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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...
'John Steel Singers make me want to cut off my ears and kill myself just to be sure I never hear them again' said a so called 'Brisbane music lover' with the name Penny Lame. The quote, found on the band's Myspace, seems to be a case of self-mockery rather than reality though and if so, it would... I put in Hasikara Smile’s self-released debut album, ‘Elephant Gun,’ with absolutely no idea what it was. No expectations whatsoever. I heard the first couple tracks from this disc and completely fell out. The opening track, “Korkscrew,” runs on an steady syncopated percussion riff, with... East London battle rapper, Professor Green, also known as Stephen Paul Manderson, steps up to the plate with a sparkly new single, set to arrest the airwaves with its super sonic flow and languid lyrical assault. Professor Green, Hackney born and bred, sits ever so comfortably into that well known...
Mixing up the styles into a musical concoction of R&B and Indie Rock is Cherri V. She brings an assorted bag of Beyonce flavoured nuts to your speakers with new single 'Til The Sun Comes Up'. This is one of those mediocre pop tracks trying to be different. Cherri V tries to create a new platform... If you like lounge music then I guess 'Strike 3' is the sort of record that you would find some interest in but personally I find it all just repetitive. I mean there's no denying it's quite a funky little groove that's going on but really it just goes on and on and on. If this is the sort of... With debut album 'Starsign Trampoline' just on the horizon Lucky Elephant release the first fruits from it's musical loins in the shape of a little baby double A-side. First up out of the studio-like womb is 'Edgar' which shimmers with summer sparkle though not the sort of summer sparkle we are...
If there's one thing you could say about Broken Records it would have to be that they most certainly don't lack ambition as one listen to this, their debut long-player shows. There's a tremendous scope that in truth they maybe struggle a little to contain and hone down as 'Until The Earth Begins To... Shark Speed is a four piece originally hailing from Las Vegas, now based in Utah: Jared and Joseph Christensen (drums and guitar respectively), Hans Ringger (bass) and Thayne Fagg (vocals and guitar). Their debut full-length release “Sea Sick Music” was financed entirely by the band through loans... Originally formed in Aberdeen before decamping to Brighton, on the strength of 'Just Go Home' The Xcerts appear to be caught in the midst of an identity crisis. It starts full of jangling indie pop frizz and chirpy doo-doo-doo harmonies, before the immaculately named vocalist Murray MacLeod starts...

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The Xcerts - Just Go Home [Single]
Xtra Mile Recordings
It is a wonder why other bands who suffer from getting too involved in the band that tensions start to arise, don’t do a Metric and go off and experiment in solo work and ranging side projects including the fresh and vibrant Juno sound-tracking, Broken Social Scene. This is in the case of... In a world of bankruptcy, redundancy and overall worldwide recession, its comforting to know that the music industry is one that will never suffer the cutbacks and losses as severe as the normal man’s working world has had to endure. Yes there is just as much corporate greed, if not more in the... OK now this is quite a baffling little duo of tracks as they are very much distant from each other; which of course is no bad thing at all, but a little oddly is the idea to go with 'Christine' as the lead track because to me it sounds like Starsailor meddling with some Burrito Brothers with much...

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Magic & Fur - Christine (Single)
Too Pure Records
For a debut single OK have certainly delved into the deep end with 'Tell The World' that sounds like Morrissey on the most spectacular trip and out of his meat-free mind. Claiming that they sound like The Housemartins it's quite clear where this comparison derives from as they bash out a similarly...

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OK - Tell The World (Single)
Sound of Monkey
If you like infectious things such as bubble-wrap or the imminent threat of alcoholism that you teeter on every Saturday night, whilst also possessing a love of the more jangle-some things in life then The Jacks little ditty 'Not Me Not You' is more than likely going to be something you will favour...

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The Jacks - Not Me Not You (Single)
Jangle Chain Records
Having reviewed Trips debut album “Short Cuts” already this year, I knew exactly what to expect from Trip’s latest single release, probably because I had heard the song somewhere before. For those of you that don’t know, Trip is a much hyped UK lyricist named Alex Child. His album, from which...
This straight up Indie Rock outfit “Outraze” hail from Banbury in the United Kingdom (where is that??) and cite The Who, Oasis, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as their influences. Easy to guess then, what this single, 'Under The Influence', will be like. Released in early June, 'Under The... I first came across the artist known as Fukkk Offf, otherwise known as Bastian Heerhorst, at a Halloween party last year. His highly compressed bass was rumbling the system and fluttering my girlfriends costumed eyelids, and I must say the party enjoyed it, even if after the tracks, a few had to... Space Disco, or Cosmic Disco, as it has been dubbed, came from a lashback to the “cheesiness” that surrounded some of the Electro-House and Dance-Pop music of the early 21st century. Space Disco harks back to the early Prog-Rock and Kraut Rock of the 70’s and 80’s and is rooted in slow building,...

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Crimea X - Phoros [EP]
Hell Yeah
Blatta & Inesha are an Italian Electro-House duo, much in demand on the the ever burgeoning Electro-House scene. Blatta & Inesha specialize in big-room, clubby, Electro-House and have a gig list that takes in both North and South America, as well as the ever present Ibiza. Blatta & Inesha’s tracks... 'Tell Your Friends' really bristles throughout it's duration. There's a coarseness that frequently gives way to Coral-esque playful melodies arriving from left-field but hugely welcoming. For literally 2 and a half minutes White Belt Yellow Tag (featuring ex-Yourcodenameis:milo guitarist Justin... Crosby, Stills, & Nash’s Demos — released June 2nd — is their attempt at releasing unreleased material in the vein of Neil Young's Archives, but I'd much prefer that there was one complete "lost album" from their first period instead. This is still a great project, though, and at least it arrived...
Euro balladising of 50 Cent’s Neanderthal jaunt ‘Ayo Technology’, shows up Johnathon Vandenbroek AKA Milow's ability to truly illuminate the heart in music. More often than not, it is with a throbbing acoustic spin where more vocal clarity is also given to a usually robust offering. What's...

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Milow - Ayo Technogoloy [Single]
14th Floor Records
'The Virgins' is a suitably juvenile name for a suitably juvenile and immature band. I'm sure it's all very trendy and clever if your in on the joke but to me this song sounds like a complete mess, like the Dandy Warhols covering Jet in a vacuum. Everything from the monotonous beat to the "woo... Given REM's vast and varied back catalogue, it's sometimes easier to see them in terms of their own extensive discography than to picture them as a band who are still a touring and relevant outfit. The recent re-issue of the bands faultless (and in my opinion never bettered) debut album 'Murmur'...
Christina Courtin would have fitted in perfectly in the New York Jazz scene of the thirties and forties, but fate brought her to another era. With her high, nervous voice and sensitive, emotional singing she could have easily shared the stage with Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, but it just... Three years since this Canadian group's last album entry, Crisis, Alexisonfire return to quash theories of break-ups, disbanding and lack of intent. Much was read and also written about the lack of music being thought about and released by the band, surfacing rumors that the band was in decline and... Prologue I moved to Albuquerque two years ago from the east coast. It's a cool town, but the music scene is not at all what I'm used to. You can't go buy a pack of smokes without running into at least one dude with a mullet and a sleeveless Iron Maiden T-shirt. And there's nothing wrong with...





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