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"There was a time in popular music where versatility proved the key ingredient to many artists’ success. But somewhere along the way, versatility took a back seat to predictability. That’s where Ruben Angel comes to the rescue." - taken from Ruben Angel's Bio This couldn't be a more false...

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Ruben Angel - Stereo Is Dead [Album]
Diamond Life Entertainment

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
 It seems that music gigs are very much like real estate; it’s all about location, location, location. Having received a tip-off that new Manchester venue The Ruby Lounge had some stage visibility issues, we got there as doors opened to take our places down the front. Some other friends weren’t so...

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Wolf Parade - The Ruby Lounge, Manchester
Friday 28th November 2008

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 First impressions are everything, a band name should be something witty and cool. Alan however leave a lot to the imagination on coming up with a band name. Putting the name aside was easy to accomplish once track one of the two track EP started playing. 'There She Goes' is a very catchy little...

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Alan - There She Goes [EP]
Self Released
Bands from Boston have to work extra hard to win my favour (not that they are specifically trying to do that), as my favourite band of all time, Pixies, came from ‘The Cradle of Liberty’. However, this is as much a blessing as it is a curse, as it’s more likely that a band will grab my attention if... Harder than a coffin nail; Carpathian, hit the hardcore scene back in 2003. After a few line-up changes and some well established support slots, its clear to see the band have worked hard to get where they are. Hardcore seems to be a breed that stays stagnant in the music industry. You hear about... Linkin Park release their second official live album 'Road to Revolution' after their recent gig at Project Revolution in Milton Keynes. The CD/DVD combo features 17 of Linkin Park's biggest hits recorded live in concert. However, this review is based on a sample CD that contains only 10 tracks,...
Doomsdayer's Holiday, the first song on the similarly-titled album, starts off with distant screams and eerie tones, from which bursts a heavy drumbeat, itself crashing into a heavy, arpeggiated guitar riff. Another guitar kicks in, mimicking the first, giving the whole thing an epic feel. And...

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Grails - Doomsdayer's Holiday
Temporary Residence Ltd
‘Doves,’ taken from The Black Angels’ sophomore album ‘Directions to See a Ghost,’ is apparently their “interpretation of love”. Well, lyrically that may be so (see “Like two little doves, I’m in love, I thought you were mine, well some, some think you’re hollow, open your mind, we need you to...

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The Black Angels - Doves [Single]
Light in The Attic Records
Never having been to The Roundhouse prior to tonight, I am amazed at what a spectacular venue the converted rail roundhouse is. Deceivingly spacious upon first inspection, although decreasing every moment with each eager Fat Freddys Drop fan that pours in the doors. In no time at all, the...
I am impressed by Paper the Operator. The four-piece from New York have put out an interesting and varied EP with "Solemn Boyz". There is not one song on the "Solemn Boyz" EP that I can honestly say I dislike. My personal favourite track is 'All That I Baked'. A staggering 54 words make up the...

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Paper The Operator - Solemn Boyz [EP]
Viper Bite Records
Indie, punk, rock, maybe even blues.. its pretty hard to label this EP with any of those terms, so we'll go for a montage. The best song on Speed Circus' Rosie - EP is most definitely the title track; Rosie. Rosie's ridiculously infectious chorus is hard not to sing along to, even after only... In the summer of 2008, the world was reintroduced to The Lines. The band released Memory Span, a great collection of early singles and EPs including Cool Snap! and Nerve Pylon. Since the early 80s, The Lines have been something of a cult band with a small but loyal fan base. This may have much to...

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The Lines - Flood Bank
Acute Records
"This Warm December" starts with Jack Johnson playing "Someday At Christmas", it’s a politically charged song highlighting the era of war around Christmas time; it’s short, sweet and worth a listen. Mason Jennings plays a soft cover of "Santa Claus is coming to town", it makes a nice change from... Somewhat unprofessionally I decided I was going to write Les Gars a bad review solely for me having to wait in the freezing cold for an hour for the band to arrive with the guest-list. Just when I really had enough and was about to call it a night, the magical list arrived and me and my red nose... It’s a bloody cold, crisp evening in central London and inside this student union there are a trio of rock bands are looking to warm everyone up and take their minds off of the credit crunch and whatever other toils the press have imposed on them. I certainly want to revel in some escapism for the...
Anyone familiar with Steve Albini and his work will unmistakeably hear it all over this record (not surprising given he produced it). However, it's not just in the sound that Three Second Kiss have made and Albini has captured onto tape it's also in the influence he has blatantly had. 'Long... Described as equal parts experimental, indie, and metal it's hard whilst listening to 'Every Ocean Reversed'; the debut from Swedish band Seven Nautical Miles, to disagree with that consensus you could even go one further and split those descriptions with the music very much along the... The Damned, yes they are still going over 30 years after forming in London! With this new release of 13 tracks it is obvious to anyone who listens to the album that they are still pioneers of the punk genre of music. The album kicks off with a jaunty keyboard led ‘A Nation Fit For Heroes’, a catchy...
Having only seen Eskimo Joe live on a festival bill and never at a headlining gig, I was intrigued to see how they would hold up on their own at the only London date on their most recent UK tour. The sold out Electric Ballroom was literally bulging at the seams with excitable fans, when the three... I am officially blacklisting anyone who calls Liam Finn a singer/songwriter... Not because he’s not technically a singer/songwriter – but so he doesn’t get pigeonholed into what comes into mind when someone is described in such a way. Liam Finn live at Scala was nothing like I had imagined....

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Liam Finn - Live at Scala
2 December 2008

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 Twistedly endearing and undeniably eye-catching. That’s what springs to mind after setting eyes on Gabby Young & Other Animal’s new EP, “Bear With Me”. A profile shot of Gabby herself, conventionally striking in features but with an odd assortment of accessories hidden within a mane of vibrant red...
KT Tunstall with a touch of Africa? Josephine Oniyama releases her new EP, 'In The Labyrinth', consisting of 4 tracks. The only way I could honestly sum Josephine Oniyama up is to imagine KT Tunstall combined with some typical African beats and riffs. It is certainly a unique style, and... It's very unusual to be heading out to a gig with little intention or interest in seeing the main band, add to that the lack of desire to check out the support band then your bound to be asking 'why the hell are you going to this gig?' and that would be a fair comment. However, I am here this...

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The Futureheads - Live 3rd Dec @ ABC2 Glasgow
With Johnny Foreigner and Dorian
Dodgy used to be a staple diet of mine. Their songs fuel emotion and memory in me and I remember moments in time for no other reason other than I was listening to their album when something significant happened. So, whilst waiting in line on my birthday outside Barfly in Cardiff I spy a poster...

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Dodgy [Live] at Cardiff Barfly 6th December 2008
This was worth the 13 years wait!

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With Danko Jones/Saxon supporting (Apologies for the quality of the photos) Motörhead have to be one of the most powerful veteran bands still performing live. Still going strong at 62, it is remarkable how founding member Lemmy (vocals, bass) hasn’t lost any of the energy he possessed live since...

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Motörhead – Hammersmith Apollo 22/11/2008
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith!

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 Lustra are a band that few people this side of the pond have heard of. They are perhaps best known for featuring on the soundtrack to one of the best movies ever made in the high school gross out genre , the 'does what it says on the tin' named film ‘Euro Trip’. The film stars Dawn from Buffy The... What a name for a band, one of the best I have heard. Anyone not having heard of the band would assume Eagles Of Death Metal are actually a Death Metal band, but that’s far from correct. Jesse Hughes and Joshua Homme have something special here. They are just out to have a laugh, and what better...
Kenan Bell – ‘Good Day’ EP Hailing from Los Angeles, California, 25-year old rapper is Kenan Bell has just released his debut EP, ‘Good Days’ and is setting the Hip Hop scene alight with his ‘shoegaze, minimalist’ Hip Hop sound. Apparently attracting fans from almost every demographic sphere... Dustin Kensrue is better known for his work with post-hardcore band Thrice, but over the past year or so Dustin has ventured in to the solo market. Dustin’s first album Please Come Home was released at the end of last year and did pretty well. The Good Night Is Still Everywhere is a Christmas album... Much as these annoying cash-ins get squarely right on my breast area and are clearly some conniving little record label executive's mean way of ripping us all off; why don't you just come around my house and steal my credit-crunch cornflakes you mean-spirited cock! Anyway I'm getting way-laid with...
Paper Trail is T.I.'s sixth studio album, and was apparently penned whilst T.I. was on house arrest awaiting gun crime charges back in November 2007. It is rumoured that this is the first time that T.I. has written lyrics on paper since I'm Serious', his debut album - hence the 'Paper Trail' album... A girl 4 piece that can actually play their instruments? Never you say? Well listen and listen well. The Sheffield based punk rock band, Maeven, rock out harder than a Motorhead fan with tourettes. The girls have the aesthetics as well as the talent, making them a great musical package. Having...

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Maeven - Maeven (Album)
LockJaw Records
Seemingly another unnecessary release by a record label in order to simply cash in; 'Prospekt's March' does little to dissuade from this statement with three of it's eight tracks having featured on the 'Viva La Vida..' album albeit in a slightly different guise. Firstly we get 'Life In Technicolor...
OCTOBER SKY LIVE @ THE ANNEX WRECKROOMINDIECAN SHOWCASE A few days ago I saw October Sky live at The aAnnex Wreckroom in Toronto. I had not seen a full set yet, so I was looking forward to seeing them kill it at the Wreckroom. In case you don’t know October Sky, they are a band fresh out of... It's amazing what you find in the freezing cold wastes of backwater Scotland (and by that I mean the entire country), clearly somewhere there is a western plain that serves bourbon to chaps-wearing hicks and hill-billies. To be honest I wish I could find out where it is because the jukebox in the...

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Le Reno Amps - Send Me On My Way (Single)
Drift Records - Out 8th December
For a band with a great name this EP is a big disappointment. I was expecting to hear a funky porn soundtrack, how wrong I was. The Joy Of Sex are just another indie band who think playing guitar badly and singing out of tune is cool. It annoys me when I hear bands like this as they are filled...

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Joy of Sex - Joy of Sex [EP]
Self-Released

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
When I first put this album on I thought that this could be a new fresh sound, but then I realised the album was just one big song, as every song sounds the same!. The guitarist uses the same guitar sound in every song, every song has the same type of structure about it, and it’s so boring. One of... As I pressed the play button on this single, I had very high expectations. Keane’s previous two singles had been veering off in an exciting new direction for the band. “Spiralling”, the first single, seemed reminiscent of the 80s disco scene and even incorporated guitars, an instrument Keane seemed... I’m From Barcelona are like the musical representation of Swedish film ‘Together’; they’re Swedish for a start, they welcome any like minded strangers into their group, their debut album, ‘Let Me Introduce My Friends‘, was full of love (although only free if you downloaded it illegally), and now,...

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I'm From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini? [Album]
Delores Recordings/EMI Music Sweden
I didn’t really know what to expect when I put Laura Izibor’s record on considering two main facts: A/ I had never heard an Irish R’n’B artist before that I could think of, and B/ the last artist I reviewed from Atlantic Records was in short a massive disappointment. So imagine my surprise when the... Coming out in just over week on the 8th of December is the latest record courtesy of London based Distiller records - The Chemists “Radio Booth” and what a single it is! With fast paced, crunchy rock sounds conjoined with a hint of UNKLE esque dance vibes, “Radio Booth” comes as a great welcome to...

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The Chemists - Radio Booth [Single]
Distiller Records
When you hear the name Tony Christie you immediately fill yourself with thoughts of the song “Amarillo”, only you realize what you're thinking of is Peter Kay, and not the real man behind it all. Tony Christie's new album, “Made in Sheffield” is frankly something you might buy for your...
“Ready For This” is the new show, “So Fu**ing Rock” is the new DVD: Tim Minchin has been like so like busy like. The singer-songwriter recorded his fresh release earlier this year in London, before writing and revealing his latest show “Ready For This” to audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe...

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Tim Minchin LIVE - "READY FOR THIS"
Saucy, scandalous and absolutely sensational.

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 Well this is quite an interesting act. When the CD arrived and I saw the words Nordic Folk Metal written in big bold letters. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. But the end product is not as bad as I thought it would be, it’s a bit odd but then again what do you expect Nordic Folk Metal to sound...

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Asmegin- Arv (CD)
Napalm Records
“I Get it Wrong” is the first single to be taken from Reading five-piece The Race's sophomore album, 'In My Head It Works'; and it's three minutes of exactly how Editors wished they still sounded had they not become completely overcome with feigned earnest. There are elements of early Radiohead...





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