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Ah! The Soviets. There's nothing quite like knowing communism is alive and well in Scotland. Wait... that's not the case? They are not chums with Stalin's grandson? It's just a name apparently. The burning question here is though.. Can you cossack to the single? Well it's not unimaginable...

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The Soviets - I Gotta Go (Single)
Diffusion Records - Out November 17th 2008
Now The Valkarys are claiming to be from Edinburgh but if this is true then surely they got there via the wild west with a quick detour through 60's Liverpool because judging by this tune i would have to say that is the conclusion I've come to. It's easy to listen to songs and associate them with...

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The Valkarys - Candy Girl (Single)
Diffusion Records - Out November 24th 2008
Florida based pop band Copeland are back with their newest release You Are My Sunshine having collaborated with a host of brilliant producers to create a beautiful soundscape that can’t help but chill you out. My first thought upon hearing opening track ‘Should You Return’is that the vocals...
Previously known as A Fir-Ju Well, not much information can be found about this obscure four-piece from Atlanta, other than their summer gigs being well received. Their latest offering All Y'all however seems to have fallen short of the mark, barely able to supply listeners with the energy they...

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Gringo Star - All Y'all [Album]
My Anxious Mouth Records
In anticipation of his debut album 'No Point In Wasting Tears', twenty year old London rapper and DJ Ironik has previewed his songs with a six track album sampler. After winning Best Newcomer at the 2008 MOBO awards, we expect great things from this young UK rapper. Sadly, it is a truly annoying... I did my best to give this album a fair go, I honestly did. Having listened and looked at their Myspace before receiving the album, I thought it would be a nice, pleasant listen. The first time I listened to the album I had it on in the background, while I was busy doing other stuff. It was OK,...
I was terrified when news got around that Mystery Jets were ready to release their second album. Perhaps petrified further when it arose that mash-up queen Erol Alkan was in line to part produce this next record, especially after lending my ears to his uninspiring rework of the Jets’ initially... Now I’m not a great lover of R&B, but this single isn’t half bad. I’ll be honest and say I’ve never heard of Plies, and I think he sounds a lot like Busta Rhymes. I’m not a complete ‘noob’ in this genre though, as I haven’t lived under a rock for the past few years, so I have heard of Ne-Yo. As... When you are going to have such a political, ballsy and brash title as "Burn America Burn" I would personally suggest that you have a great song, with great lyrical content that will ensure that you as a band don't get "burned" yourself. Granted over the last 8 years of King Bush's reign the...
This is the type of record that makes me wish that my Ford Fiesta was a Low-rider and that I was a P.L.A.Y.A instead of a red haired guy in skinny jeans! 'In The Ayer' embraces all of the stereotypes that people have about hip hop. True fans of this genre should probably stay well away from this... The double A-Side release of 'Sea Spray' and new album title track '22 Dreams' is the best fresh example of The Modfather's work that the world has seen for years. The persistent momentum of Sea Spray's thudding drums nicely carries the listener through the song, and provides a sturdy backbone for... First things I thought when I listened to their MySpace site whilst waiting for the CD to arrive was that they sounded like Ugly Kid Joe vocally and looked like Limp Bizkit visually. Not a bad thing at all in the vocal department as I for one used to love Whitfield Crane’s vocals, not so sure...

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Sizen - What do you See?
Top Stock Records
Born at Goldsmiths Univeristy as recently as 2006, things have moved pretty fast for Royworld. Weeks after forming, the bands hard-working ethos began securing them regular appearances at all the right Camden venues, and very soon their quirky little moniker became a music industry buzzword. ...

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Royworld – Brakes [Single]
Virgin – 1st September 2008 – CD, 7” & Download

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
 Dirty Sally is the glamorous tale of Sally, a check out girl, who delves further and further into the murky world of drugs eventually resorting to prostitution through her pimp, Dirty Harry (haha), and then predictively dying from a drug induced death. Lovely stuff, there's even mention of a needle...

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Officer Kicks - Dirty Sally [Single]
Redemption Records
Marion Raven is currently best known for recording ‘It’s All Coming Back To Me Now’ with Meat Loaf. This EP is unlikely to change that, as Raven follows firmly in the footsteps of the Avril Lavigne / Lauren Harris female-fronted pop-with-rock-leanings crowd and, although ‘Heads Will Roll’ is a fun...

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Marion Raven - Heads Will Roll (EP)
Eleven Seven Music
The album opens with ‘glorious’. And a glorious sound it is. A huge space filled with a single guitar playing a solemn part, with the promise of an elating climax. The space is reminiscent of Coldplay at their more minimal, and most powerful dynamic. Paul Hampton’s voice joins in, bringing with it... Artist: Plies Album: Definition of Reality Label: Atlantic, Big Gates Records, Slip-n-Slide Records I want to believe that Hip Hop/Thug Rap does still exist in it’s entirety of unique complex rythms, clever lyrics and a whole bunch of street bad ass attitude. Plies album – ‘Definition of real’ ,... Shy Of The Depth - the newest installment from Basick's growing selection of fresh talent debut with their self titled EP, displaying a fierce passion and relentless talent for modern 'technical' metal. The CD features the Brighton based five-piece showing their teeth with a malicious style of...

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SHY OF THE DEPTH - S/T E.P
(BASICK RECORDS)
As I saw these guys shoot their music video for “Egocentric”, arguably the best track on the EP, I know how much energy they put into their performance and it doesn’t get lost in translation of the recording. This EP is energetic, lively and up tempo throughout and the perfect choice when...

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Dissolved IN - Proudly Dressed
Self Released
Before I played this CD I had decided that it was going to be over produced, whiney and very samey…however I was wrong. Firstly I noticed that the singles have altered and been re recorded, in particular “Save It For The Bedroom” gone is the irritating and often mocked way in which bedroom,... “Losing Sun” is a band from Cardiff, who can best be compared to the 90’s Nu-Metal movement musically but vocally it is hard to compare them to anyone. On first listen I found myself thinking maybe this band can cause a stir in the local music scene. “Memory Run” is a well impressive opener for...
Upon listening to the first five minutes of this album you could be mistaken in thinking that Lukestar are an imaginative and original band. After that you quickly realise that this is the most tedious collection of music since The Jesus And Mary Chain. If you’ve heard one song off of Lake Toba...

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Lukestar - Lake Toba
Phone Me Records

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
 The opening track ‘Yuppy Flu’ immediately demands the full attention of the audience. Strong simple drums and catchy guitar riffs throughout, matched by a voice full of woes and yet strangely attractive; perhaps not a hit single, but certainly one strong enough to encourage an audience to continue...

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Land of Talk - Some Are Lakes
Saddle Creek Records
An unhappy medium. Their first (major) album, full of screamcore and shoutmax. They tour with Machine head. Their next album, full of thrash and Metallica copies. They tour with Metallica. This album, a mix of the 2 styles, with the singing less Metallica sounding. They’re touring with All That...

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Trivium - Shogun
Roadrunner
The reason I decided to pick The John Henry's CD out of the blue was actually quite unusual: I did choose them as their name reminded me of a very famous studio in London where Coldplay and Travis used to rehearse. I was shocked to say the least to hear that the John Henry's were nowhere near to... It hasn't been the best of starts for California post-hardcore five-piece I Am Ghost. The band's debut album 'Lovers' Requiem' was tentatively received, making about as much impact on an already saturated genre as a marshmallow mallet, and debut EP 'We Are Always Searching' was almost as anonymous.... Certain bands/albums have the stigma of 'hype' thrust upon them and yet so rarely over the years do we get to bask in the glory of it actually being true and not some ploy by the record label to try to take over the world and realise the dream of living in a volcano hideout. Well in Glasvegas we...
Politics and music are something of a match made in hell aren’t they? Without sounding disrespectful to the likes of the mighty Rage Against The Machine or the not so mighty System Of A Down, you’re always going to sound like a bit of a twat going on about the follies of capitalism and corruption... Tonight saw Frightened Rabbit play their largest headlining show in their home country and Glasgow's The Arches is a fitting setting with it's cavernous architecture and tonight it's sell-out crowd who fill every inch of the hall from very early in the evening. First up is We Were Promised...

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Frightened Rabbit/We Were Promised Jetpacks
The Arches, Glasgow - 30th Sept
Although this isn't a positive way to start a review, I am going to say it anyway, simply because it's my prerogative and I can say it...... political music, it's just a bit, well... shit. Yes Bob Dylan's lyrics were polital and he is still today highly respected, yes John Lennon probably saved...
Every so often bands appear from nowhere and take you completely by surprise. The idea of a 'French Portishead' who quote influences like Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins does very little to inspire confidence. It is a prospect to approach carefully with feelings of curiosity and dread. But with a...

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Arther - Arther
Self Released

We Recommend you buy this CD
 What is there to say? This is simply just another of Kerrang!'s annual releases that sum up the year of music in the form of backhand pay offs, but if we took this view for every musical release then there would be barely anything on our iPods! Generally, as expected of Kerrang! compilations,the... At first glance, it's easy to hate a band like Nochaa....the generic death metal artwork that brandishes their CD covers and their track names ('Upon My Last Dying Breath', 'A Cry For Bloodshed' and the Iron Maiden-esque 'Into The Crypt' to name but a few) do nothing to help them to stand out from...
Occasionally, it can be difficult to find creativity in a genre such as metal; where the emphasism in songwriting is usually placed upon sheer brute force and the notion of fitting in with the music of peers in order to earn respect and credibility. Rugby boys Lavondyss however, seem to have...

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Lavondyss - Nibiru [EP]
A Wolf At Your Door Records
The first thing that caught my eye here was the fact that there’s a list almost as long a typical post office queue of credits. For a single it took me aback a bit, I load the CD into my disk drive with a great degree of excitement to see what such a large number of contributors can do to a track... Crash Coordinates give their songs titles such as ‘A Radiant Composition’ and ‘Beyond These Atlantic Tides’ presumably because they want the listener to expect overblown, self-indulgent epics that are riddled with so much obscure imagery and metaphors, that the listener won’t have a clue what the...
The welsh metal-core band's second EP shows several aspects of improvement from the first, 'An Innocent Confession' released in 2006. However, there is room for greater things in the future. The music, sounding similar to that of Throwdown or Testament, contains skillful and modern guitar riffs...

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Through Solace - The Stand EP
Hold Fast Records
Fusing guitar rock and electronic dance music is nothing new. Musicians have been trying to get away with it for years. The latest band to try this is Irish five-piece Noise Control, the name immediately setting it up for a fall with the inevitable question: There is noise but is there control? The... This EP fails to leave an impression as it is a completely forgettable effort from the New Jersey foursome. It starts with ‘A Few Minutes’ which is mediocre and sees nothing of the suspense or tension often needed in this genre of music to make it work. The song is overlong and one finds oneself...

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Scream Hello - Smart and Stupid [EP]
Red Leader Records

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
What an extraordinary gig! I, along with thousands of Metallica fans across the country were more than a little intrigued when metal’s forerunners announced this very special performance. Celebrating the release of their thrashier-than-ever new album Death Magnetic (currently #1 in the UK Album...

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Metallica – Death Magnetic Launch Party Show Report
02 Arena – 15 September 2008

We Recommend you buy this CD
 Ben Folds survived one-hit-wonderdom by sheer passion alone - passionate songs and even more passionate fans. Though he has not scored another hit, Ben Folds remains one of those names in the backs of our minds, Rock enough for the mainstream but cool enough for the hipsters. For those who were...

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Ben Folds - Way To Normal
In an oddly audacious move, the album starts with a fun tune called Hiroshima (has there ever been a fun tune called Hiroshima?)
I’ve always been a fan of Alkaline Trio’s music, as they always seem to produce good pop-punk music. ‘I Found Away’ is another Alkaline Trio classic in my eyes, as it is just as good as other Alkaline Trio songs such as ‘Mercy Me’, ‘Time To Waste’ and ‘Private Eye’. The intro has a very Coheed...
Black Lungs seem to be appearing more and more out of nowhere recently and with their latest CD release ‘Send Flowers’ it might just give them that little extra push they may need. Recently toured the UK and now back over to the US to tour with Anti-Flag, everything seems to be going well. Knowing... One mission for this band, rocking out to the fullest to the sounds they call rock and only ROCK, the rest doesn’t matter in their eyes. Four dudes migrating from East to West Canada all compiling together in Toronto to jam. From the tiny buzz surrounding these guys it seems as though they are...

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SUREFIRE MACHINE
SUREFIRE MACHINE RECORDS
Dance/rock music is on a particular high at the moment. The racy genre full of bands such as “Mindless Self-Indulgence” and “Innerparty System” all getting lots of attention recently as they release new material. Fitting into that genre is “Pause. Break. Riot!”, who have an increasing fan base in...

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Pause. Break. Riot! - Retro [Single]
Diffusion Records





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