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From the title of the this four track EP, you'd probably be thinking this was a new Ska/Punk band, however you couldn't be more wrong. Droney 'Isis' style grooves and heavy guitars evoke an 'Oceansize' aural landscape, with tight drums and spacey 'floydesque' clean sections. The only let down are... With no less than nine people making up The Bookhouse Boys (this does actually include one female), you wouldn’t really expect anything other than a cacophony. ‘I Can’t Help Myself’, taken from The Bookhouse Boys self-titled debut album, is three minutes of frenzied entertainment. Sounding like a... On receiving the Benji Hughes album, I was quite surprised to learn it was a 2 CD album. This is a very ambitious and audacious thing for an artist to do with their debut album. A debut album should effectively be short and sweet. It needs to grab the listener with 10-12 tracks, half of which...

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Benji Hughes - A Love Extreme [Album]
"He loves beer but he loves women even more"
It is a great feeling when a record comes through the door that you actually really like and considering the last few records I’ve reviewed, the Zoos of Berlin demo has come as a much needed relief. With a sound that conjures visual imagery of a theatrical prog adventure through hazy landscapes... The best Christmas songs are often those with a dark, bleak undercurrent that generally gets masked by the tug-at-the-heartstrings of sleigh bells, dry stuffed turkey and a drunken aunt dancing to Agadoo of the family Christmas... this is absolutely no exception and Frightened Rabbit seem to bask...

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Frightened Rabbit - It's Christmas So We'll Stop (7" single)
FatCat Records - Released 15th December

We Recommend you buy this CD
 GEHENNA 777 are a young metalcore band from the UK and Guardians is their debut release on their newly joined label, Basick. Guardians is 5 tracks of what I would refer as typical metcalcore/scene music but with a more hardcore, low growling vocal appose to a shrieking and screaming one. This is...
Nine Mile Woods is the second album from the southern sludge metal band, Gallactus. Combining their various influences, such as Sabbath, Clutch, Entombed and the very obvious Motorhead, Gallactus create this grinding sludgy southern rock sound that will have you banging your head and gurning like...

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Gallactus - Nine Mile Woods (CD)
Diminished Fifth Records
He wears ear-muffs, with a hand knitted scarf, and very soon he will balance a guitar on his face. The well-mannered Bushwalla thanks me kindly as he returns his empty tea cup to the bar and politely ascends to the stage. I knew a little of Bushwalla before our interview this evening, and...

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Bushwalla [LIVE] in London
4/11/08 - upstairs at the Roebuck, The Great Indoors Show

We Recommend you buy this CD
 The “Strike Sparks Anywhere” EP is not dressed-up Bravery-esque pop shite, neither is it the clumsy, raging rock and rollin’ I’m normally quick to pigeonhole – this EP sits somewhere in the middle; somewhere murky, somewhere deep, and best of all, infuriatingly, This is Radio Freedom leave you...
I have to admit, I was pretty damn excited to get my hands on the highly anticipated Jurassic 5 deluxe re-issue. This exclusive bonus set contains their original release of the Jurassic 5 EP, plus a rare 15 track bonus disc, and a DVD that includes the London date of their first world tour. ... The Raid must have been desperate to release a single in order to release 'Oh Lillee'. It's an okay track, but it could be so much better and far more innovative than it is. To start with the negatives, 'Oh Lillee' is annoyingly Indie, and what I mean by this is that some Indie tracks are... Well, let's begin with the fact that 'Let It Rock' is not what I expected. Kevin Rudolf is reasonably new on the music scene and so seeing Lil Wayne named on 'Let It Rock' automatically made me assume it was going to be a typical hip-hop track with the rap-as-fast-as-you-can-do attitude that they...
The new single 'No Sunlight' from 'Death Cab for Cutie', is off their 7th full-length album 'Narrow Stairs'. It's a decent single, from a band whose music spans so many genres it's hard to classify them. This track however, is definitely indie, and that is how Death Cab for Cutie refer to... As part of Alter Bridge's 2008 Blackbird tour, it was time that the band came to Wolverhampton, which was maybe a smaller gig seeing as Alter Bridge are playing cities like London, Munich and Madrid as part of the tour. After waiting 3 months to go to this gig, I was certainly hoping and expecting... The Computers - ‘You Can’t Hide From The Computers’ ‘You Can’t Hide From The Computers’ is absolute spot on, they will give you nightmares! Opening with a terrifying screaming vocal of “Destroy everything! Repent every sin! Destroy everything, as we’re all going down and we’re all giving in!”...
It’s hard to believe that Frank Turner was once lead singer of underground punk outfit MillionDead. He doesn’t look like it. He looks like he should be a purveyor of Folk, and his latest offering ‘Love, Ire & Song’ is exactly that. It’s diverse, and the content of the songs is exactly what it says...

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Frank Turner - Love, Ire & Song (Album)
Xtra Mile Recordings Limited
Now I for the life of me can't fathom why New Rhodes aren't more popular in this country, they write wonderfully catchy 80's-lite pop songs such as the superb 'I Wish I Was You' and 'You've Given Me Something That I Can't Give Back' and yet still no NME cover shoot or drooling all over them (maybe...

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New Rhodes - Everybody Loves A Scene (Single)
Salty Cat Records - Free Download Out 17th Nov
From the first riff I heard I was quite hopeful that ‘Born From Pain’ would quite frankly rock like a bastard. The song in question, ‘Sons Of A Dying World’ begins with a cracking bouncy riff with a slightly quirky underlying harmony that immediately grabs your attention. Very like the early thrash...

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Born From Pain - Survival
Metal Blade Records
Sleep station has not achieved much of anything with their lackluster release “Blood of Our Fathers.” The album features 11 tracks filled with confusing lyrics that seem to make an attempt to tie in current day political turmoil with “olden day” analogies. Clearly Sleep Station’s sound falls... The Astoria; once a converted pickle factory turned movie theatre, and now a famous London concert venue, which has been known sell out some massive acts such as The Rolling Stones, Oasis and Nirvana. But on this Tuesday night, the Astoria was packed, not quite full and mainly with Antipodeans,... Cold War Kids are not an especially fashionable band, so it’s hard to describe their poor timekeeping as such. Now had I not seen them perform live before, I may take this as a bad sign. However, Cold War Kids have never failed to impress me with their genuinely passionate live shows. Their...
Surefire Machine claim to be 'dedicated to rock and only rock' and never a truer statement could be said about Surefire Machine as this self-titled debut album is 100% unadulterated in your face rock n' roll much like being transported back to something like 1973 or thereabouts. Opening like some... What makes one artist retro and another just dated? How can acts like Hot Chip and Simian Mobile Disco recycle 80’s synth pop to great critical acclaim while other artists’ work just sounds old? Well, I put it to you that, like the majority of OAPs, old-sounding music just doesn’t have the... There is no message we're receiving...Let me know, is your heart still beating? To begin with, believe me when I say that I know my bit about the MTV Europe Music Awards, and that's beside the fact that I, myself, am an MTVer since 2007. Since the 23rd of November 1995, the EMAs (in their second...
The best thing that can happen to an album during its creation and recording is a birth of a common idea that will turn a list of songs into an integral finished work. I personally don’t think it’s right when musicians think up an albums idea artificially before staring to work on new material. ... As the filming for this DVD started way back in 2001 you know before pressing play that this will be an excellent insight into what going on tour is really like. It is a full documentary of life on the road with Moneen and also features music videos and a ton of behind the scenes footage mainly...

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Moneen DVD "It All Started With A Red Stripe"
an excellent insight into what going on tour is really like
To read this man’s short legal history and repeated run ins with the law, one would be surprised by the level of sensitivity on this record. However, as Coolio proved when he released ‘C U When You Get There’, rappers have feelings too. And this is what T.I is keeping alive in his latest single ‘No...

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T.I No Matter What
“I lost my partner and my daughter in the same year, somehow I rise above my problems and remain here”
This EP “Saying Something You Have Said Before’s “ purpose seems to be that of giving fans a fresh reminder as to what makes Moneen stand out in this often-cynical scene. The first track, “Prepare Yourself... The Worst Is Yet To Come”, is the only non-acoustic track on the EP it has a great... Patience is a virtue, one which I don’t possess a great deal of, but boy have I had to be patient to get excited about a Manchester band again. ‘Suffragette Suffragettes' is the debut single from much-hyped Everything Everything. Despite this track being their most accessible, it seems the hype is... DCFC's first major label record does not suck. In fact, it rocks, well as hard as Death Cab can rock...its not bad, and I am going to take a shot and say this is "a concept album"...if it is then cool, if not then still cool. You cant be all hipster melancholy cool if ya don't get...
I have just put on James Appollo's album, "Hide your Head in a Hive". I was at first intrigued by the sound of real, live instruments- rather quaint for the 21st century and quite rare to hear. I commend the artist's interest in live music and live recording. That said, the first track, which...

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James Appollo - Hide Your Heart In A Hive
No Alternative Records

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
 First things first I didn't enjoy this record but then it's just not my bag, i've been listening to it over and over trying to take something positive from it but it's just not doing it for me. So though this will appeal to many folk who love their alternative/industrial/metal I can't find a great... 'Where Did It All Go Wrong?' are the immortal words of Noel Gallagher. In his case it was too much powdered substances (baking flour, castor sugar, general cake ingredients). For Razorlight it's easy to see where it all went; I say easy, but it's hard to see up Johnny Borrell's arse when his head...
Anberlin's latest effort has been a staple diet on my Blackberry for the last few weeks for a good old listen on my way to and from work. The start of "New Surrender" is perfect walking music and really helps to get you in the mood for work, regardless of the weather. The thing I found with...

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Anberlin - New Surrender
Universal/Republic
THE STEREOHOAX – THESE SONGS ARE ABOUT YOU EP PUNK MADE ME DO IT PRODUCTIONS First time ever seeing The Stereohoax was Edgefest08’ but since I have been listening to their tunes even went to a few shows. They finally dropped their latest five track EP ‘These Songs Are About You’ on October 30th...

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The Stereohoax - These Songs Are About You EP
Punk Made Me Do It Productions

We Recommend you buy this CD
 This is probably one of the most difficult reviews I have ever had to write. I am a massive fan of Underoath and have been since their first album although their second album is when I became a TRUE fan. What I loved about Underoath is their ability with each album to improve on their sound and...

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Underoath - Lost In The Sound Of Separation
Tooth and Nail Records
Progression is key to a band’s success, years of touring, building a fan base and a lot of studio work. In the 5 years that Fightstar have under their belt, the performance tonight just shows how hard they have worked. The set was tight, I mean very tight. The songs where hammered out with an... Deaths Nuts, Ass Dent Hut, Stashed Nut… some more anagrams of The Datsuns that were no doubt considered for the title of their latest release Headstunts. Lead singer, Dolf de Borst explained by saying "We got a new member of the band on drums, Ben Cole, so it was like making our first record...

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The Datsuns - Headstunts [album]
Cooking Vinyl Ltd
Most of the time it takes a minute or two to gain some notoriety before a band gets noticed. This band has a mission; from their current base in Montreal Special Ops is ready to dominate. This record “PHASE 2: Amidst The Madness” is the follow up to “PHASE 1: In Search Of Madness” (My favorite...
Saosin release their third EP entitled 'The Grey', following their previous two ('Translating the name' and 'Saosin') and two full-length albums. The 5-track EP was at first a little disappointing, but after a few listens I began to like 'The Grey'. Saosin's early music was fantastic and they... The Airborne Toxic Event have received some pretty good press recently. Their eponymous debut album has been trumpeted as ‘the best debut CD of 2008’ and ‘nothing short of amazing’ by the Boston Herald and LA Times respectively. However, upon hearing the album opener Wishing Well, those...

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The Airborne Toxic Event
Majordomo Records

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
 So much for preconceptions. With a name like O’Death, an album cover of cut-out faces and scratchy images with scribbled lyrics like “Oh God my hate/could fill the air/with open wounds/with vacant stare”, you could quite easily assume that this band are hardcore death-metallers. Instead, you are...
As I write this, the sun is streaming in through the window, a cool breeze is gently ushering the air around the room and even the most insignificant nuances of life seem to combine to become wonderfully vivacious. I suddenly feel that childish excitement that one feels when first exposed to the... What can you say about Tony Christie? Give up. Stop making music perhaps. Let go of the dream. Any of these will do. According to the synopsis ‘Born To Cry’ was written by Jarvis Cocker and Richard Hawley (also formerly of Pulp) and is transformed into a soaring song of depth and beauty by... To be honest like many people I know I’m getting sick of the same old unimaginative pop bollocks being churned out week after week by bands and labels with no concern for the music lovers. Listening to ‘Killec’ might not be a solution to all your woes, but it is defiantly a step in the right...

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Marvins Revlot - Killec [Album]
The Richter Collective





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