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Church of Misery steals the stoner metal crown with "Houses of the Unholy". This selection of seven horrifying tracks, all about serial killers and the metal bands that love them, rips into the ether with groove and terror. The list of lyrical influences reads like a guest list for Charles... Unlike many people I never quite got along with Neil Hannon or The Divine Comedy. I won't lie to you and say I ever lost much sleep about it, but on reflection I think the problem was that the whole empirical Britishness thing to me just reeked of tweedy intellectualising - with Something For The...

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The Duckworth-Lewis Method - Meeting Mr Miandad [Single]
Divine Comedy Records/1969 Records
Lost and lonely twining rock with the odd glam spasm is spewed out from a brisk and trundling guitar base, as Wall Street Riots build upon their boisterous and stirring four tack debut EP, ‘Playground Politics’. In ‘One More Ride’, they have conjured up a song that complements the playful,...
Amazing Kids in Cars. Indie pop rock. Leicester. More information than that is hard to come by, even in these crazy days of the Google and Yahoo wars. It seems Kids In Cars have been knocking about since back in '07 and have recently had a line up change, adding a couple of new faces. That is not... When bands haven’t released anything official in over 3 years there is always going to be a lot of anticipation when they finally put something out there. And it is no different for alternative indie rock legends Placebo, whose fans have been waiting since 2006 to sample something fresh from...

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Placebo - For What It's Worth [Single]
Dreambrother Limited

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Blakfish have been described as genre busting in the press and with their punk / hardcore / progressive mixture that description seems very apt! The trend amongst British bands this year is 'fight the injustice and the ignorant' and we have seen bands succeed with it e.g. Gallows and some not so...

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Blakfish - Champions [Album]
Hassle / Big Scary Monsters

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 Stumbling out of the tube station at Camden, after a couple of long hours sitting and sweating with excitement on the train, I try to find the prestigious Electric Ballroom. Looking around at the busy streets, I spy a line of mohawked, pin cushioned and tattooed ladies sitting in an ironically... If there is one thing I'm a sucker for it is a nicely worded song title; 'Jeremy Kyle Is A Marked Man' for example, just brilliant. Or my favourite: 'Ringo Starr - 2nd Best Drummer In The Beatles'. These are just a handful of what's on offer from the complex instrumental rock Birmingham four piece...
Draven is a new Hard Rock British band fronted by a pair of identical twins, Jim and Frank Paoli. I gave a listen to their debut release, 'Eden.' I will confess, after one listen to the album I was ready to give this one a mediocre rating. The first pass yielded two songs that I thought were OK...

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Draven - Eden [Album]
CNR Records
I picked up a copy of the new album from Blue October UK, 'Walk Amongst the Living' and was kind of excited because I love a couple songs by Blue October off the album 'Foiled.' Well, after listening to the first few tracks I began to wonder how their sound had changed so very much. I did a... Japanese rock music seems to be invading the UK with full steam in 2009 what with Dir En Grey, An Cafe, Electric Eel Shock and Melt-Banana gracing our shores and getting recognition in recent months. FACT are the latest band to cross the oceanic divide and gain a plethora of fans. The FACT guys...
Alright, I want to hear just how random you guys are out there. What is the most random, weird, crazy thing you have in your music collection? Up until this moment, mine was a Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee with the track ‘La Gasolina’ which I picked up while passing through Arequipa, Peru....

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Kaka - Kaka [Album]
Despotz Records
Let's see now... it says here in this bumpf that The Brent Flood should be bringing to mind Interpol, Doves and Morning Runner. Umm...No. No, no, no (actually I'm gonna give you Morning Runner - you sure you really want them?). There is no Interpol darkness and there are no huge souring Doves... Mancunian misery guts Mark E Smith is seen by many as a cult icon, a figure who has managed to spend more than 30 years in the music industry without ever once coming close to wider public consciousness. The Fall are obviously a band Victorian English Gentleman's Club take a great deal of...
ARGUMENT: I suppose that everyone has their own favorite tragically-dead, beautiful, terrible genius singer-songwriter. There are certainly enough to go around. But if Nazis had my parents and forced me to pick my all-time favorite, I’d have no problem telling them Elliott Smith. And if I had to... It took 15 years and about $20 million to make Chinese Democracy. Considering there are 14 songs on the album, that's over a year and around $1.4 million per track. I heard the singles, so I already know it's not packed full of million dollar songs. But, before I really rip into this album, there... Barry's Attic are a Birmingham based 4 piece who write music that is like... soooooo in right now. Yes this is 80's indebted indie-electro with the keyboards (which at times sound to my ears like cast off's from the old Sega Megadrive Sonic the Hedgehog games) turned up to eleven. The 3 songs on...
Hockey are the kind of band I would usually keep at arms length. The jovial, summer party American sound isn't really my cup of tea, but I didn't hate 'Mind Chaos' half as much as I thought I would and I can't really say fairer than that. Lets consider the facts for a minute shall we? Portland,... Apostle of Hustle started breathing life when Andrew Whiteman, Canadian born and temporarily Cuba resident in the past, wanted to create a kind of music he felt was missing. And indeed, in a way he succeeded; the music of Apostle of Hustle is hard to compare with any of their contemporaries. You... The history of (white) American popular music is often one of appropriation – whether it was taking inspiration from the blues, British invasion bands of the 60s or New York punk stealing (back) from the Sex Pistols in the 70s. But in the 90s the phrase ‘Americana’ came into common currency – a...
Bit weird to be doing a Book review I will admit but given the subject being the original singer of one of the biggest metal bands in history I thought I would give it a read. If you've read most heavy metal star's beginnings it is a similar story: Good christian family upbringing, decides to... Local promoter Revo Ziganda puts on his EVOL night in the basement of the Korova Bar in Liverpool. We braved the rain and the hordes of Friday night hen parties this end of town, incongruous in trainers and combats. We arrived soaked by the rain at Korova barely knowing who was on, much less what...

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My Toys Like Me - Korova Bar [Live]
Liverpool - 31st July 2009
About halfway through listening to Play Music for the first time I got that weird feeling, the one that's normally reserved for the occasions when I'm about to stick my neck out on a record which everyone else has panned. I shouldn't be concerned of course, I'm as entitled to my opinion as anybody...
In America at least there is, and always will be a defiant underground music scene. This (admittedly incestuous) scene has given us some of the most critically heralded releases of the last decade and is an encouraging sign that no matter how over commercialised the industry gets, there will... I've liked Annie Clark, aka St Vincent, ever since seeing her supporting Sufjan Stevens a year or two back. Actually, doing the support slot and playing in Sufjan's touring band. On her CDs, maybe the truth is more 'admired' than 'loved'. Although there is definite progression from one to the... Now this is a tricky one for me, my band played with Twin Atlantic at the Manchester Academy last year and they were such nice guys and so good live, it would break my heart if I had to slate their latest single. In short I really wanted to like this song and for the most part I did so all is...
This compilation from the Luaka Bop label comes with a small poster featuring nine cartoon drawings (from Paul Hornschemeier). It is titled ‘The Story of Luaka Bop’ and it neatly manages to convey all the key pieces of information about the label’s formation and history you need to know. Namely,... It’s utterly amazing to hear artists like The Smiths on soundtracks today. For me, anyhoo. Back in the mid-80s when I was a mere boy and a beardless youth, The Smiths -- while popular -- just didn’t seem to be featured on very many motion picture soundtracks. I was never quite sure if it was... The rise of the UK Hardcore scene continues strongly with the release of 'Sleepwalkers' by Dead Swans. Dead Swans are a band that have toured with Architects in the past (I remember seeing them at Stoke Sugarmill a couple of years back on that tour, the live show given the venue was what would be...
Pigswear. The very name prompts a multitude of questions such as “What the fuck kind of name is that for a band?” Yes, in a world where conventional monikers for musicians are no longer considered to be “cool,” even the name Pigswear causes one to stop in their tracks. Instantly, thoughts...

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Pigswear - Pigswear [Album]
Friday Music
I’ve been a fan of Mos Def for years. Of the man himself more than his music, I must admit. If you’ve seen him in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Monster’s Ball, The Italian Job, or any of his other acting work, you know he drips with charisma and is a talented actor. I had seen him on the... Set Your Goals return with their second full length release 'This Will Be The Death Of Us'. It is the second album for them and their first album release on Epitaph (after their manager cleverly bought out their previous label's contract!) Moving to Epitaph always seems to have bands up their...
An Horse are no strangers to sudden success. After their very first show they were instantly hurled on tour throughout the US, shortly followed after by a tour opening for Death Cab for Cutie in Australia, and their success has showed no signs of slowing since their formation in July of 2007....

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An Horse - Rearrange Beds [Album]
Mom and Pop Records
It's often hard to believe that's it's been twenty years since these singles were first unleashed on a somewhat unsuspecting public, sure there'd been a buzz but there was no magical foresight that could predict just how import these releases were going to be and just how much of a legacy they...

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The Stone Roses - Collectors Edition 7" Singles
Silvertone Records / Sony Music

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 Hailing from Liverpool, Screaming lights debut album, 'Volts', Takes a look at the darker, twisted and general grungier side of the British music scene. 'Volts' is very impressive for a first release of any band, Screaming Lights seemed to pull off a vintage tone mixed with some traditional Rock...
These days being branded a ‘Manchester band’ is more likely to mean the band in question formed in the city, rather than any of its members were actually being born there. Housing the largest student population in the country probably plays its part, as people from all over the world come to the... My Passion are probably one of the bands to watch in 2009. Kerrang seem to love them, they've toured with Kill Hannah and Innerpartysystem thus far in their career and they fit in nicely with the cyberpunk crowd! Following on from the single 'Thanks For Nothing' I was hoping 'Corporate Flesh...

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My Passion- Corporate Flesh Party [Album]
Cool Green Recordings
Tinariwen ("empty places") are a band as famous for their background as they are for their music and I'll be the first to admit it is a fascinating story. This is after-all a band made up of former Malian guerrillas who traded in their AK47's for Stratocasters and have been performing...
What is great about punk music is its simplicity: catchy, fast tunes stripped down to the core, and still unique enough to sometimes become anthems. When someone like Mike Ness, Eddie Spaghetti, Jesse Malin or in this case Ricky Warwick grows older, often gives up long hair and their teenage rage... Over the last 4 or 5 years a particular derogatory phrase has sprung up amongst music journalists used to describe the bottom of the pile indie rock which seems to have been force fed to us over and over since The Strokes first broke ground on the new wave of indie rock 8 years ago. On the evidence... Helado Negro (Black Ice Cream? Or Frozen Black?) is the creation of Florida native and son of Ecuadorean immigrants, Roberto Carlos Lange. Lange often composes his music through an improvisational process, which is evident in the atmospheric, often meandering feel of the songs. Helado Negro’s new...

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Helado Negro - Awe Owe [Album]
Asthmatic Kitty
Paul Steel makes as near perfect a pop racket as it's possible to get without breaking into Brian Wilson's garden and stealing his lucky underpants. There isn't a hint of (despite the title) unhappiness or boredom as for Mr. Steel it seems, the idea is to take as many joyous harmonies and... Australia has always been know for giving us such wonders as the alcoholic beverage that is Fosters and the late great and simply brilliant Steve Irwin. However, their most famous musical export seems to be Kylie Minogue, which, musically I’m sure, isn’t for everyone. Now, "the land down under’s"...

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Closure In Moscow - First Temple [Album]
Equal Vision Records

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 Every once in a while, a band come our way that are so crazy and eccentric that you cant help but think that the band members must have a few screws loose. Ladies and gentlemen…. I give you Something Delicious. Something Delicious is exactly what it says on the tin. Their latest release ‘No Fun...





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Rubyworks




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October 10th 2009 - Plus Four Year Strong & Ghost Of A Thousand




    Wolf Parade - The Ruby Lounge, Manchester    


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