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If you weren’t aware, Linkin Park has a fan club called the LP Underground. This release is, as far as I’m aware, for club members only and features various unreleased tracks. "Songs From The Underground" starts off with a nice intro track that builds and leaves you wanting more, ending with... 'Road to Revolution' is yet another addition to the Linkin Park catalogue. It’s amazing how many releases Linkin Park have actually had, compared to the amount of material they have written. If there were an award for the most successful exploitation of material, then Linkin Park would get it.... Fallbrooke hail from Miami and maybe it's just me and my limited memory but I can't thing of any decent bands from Miami. I'm sure it's just me?!?! Anyway Miami it is and all I know about Miami is what Will Smith told us in his song about the City; Mickey Mouse has a home there, and apparently they...

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Fallbrooke - Fallbrooke [Album]
RMR Music Group
There has recently been an influx of electro dance music hitting the UK. Whether it is old bands making a decision to curve-ball and change direction by investing in a shiny new Moog, or new bands boarding the 'serious new-rave' wagon, there’s something irritating about the scene. Not only is it... The Dandy Warhols have produced some very good musical moments over the course of their rather colourful career, many of which came together to produce very good albums. Sadly, such collective greatness has long since disappeared. Their last two albums have been bloated affairs, rather... Words are Poison, the debut single from Dead Pixels, is more of a spring breeze than a winter sleet storm, and its bounce-tastic composition is a welcome diversion to the horrid UK weather. A five piece band that covers more countries of birth than the UN, the Dead Pixels are a cheeky mix of 80s...
So, the difficult second album... I remember a few months back when I received a promo copy of Doll Domination’s lead single ‘When I Grow Up’. Following the success and widespread popularity of smash hit ‘Don’t Cha’ and numerous other singles that the musically indifferent probably don’t... The Indian Opening with a sublime relaxing acoustic guitar sequence you may be fooled into thinking that The Indian is somewhat subtle, in some senses it is, but don’t cast your judgement until you’ve heard it right through… it has such a backbone that it’ll get into your head like a memory...

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The Paris Riots
The Indian/ Hotel Of Infidels LTD CDS

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 The Creepshow are a female fronted psychobilly band along the lines of the Horrorpops, Nekromantix, etc. While the music is nothing out of the ordinary The Creepshow plays the genre with the best of them. Having released a critically acclaimed debut in Canada named "Sell Your Soul", the band is...
To be fair, the opening track from History of Guns’ latest torturous record sums up how the album developed for me. Born (looked at), Brutalised (ripped), Bought (got the gist of), and Buried. Acedia sounds like the thoughts running through your head when one hits morbid puberty – that beautiful...

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History of Guns - Acedia [ALBUM]
Line Out Records
Since the bands inception in 2001, Fall Out Boy have come a long way. From starting out rocking local shows in Chicago, IL in front of minuscule crowds to accomplishing worldwide stadium tour success. Fall Out Boy are one of the most popular bands of the current generation. They have...

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Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux [Album]
Island / Decaydance
Jesse Malin is a fine artist of Rock & Roll. His latest effort, Mercury Retrograde, is his fifth album in six years and features 13 tracks of live music recorded over two nights at Mercury Village in New York City, Malin’s hometown. The album also features five previously unreleased studio tracks...
What a strange collaboration "Guilty as Charged" is. Gym Class Heroes are a hip-hop "band" that made it up through the same scene as a lot of the latest popular rock music i.e. Fall Out Boy and Panic at the Disco and have been very popular with the emo kids. If you follow the British charts at... Neil Halstead's beautifully soft voice entwined with the perfect combination of pianos, drums and bass has created this pleasantly cool song taken from the album “Oh! Mighty Engine” Breezily and upstandingly cool, at least in my esteem. There’s meaning to this song, and its one of those songs...

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Neil Halstead- Paint a Face [Single]
Brushfire Records
An accolade to Jesus and every other figure head of varying religions; This song with its lovely sentiments may well just be a metaphor for life, and the way in which the world should really be approaching it all. Mason Jennings and Jack Johnson have created this quirky and light hearted song...
“He sounds like he’s having less fun than he really is”. This slightly depressing quote from his MySpace page sums up Paul Goodwin nicely actually. But don’t let that put you off… Goodwin’s debut album, Scars, is entirely more soulful and raw than expected from the Cambridge resident. He’s been... A friend once tried to tell me that Napoleon Dynamite was one of the funniest films in the world ever. I watched it once, and vehemently denied such a statement. Of course, my friend had formed his opinion after watching Napoleon around 3 or so times, which he told me to do. After the third... I find a good motto to go by when listening to most underground metal albums is that you have to concentrate on each song so as to not think you’re iPod is stuck on repeat. So, keeping that in mind, I set myself up with supplies ready for 45 minutes of metal listening pleasure with the latest...

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X-Vision - So Close So Far [album]
Glasstone Records
First impression for me came from the artwork that was supplied with the promo CD I instantly thought it was going to be one of those DJ Sharkey, DJ Mumble-Bumble-Whatever, etc. happy-hardcore compilations purely because those animated cartoon characters on the sleeve reminded me on of old nineties... 12 pm. Houston Calls and Farewell’s equipment is just being loaded in. Yet 7 hours before doors open on this sold out show, there are already people queuing outside the Solus in Cardiff. Sure enough, 7 hours later those same people are still there only now behind them is a mass of mainly teenage...

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You Me At Six Live W/ Houston Calls and Farewell
At Solus, Cardiff [29th October 2008]

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 Before I even start I want to teach the world a little bit about Wind-up records and this is from an un-educated, un-researched point of view. This opinionated view had arisen through listening to Wind Up Records bands and the music they have released. In a nutshell, Wind-Up is my label of the...
The first time I saw Modular's darlings The Presets was back in 2005 in a dingy small venue that I ran in Manchester. The gig was busy enough that I didn’t have time to pay much attention to this Australian band who I’d never heard of. When someone played me some of their tunes a few months... You get good value for money at Coldplay gigs, by the looks of it. Not only do you get to see the band themselves leap from classic to classic led by mad musical professor Chris Martin, you get Simon Pegg laughing his way through a harmonica solo, huge balloons spurting confetti, thousands and...

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Coldplay @ the 02 Arena[LIVE]
Monday 15th December 2008

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 I'll be honest I didn't know what to expect from this band. Before I requested this, I listened to these guys on MySpace and they actually quite impressed me with their mix of piano/electronic rock and at the time it seemed inspiring and uplifting to hear a band that stuck out from the rest and...

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Aucan - African Tape [Album]
Afriacantape/Ruminance
We all know Hayley Williams can hold a note, there’s no denying that, but what can a Paramore live album offer us that we can’t get (better) from their recorded music? What could any pop-punk live album offer us without ultimately being a cheap imitation of their over produced recorded music?... After a massive breakthrough year that has seen the young Welsh band tour with Kids In Glasshouses and Tonight Is Goodbye as well as having been spotted by top notch label 'Xtra Mile Recordings' who are releasing their downloadable slab of festive fun 'It'll Be Fine At Christmas Time' tomorrow... Simple Plan are giants in the pop-punk scene, and rightfully so. ‘Save You’ is what I would call a pop-punk ballad. Vocalist Pierre Bouvier tells us that he wrote this song about his brother’s battle with cancer, a pretty strong subject to base a song on. I personally love this song, and even...

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Simple Plan - Save You (Single)
Lava/Atlantic Records

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Mark Farina produces his new Jazz compilation CD, 'Mushroom Jazz Six' consisting of tracks from various artists including growing Jazz sensations Dave Allison and The Jazzual Suspects. There is even a track from Mark Farina himself! 'Mushroom Jazz Six' contains many tracks, some are particularly... This book is very simple and it does exactly as it says on the cover, which is list the 100 greatest metal guitarists, well according to Joel McIver. The first thing I noticed about the book, when flicking through, was the kind of guitarists that are included. This book is not comparable to a... The Status’ latest album, So This Is Progress, is a pleasure to listen to. There are two main reasons why. Reason #1: Catchy, meaningful, and genuine lyrics: In modern day music one might think it a wild goose chase to encounter lyrics that lift, motivate, and inspire. The Status however, are...
Relient K has produced an excellent Christmas album in, Let Snow Baby, Let It Reindeer. Traditional Christmas songs such as, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Deck The Halls, and multiple others receive a “pop-punk” makeover Relient K style, aka, fast sharp... How do you sum up a band like Jacobi Wichita? This line from the Thrust Music biography is typically attention grabbing: "Intense dedication mixed with incredible musical knowledge, as well as a strong desire to stand out from so many 'sheep-like' bands, is what Jacobi Wichita is all about". After... On Saturday 29th November 2008, the mighty Pendulum stormed the Swindon Oasis Centre stage. I was lucky enough to be there to experience the band in all their glory. The opening act were two DJ's known as South Central. South Central were good. They knew how to keep the crowd going however, at...
Dimebag Darrell was a legend of his time and will be for years to come. His guitar playing ha influenced so many young bands and players all over the world. The "He Came To Rock" book documents his life, starting with his early youth and going through to his very sad departure. The book is... 'Above The Below' is simplicity; not in the sense that it is simple and stupid, but it is made with little fuss, little going-over-the-top, no large drum solos, and certainly no wanky guitar riffs splattered all over it. What this leads to is an uncluttered easy listening album (not in the shitty... If you’re in to indie music, are a couple, part of a couple, single, middle aged or under age and were in Camden on Sunday night, then you were probably at the Fratellis concert. The crowd tonight is massively diverse, maybe even the most diverse crowd I have ever seen. And what a great setting,...
Ill Ease, hailing from the musical hotbed of Brooklyn, is the solo project of Elizabeth Sharp, and an unusual one at that. Influences are listed on her website with impressive electicism; varying from the hard beats of 2 Many Dj's to the doomy rock of Sonic youth and Fugazi, to the more classic...

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Ill Ease - Turn it Loose
Ionik Records
Battle For Prague are 4 guys from Birmingham (Greg Cox, Tom Whitfield, Greg Milner, Lottie) who have just released their EP ‘We Could Be Anywhere’. A four track EP which will leave you pining for more! Battle For Prague deserve to go absolutely everywhere. They’re a band that you heart clings...

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Battle For Prague - 'We Could Be Anywhere' EP
'We Could Be Anywhere' EP

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 I started listening to this album four times, but each time I was unable to progress further than the first and second track. After having been initially tantalized by the first 2 seconds of the first track, I would grimace and feel compelled to advance to the next track. The second track was...
‘Die With Beauty’ is a collection of six new tracks from London based singer songwriter Itamar. Relatively unknown and unrecognized by the UK music press, Itamar is hoping to capitalize upon the encouraging critic acclaim that he has already received from live recordings and plans to make a big... I have always threatened to do it, and The Irrepressibles’s From the Circus to the Sea EP has confirmed, that I am going to run away to join the circus. I can officially say that From the Circus to the Sea is like nothing I’ve ever heard before. The score to the film The Forgotten Circus by... Christmas albums are always a great disappointment. You see the advert with all the great Christmas hits and your ready and willing to nip down to the nearest HMV to purchase the goods. Once it enters the stereo your ears get bored within a few minutes. 'And Winter Came....' is a VERY depressing...
I'm a huge fan of Bayside so I'll try and rule out any bias in this review, but it's very hard to not give these guys a great review. Returning to the scene with "Shudder", their fourth full-length release on Victory Records, Bayside stated that they wanted to be a different band for the next 18...

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Bayside - Shudder [ALBUM]
Victory Records

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 It's the repetitive trance part of electronic music that makes me hate it. When well done, it will suck you in no matter how hard you try to resist. If it's not well done, you start looking for sharp objects to jam into your eyes and ears. But when it rides the fence, it will make you fantasize... I have never been to New York – but “Make The Road By Walking” sounds like everything I expect the Big Apple to be. I can’t put my finger on it. Is it jazz?, I asked myself. Will it be difficult to understand?! True, the blaring trumpet arrangements and intricate drum flicks tempted me to easily...

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Menahan Street Band - Make The Road By Walking [ALBUM]
Dunham Records/Daptone Records





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