You're really on a hiding to nothing when you decide to call your band Fun. It's a name either adopted ironically by some death metallers from Norway, or perhaps chosen instead by a gaggle

Ali Love will be best known to Altsounders as the man responsible for 2006's punky ode to being totally fucked up K-Hole, although subsequently the pursuit of fame and fortune has decreased h

‘Walking’ is a single derived from Nneka's second album "No Longer at Ease", the same album which delivered the anthem ‘Heartbeat’ a few months ago. This artist is a product of word of mouth,

“Musee Mecanique, one of the world’s largest privately owned collections of mechanically operated musical instruments and antique arcade machines”. That is the description given on the Mus

Nocando deals in Alternative Hip-hop with a capital ‘A’, trading in self-conscious lyrics that deconstruct and show up the mythical “rapper” persona perpetuated by Jay Z, Ghostface Killer, Lil Way

Inspired by an old building that houses artefacts ranging from the musical to the playful, Musee Mecanique are a Folk Rock / Indie outfit from Portland that do not make music the conventional way

Christian Hardcore... oh dear has it really come to this people? Ok so it's bad yes, but honestly not half as bad as it has every right to be, and of course it should be pointed out that I'm in

Twin Atlantic are a band who have been grafting at it for a while now and really deserve more credit. Their detractors will write them off as mere Biffy Clyro copyists but there's a more direc

Harrys Gym are relatively new to come to my attention and hailing from Norway, their latest appearance at the Scandinavian event at this years SXSW has given them the much acclaimed fan and med

Having already reviewed the album by Slash, I had commented on this particular song already, suggesting that it resembled Raconteurs material and would have suited the voice of Jack White more s

TeenagersInTokyo make delectable electro pop tinged Indie, much like the sugar coated sister of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And much like that band they make everything sound so effortless. Confident a

Jade Ewen? Who? Can’t say I’ve ever heard of her before… Ohh, another replacement in the 416th Sugababes lineup – oh right.

Jade Ewen's second single ‘My Man’ from her as yet unreleased alb

Audiobulb head honcho David Newman, always an embracer of the electronic edge, has delivered a particularly prickly pair in Detached Metal Voice. Newman has raided his past and gathered together a

It’s one of those gigs where high expectations fight some kind of anxious fear of disappointment. Two icons together, two icons that not in a million years you would have thought you’d see sharing

Australian artist Sarah Blasko has enjoyed much deserved success in her home country where she even played at the closing ceremony of Sydney’s Commonwealth Games. Travel to the UK or America thou

I was put in charge of reviewing the last Outraze single, 'Under the Influence' and from what I remember I quite liked it. 'Under the Influence' was straight up Indie Rock that was pleasant on t