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Remember when you were little? All that joy you found in just running around like an idiot? All hyper and bouncy and excitable? Well the Answering Machine do. Seriously, Ritalin was invented for these four Manc based indie popsters. Coming on like The Wombats trying to out Maccabee the Maccabees... Sonic Boom Six bring together an inspiring mix of styles that simply wouldn’t work on paper. "City of Thieves" contains elements of Grime, Ska, Punk, Metal, Dub and Reggae with perfect balance - and to top it off the lyrics are a damning commentary on British culture. Sonic Boom Six have created an...

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Sonic Boom Six - "City of Thieves" [album]
Rebel Alliance Recordings

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 Hailing from deepest darkest Devon (well Exeter to be exact) The Cut Ups offer their new album “The High and Mighty”. The album opens with the title track which is an upbeat number that channels artists as diverse as Bruce Springsteen and Flogging Molly. The vocals on the opener are a joy to...
There are hundreds of current bands I could compare Go Faster to as their brand of chirpy indie rock has been very much in vogue for at least the last 5 years. The guitars clang like The Wombats, the deadpan lyrics rail against modern Britain like an early Blur and everything is complimented by a... The very second I started spinning this disc I knew I what I was in for, a band who seem to have been primarily and unapologetic-ally influenced by The Replacements, a band I deem to be one of the best and most underrated of the last 30 years having written 3 of the albums which reside in my all... What we have here is another thoroughly satisfying release from those friendly folks at Big Scary Monsters, Shapes madcap debut 'The Pasture, The Oil' comes across like an even more pissed off Future Of The Left jamming with Gallows and the results are initially striking. Opening gambit 'Trampled...

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Shapes - The Pasture, The Oil [EP]
Big Scary Monsters
I understand what Jarvis is trying to do here, he's attempting to prove he can “rock out”. Despite collaborating with Steve Albini as producer, I found this entire album entirely yawnsome. The thing that bothered me the most was Jarvis Cockers' voice, it's so bad it's almost unbearable. Admittedly... “The People Or The Gun” is a welcome return for Anti-Flag, they have been relatively quiet since the 2008 release of “The Bright Lights of America”. As expected, track one of Anti-Flag’s new album, interestingly titled “Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington D.C. (sheep in shepherds clothing)” leaps into... Grunge is a sub-genre of rock music which has lived on the fringes for a large portion of it's existence, gaining prominence briefly in the early 90's when Nirvana and Pearl Jam broke industry barriers to become multi-platinum standard bearers. We The Faceless's self titled EP comes across as a...
Personally I’ve never been a Keane fan (no pun intended). I’d grouped them together with the likes of Elbow and The Doves and I couldn’t imagine them producing anything better than middle of the road, watered down stadium rock. However just before they bored the majority of their listeners to... Fancy boys the Fancy Toys proudly presents: ‘Gypsy Eyes’, a limited edition EP with the heritage of their worldwide journeys. Mickaël Téo and James Duncan traveled and toured all over the world and as a result brought several musical souvenirs with them; though the EP relies heavily on acoustic... Hype, within the rather broad genre that is ‘indie’, seems to be more fervent and builds at a more rapid rate in the UK than it does in the US. Indeed American music websites often poke fun, understandably so, at the way NME regulate the musical taste of our nation’s youth. And it’s not just...
The latest release from Leeds’ very own producer sensation T2 (the man who gave the world the impressively successful ‘Heartbroken’ a little while back) benefits from the same likeable traits and features that ensured that his previous releases kept clubs moving. ‘Come Over’ is like his biggest...

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T2 – Come Over [Single]
Powerhouse Records
“The Doppler Effect” has a flawless intro, showing off a mix of musical ideas which have been successfully interwoven; proving Rifle Fire Rifle can clearly play their instruments well and create songs with beautiful precision - so what could go wrong? Unfortunately, the vocals. Phil Keogh sounds... I had heard so many good things about this album before I had got round to listening to it myself for review, however my main hesitation was that it was music you had to get into. In some respects it was, and in others it was completely the other way round, it got into me. It literally floated...
On discovering TV On The Radio on the late great MTV2’s 120 mins, I immediately fell for their unique sound. No matter what they release you just have to like it, even if it’s the most diverse non-mainstream collective of sounds, it will still get a play on Radio 1. “Crying” provides yet another... Let’s face it, Valentine’s Day is, as holidays go, particularly over-hyped, overrated and most importantly over-commercialized and over-marketed. I could go on, but this isn’t a review of February 14th, and anyway my point here is that despite the day being rather naff, it has now given the world...

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Passion Pit - Chunk of Change [EP]
Frenchkiss Records

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 Sean Fournier has once again crafted a masterwork of soulful introspection with "Oh My". A collection of reinterpreted singles and true originals, "Oh My" is a necessary procurement for fans of Fournier's previous work. On "Oh My", a refined pop ethic creates a sophisticated compositional style,...

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Sean Fournier - Oh My [Album]
www.sean-fournier.com
Ok I might as well get this out of the way first and foremost. Sweden based Grace Will Fall's admittedly punishing second album (tentatively titled 'Second Album') bored me to tears, so much so that I found it hard to sit through once let alone twice. It wasn't for the extremities of the record... For those that can remember the stunning first single ‘Elusive’ released by Wolverhampton’s top acoustic/folk singer/song writer will already know just how talented he is. The haunting vocals and gentle guitar playing left you either crying in your hands or smiling like a kid at a sweet shop. As... After four mainstream albums is Peaches showing us a vulnerable side? Although, the vocals on “I feel Cream” range from being aggressive to timid, the driving beats behind all the songs give the impression that Peaches will turn around and smack you in the face for merely suggesting vulnerability....

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Peaches - I Feel Cream [Album]
XL/Remote Control
Bit of an unusual review this, but because a lot of the tracks on this CD are credited to different producers (though all originally by Deadmau5), I will be taking you through the record track by track because they vary greatly and should be considered independently rather than compared to one... I was smuggling two bottles of over the counter weight loss medication out of a.... never mind where it was. I had this guy who sold them for three dollars less than retail, and cut me four dollars on each bottle. An electronic beep forced me to a stop on the way out. Turning around, I smiled to... It is a real pity that this mini album was recorded after Castrovalva had officially signed Leemun Smith as their lead singer. Castrovavla have included eight songs on this “mini” album, but only one features the aforementioned Leemun Smith. Castrovalva have set themselves up as a Progressive Rock...
The ability to capture one person’s emotions is quite a hard achievement. A whole crowd of people is damn near impossible. Scott Matthews manages to break that boundary. His onstage presence is something that only a few lucky musicians have and uses it to his full advantage. It was quite a shock... And so we add to the never ending list of post-hardcore American bands trying to make an imprint into the music world. Epitaph seem to be reeling out these bands willy nilly and not one has come close to the likes of Alexisonfire who are actually quite good. Saying that Vanna have managed to steer... When choosing a band name, most people choose something of a personal approach, or something with a hidden meaning. I think the four piece from Cape Town missed the point. As Dorp doesn't seem to mean anything, can you prove me wrong lads? It kind of sounds like something Robin Williams would say...

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Dorp - Human Being [Album]
Caned & Able
Covered Call (for the fact fans out there - "a financial investors term referring to having a long position in an asset combined with a short position in a call option on the same underlying asset") represent everything I thoroughly dislike about rock music. It's pompous, overblown, glossy,... 'Here Come The Vikings' marks the 4th studio outing for Astrid Williamson and sounds a hell of a long way from her home of the Shetland Islands as I'm sure most of you will be picturing sheep at 45 degree angles bracing against the wind when thinking of the Shetlands and not music of this calibre...

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Astrid Williamson - Here Come The Vikings (Album)
One Little Indian - Out 8th June
As a rule I should automatically detest any band who have the chutzpah to mention their own name once in their song lyrics (decent hip-hop gets a free pass here but Limp Bizkit does not) and Man Like Me break this sacred rule moments into one of their self titled debut albums stronger tracks, and...

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Man Like Me - Man Like Me [Album]
Our Time Records
In the final part of the Napalm/SPV records special we take a trip to the gothic side of life (and this review is being written on what is being coined as Goth Day so perfect timing!) Norway in metal terms to the majority reminds people of the Lords Of Chaos set that burnt churches, made...

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Trail Of Tears - Bloodstained Endurance [Album]
Napalm/SPV records (released 1st June)
According to the Love is a Liability Press release, “Planet Mu has a long and distinguished record of breaking new and exciting artists”. A glance at www.planet-mu.com and one starts to realise how many artists they have given a “break” too. Their roster is huge, and you start to think that surely... Rochelle are an unashamed Electro-Pop band from London. Their last single was endorsed by Norman Cook AKA Fatboy Slim, and Chin Up made its debut on Pete Tongs’ Radio One show, “In New Music We Trust”. We can safely assume that the marketing wheel of this band is in full rotation…. Electro Pop has...

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Rochelle - Chin Up [Single]
Planet Clique records
Any collective, whatever genre, that has existed, successfully, for almost two decades must be applauded for both their efforts and their contribution to music on the whole. So applause goes to Transglobal Underground. The self titled “hipsters, flipsters and finger popping daddies” of the music... Like the ever-dividing Marmite, “Family Man” will cause rows. Either “Family Man” wins you over by the songs' clever construction and claustrophobic beats or you’re left struggling to connect to the emotionless lyrical delivery. The lyrics are full of powerful phrases, but Matt Rimmer delivers... So we now come to the third in our special Napalm/SPV series with a move from one mythology to another. While Alestorm use the world of pirates, Tyr use primarily the world of Vikings combined with Swedish/Finnish and Faroese traditional music to create their world. Now from a personal...
This review is the second in a four part series of recent releases off the Napalm/SPV label. With the buzz around Pirates Of The Caribbean still fresh in everyone’s mind last year the timing of Alestorm’s first album Captain Morgan’s Revenge was pretty much bang on the money with a good...

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Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight [Album]
SPV/Napalm Records - Released 1st June
To set the scene then, ‘Ain’t Going To Nike Town’ is the kind of track that soundtracks a 50 year old former-hippy off his face on scrumpy dancing the night away at Glastonbury at 1am. Son Of Dave have managed to preserve an old-fashioned ‘cool’ that music used to have in the past when the world... Team Waterpolo have created a nice little track with "Room 44", as long as you only listen to it once. "Room 44" has a catchy hook, nice vocals and an interesting use of electro. It’s radio friendly with a bright and cheery sound but on the whole it’s a very predicable track that can be easily...

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Team Waterpolo - Room 44 [Single]
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Listening to Ane Brun is like being tickled gently by a small kitten. She warms every vein in your heart with her haunting Scandinavian charm. The whole track conjures up a feeling of picturesque landscapes and snowdrops slowly falling. There is a sense of distress throughout, making a dramatic and...

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Ane Brun - The Puzzle [Single]
Balloon Ranger Records
Nic Drou's USP is (one suspects) his resolute britishness, this is a trait he shares with brum-hop pioneer Mike Skinner. However the rapid-fire deliveries, intelligent lyrics and twisted backing tracks on display here bring more to mind the left-field exploits of American alt-hop veterans ELP and... The energy of a thermo-nuclear hip-hop meltdown attacks the listener from the very first moment. Despite sitting down while writing this, my ass still finds a way to shake itself. Every word dripping like sexual honey from the mouth of Ezra Bang, simultaneously acerbic and smooth, hits my ear with...
Get your fill of this track now because come July you'll be wishing for just one day of freedom from the grime-house combination (not grimey-house as in 'How Clean Is Your House' with that condescending bat and the dirty little one that has no objections to sticking her fingers into crusty dog... If Atari were a music label they would release music like Esser: filled with retro Electronica. Although there have been many comparisons drawn to a male Lily Allen, Esser is nothing but himself: using layered vocals in different pitches to create a strangely addictive, bouncy, fresh sound. Who...

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Esser - Headlock (Spike Stent Mix) [Single]
Transgressive Records Ltd/Warner Music UK
Beast’s self-titled album markets itself as electronic Trip-Hop. The PR material at B E A S T states that “the words slam down, wrapped deep around grinding grooves, dripping with urgency”. Quite a description, yet true. Beast’s vocals, sung, spoken and rapped by Betty Bonifassi are dark, moody,...

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Beast - Beast [Album]
Pheromone





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