The Hot Melts- Self Titled [Album]
Epitaph/Wonderland Records (Out 7th September)
Rhythm is a big word. I believe that it is the only word in the English dictionary that does not contain a vowel, and one that conjures up a vast array of emotional content. Nara believes that “Rhythm is what makes it all OK” and I have to agree. Well at least a bit anyway, for the sake of my...

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Nara - Rhythm [Single]
Eslamaphobic
Uigg are another band to come out of Nova Scotia in recent times and unlike their peers they seem to not have the same sparkle as bands such as Black Moor. "To Punish and Enslave" seems to start off well with a Fear Factory inspired intro which then kicks in with 'One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall'...

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Uigg - To punish And Enslave [Album]
Diminished Fifth Records
Canada seems to be getting a big step on the metal scene recently, we've had records by Billy Talent, Cancer Bats and Alexisonfire that have done quite well with fans and critics alike. What about the bands that are only just starting out though, will they reach those heights as easily? The first...

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Black Moor - The Conquering [Album]
Diminished Fifth Records
A double album, 52 songs, and it’s not even a greatest hits but “Into it. Over it - 52 weeks” is not just an album really. Evan Thomas Weiss who’s written and recorded music with several bands (The Progress, Damiera, Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right, B A Start and others) one day came up with...





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