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O! The Joy… of the off switch. Maybe that’s a little harsh. After all, the first moments of the title track are promising. These young men from deepest darkest Sacramento have the musical ability of a great band but there’s something wrong. It’s possibly because they’re still trying to find...

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O! The Joy - Zen Mode [CD]
Distile Records
Over the last five years or so the UK music scene has been awash with spiky-riffed, sharp-quipping Northern indie-pop outfits. Since Alex Turner first transferred Mike Skinners bar-propping observational witticisms to a guitar loving (read; wider) audience, a hundred scruffy haired frontmen from...

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ALBUM REVIEW: LITTLE MAN TATE – NOTHING WORTH HAVING COMES EASY
Skint/Yellow Van Records – 15th September 2008 – CD, LP & Download
A cliché scenario – upset young man lugs his gear to the hills and spends 3 whole months in isolation, tortured by upsetting events of the last year and eager to start again. “For Emma, Forever Ago” charts his progress from despair right back to balance and it’s evident that this is a deeply...

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Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago [ALBUM]
Jagjaguwar/4AD Records
Lately, I’ve struggled to find a record that I can relate to and that means something to me in a particular aspect or point in my life, then I listened to ‘Wrecking Ball.’ Just like the very first time I heard some of my favourite songs, I got chills when I listened to this album. It is a fantastic... At first I didn't really expect this album to be anything better than average, however I was rather suprised with what I heard. Scream Hello are pretty much unheard of in the UK, but this four-piece from New Jersey, US have already been signed by Red Leader Records. They are rather unique and... Do you love pop music? Or have you developed a disdain for feckless whiny teenagers lately? Well i'm in the latter but don't get me wrong i love pop music if it's along the lines of The Beatles circa 1963 type of pop music and if your with me on that then i'm sure this album is for you. It will...
The first thing one notices upon first hearing Undermine by Trouvail (Acoustic) is the mismatch between the orchestration/instrumentation and the quality of the singer's voice. The thin sound of her voice lacks any resonance and comes across as extremely nasal and unattractive. It would seem...

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FOUND ON ALTSOUNDS: Undermine Trouvail (Acoustic)
This is a track review of a song that was discovered on Altsounds.com

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
 New York punk rockers Crime In Stereo compile a selection of tracks recorded in the last few years on their most recent release 'Selective Wreckage'. After a short break up earlier in the year CIS quickly reformed and put out this compilation as part of a series of new records planned for the next...

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CRIME IN STEREO - SELECTIVE WRECKAGE
BRIDGE NINE RECORDS - 2008
Most angry bands start off angry then lose their power and passion. Whether through advancing years, disillusionment or simply through buffing their sound, the energy and fire just slowly seeps away. Bucking the trend, Dear and the Headlights have done it the other way round. Their 2007 debut...
Being neither a fan of the genre or the hip-hop lifestyle I find myself pleasantly surprised by Cameron Icon Giddings's Scream My Name. The rhythm employed throughout the track is unusually captivating and is apt in his expression of the emotion of enthusiasm and personal pride. The track reveals...

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FOUND ON ALTSOUNDS: Cameron Icon Giddings
Track review of an artist discovered through Altsounds.com
The last 12 months have been weird for me musically. There is an ocean of shit out there and please don't misconstrue this as I mean it in the nicest way. Unfortunately thanks to all the youth, technology and the internet, the worth of music has quickly become negated and to a point music has... I have to say straight from the off that Electro Pop really isn't my kind of thing at all. To me it says this band is all about style and no content. With all the right hair do's, shades and simple neon pink and blue colours KOVAK did nothing to make me think any different. The currently untitled...

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KOVAK ALBUM SAMPLER
Unsigned Produced by Andy Gray
If they get a good video, you may see Essay for the Ordinary on some small-time music channel. Scuzz or something. Maybe even on Kerrang. But it will be on one of those shows that I will invariably abandon the music channels for and see if Dave is showing QI in the hope that I can recover the few...

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Essay for the Ordinary - Cool Cats
End of The Trail Records

This album is Trash Can Fodder and should be avoided
 On first impression, listening to the album, I was certainly able to draw comparisons to other bands of the "emo" variety, as there isn't much that sets them apart from such bands as Panic! or Say Anything. Most of the lyrics are appealing to those who tend to sing along, and they are quite...

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Makeout Party - Lengths And Limits (Album)
Make Music Collective
Session musician Henrik Irgens’ solo debut is nothing if aptly titled. The problems this album faces are the various musical factions within Henrik himself, which have all spilt out onto this record, or rather been collected from various bedroom recordings over the last two years. The young Dane...

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Henrik - Factions [album]
Lojinx Records
“It’s a battle against weak verses and big choruses and we want to make classic albums, not albums with four singles and a bunch of fillers”, explains Petter Ericson Stakee of Anglo-Swede band Alberta Cross. It’s a promising manifesto, and quite refreshing in the modern musical world where some... Music Like A Vitamin is apart of the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival and tonights event is curated by Rod Jones of Idlewild fame, he's hand-picked some of the finest performers in Scotland to perfrom in order to reduce the stigma and promote understanding about mental health through...

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Music Like A Vitamin: Vitamin A Live 9th Oct, Glasgow ABC
Feat. Sons & Daughters, Twilight Sad, Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) & Rod Jones (Idlewild)
The first track "Go Go Go" was quite impressive for a first track - I hoped that this set a precedent for the rest of the album. It is extremely catchy, the instruments are utilized well, and it's very dynamic - definitely "single material" as it would certainly sell. However there wasn't much...
Perfect for the background. This is an album that fades away while I’m doing other things, but as soon as I actually start to pay attention to the music, it starts to annoy me. I found it very easy to potter about and do other things while this album was on, but none of the tracks lured me back...

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Travis - Ode to J.Smith
Red Telephone Box, Fontana
Natty – Rescue Rooms – 09/10/2008 Live review. Tonight’s venue seemed to be filling up nicely. I walked in halfway through what looked like the lead singer from The View playing an acoustic set. But no, this was a gentle, timid, quiet and unforgettable Karmina Francis. Such a powerful voice seemed...

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Natty - Rescue Rooms Nottingham (Live)
Support from Karima Francis
Cold War Kids – Loyalty To Loyalty Released: 22nd September 2008 So, to the return of the Californian Soul four piece, Cold War Kids. If you were a fan of their debut Robbers And Cowards, then you are automatically a fan of Loyalty To Loyalty. The album is similar in many ways, yet different in...

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Cold War Kids - Loyalty To Loyalty [Album]
Second Release for the Californian Quantet
Lipona may be fairly unknown in the UK, but if they continue to produce albums like this, it won't be too long before they're well featured in the british rock scene. This is their first full-length album and they have already given themselves a challenge to better it. The album is self-released...

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Lipona - Atlas
Self Released - One of the best debut albums I've ever heard

We Recommend you buy this CD
 Rock without words…well I never! The first thing that annoyed me about this band was a quote I saw on Wikipedia: It just makes me think that they are arrogant and that they think that the people who hear their music are stupid enough to go: “urgh, no words…what going on…me no like!” GET OUT OF... 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





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