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We've all had those nights. It's freezing cold stood out on the pavement, you've been queueing for hours outside this roped off doorway and the last bus home left a very, very long time ago. Then a grunt from the door-ape and suddenly you're in, getting no change from a twenty but you don't care,... The Lexington has fast become a bit of a mecca for new music lovers of an indie lilt and as such proves an ideal venue for the launch of Exlovers new EP 'You Forget So Easily'. Support on the night came in the form of Babe Shadow who come with a nice jangle that lands somewhere in Albert Hammond...

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Exlovers [Live] EP launch Show - The Lexington, London
September 22nd 2009 - Support from Planet Earth, Babe Shadow
What exactly is the essence of Punk Spirit? Is it sticking a safety pin through your nostril instead of slowly eroding it with the white line? Is it the oh so fashionable Mohawk in a variety of rainbow colours that can be used to gather up phlegm at a particularly boisterous punk get together? ...

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Wave Machines - Punk Spirit [Single]
Neopolitan Recordings
Muse, on their last album 'Black Holes and Revelations' well and truly broke through into the big time. Headline slots at any festival they wanted and sold-out arena tours throughout Europe, as well as a much larger recognition of the band in the United States of America, and all it took was one... Novelty records are always fun to listen along to and maybe crack a smile. They are enjoyable for a while then they get a little tedious and usually end up being played by those tragic wedding DJ's at the end of the night. For TDLM (The Duckworth Lewis Method) these novelty songs make up the... Ever listened to an album that takes your mind off into another place? If you haven't then your best bet is to get a copy of this ten track psychological power-piece. In all honesty I haven't heard anything quite like it. Most people listen to a diverse range of genres on today's musical circuit...
It’s a nice thing when life can still surprise you and surely, I would have never expected in my life to see a massive mixed gender crowd singing all together "c’mon pretty baby suck my balls all night." It’s September 16th 2009 and I’m at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, watching a band that I first saw...

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Steel Panther - London Shepherd's Bush Empire, Sept 16th 2009 [Live]
Watch your mum dude, Steel Panther are in town!

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 Music needs to be built up of different elements and layers. They all need to gel together as one. It's no good having incisive, telling, poetic lyricism if the rest of the package is just mediocre. Or worse, dull. This Shannon Stevens album The Breadwinner is the new growth of a recording career... This album is a credit to Sights and Sounds. A brilliant album that captures the very essence of rock. This 13-track strong Album, "Monolith" is a great collective piece of work and a brilliant example of just how talented Sights and Sounds are both in terms of musical ability and song writing...

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Sights And Sounds - Monolith [Album]
United by Fate Records

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"How to do Battle" is the forth musical release from the UK’s very own Senser and is an album that is a little bit surprising to say the least. When researching this band in order to write this review my attention was drawn to their website (obviously), With the news page showing a feed regarding... Arch Enemy return with "The Root Of All Evil" which, to many people will sound like 100% new material, however this is very different. "The Root Of All Evil" minus the first and title track is completely new recordings of OLD material done during the Johan Liiva era. Musically Arch Enemy... A flowing, and at times epic, post rock endeavor from this North Carolinian trio, Gray Young. "Firmament" is moody and textural, at times dabbling in washed out vocals reminiscent of Slowdive, and at other times letting walls of sound prevail. A sense of the spiritual, and a flash of rock...
Trivium are a peculiar band. With the hidden gem that was 'Ember to Inferno' and the stunning breakthrough album 'Ascendancy' behind them, the Floridian 4-piece looked to have the world at their feet, and an almost certain path to the upper tier of the world of heavy music. However, as is so...

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Trivium - Shogun [Album]
Roadrunner

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 It's been a long time coming, but I think Sheffield saviours Arctic Monkeys have finally delivered an album which actually SOUNDS like an 'Arctic Monkeys record'. Of course many may argue that they blew their creative and critical peak with their much overrated debut album 'Whatever People Say I... Nashville based band Shirock are making a big name for themselves with their debut album "Everything Burns." Shirock didn’t stop at self-releasing their album, the band also created a non-profit organization that shares its name with their first full length album, "Everything Burns." The...
"Hello young lovers / To pick us up throw us away,” are the opening lyrics to the opening track of debut album, "The Way To Save Ourselves," by the young and promising band, None The Less. None The Less are a relatively new band hailing from Watford, England. None The Less were nominated for... Hailing from South Bay, Los Angeles California punk rockers; The Darlings have been making quite a name for themselves. With their self-titled, self produced album. The Darlings have been grabbing everyone’s attention. They have toured besides greats like Bad Religion, Social Distortion and... When it comes to singer / songwriters, "No Coincidence" by James Keen is pretty much exactly what you hope to pay for. Usually the main focus is on the vocals, and all the hard work seems to have gone into the lyrics and the story it paints for the listener. This is why the singer / songwriter...
Paper Route’s fourth album, "Absence," is finally the album that has pushed this band into being much more than just a little known band. "Absence" has given Paper Route the popularity that they truly deserve and is filled with a lush sound that is hard to pull off. Somehow these Nashville...

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Paper Route - Absence [Album]
Universal Motown Records
Exploited Ghetto Records label boss Shir Khan is a Berlin born and bred music lover who doesn’t involve himself with the Berlin “techno tribe”. Instead Shir Khan has set up a label that surrounds itself in the sometimes glorious, sometimes overtly strange nature of EBM; (electronic body music)...

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Shir Khan - Exploited [Album]
Exploited Ghetto Records
People who have read some of my other reviews would know that I’m usually very positive about anything I get passed my way. I can assure you though that there isn’t much positivity going on during "In Absence Of You" by Neverborne. Don't get me wrong, I’m sure that there is a market for this type...
Bashy, otherwise known as Ashley Thomas, is a former bus driver, and one of London’s underground Grime scene's undoubted crossover to the mainstream success stories. Not only is Bashy a rising Grime/Pop star, he is also a critically acclaimed Shakespearean actor. All this at a mere twenty three... The Christian crunk band Family Force 5 is most well known for their instant-hit debut album “Business Up Front, Party in the Back,” but Family Force 5 have changed their approach for their new record, "Dance or Die." "Dance or Die" is a much more club oriented album and is filled with funky...

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Family Force 5 - Dance or Die [Album]
Tooth and Nail Records
I’ve been to a lot of gigs in my life, the standard of which has varied greatly. I’ve seen works of genius from living legends, experienced sheer boredom from artists who should never be unleashed on the public, and just about everything in-between. Concentrating on the gigs that were memorable...
After buying the first Wye Oak CD 'If Children' more or less because I liked the cover, I've been quietly blown away by both Wye Oak's albums. This year's 'The Knot' is perhaps less immediate but is hugely repaying the attention it demanded from me the first time it locked me in the car and made...

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Wye Oak [Live] Scala London
Monday 14 Sept 2009
Since the band's unexpected success of 'American Idiot' it finally meant that Green Day were taken more seriously, and they seemed to have become a little bit more serious themselves as well. The humour so proudly present on their breakthrough album "Dookie" and the fun still present as late as... Metallica have through the years gained the reputation of being – shall we say – a ‘marmite’ band. You either love ‘em or hate ‘em, with little middle ground. This of course is a testament to them being one of the world’s most innovative rock bands, with several distinct changes in their sound from...
Vocalist Ann Yu leads her musical army Lovelikefire into the 21st century with debut UK Album "Tear Ourselves Away." Lovelifefire come to us from the gambling state of Las Vegas and with friends like the Killers offering support, it will come as no surprise to us listeners that this will be the... Law Abiding Citizens seem to be the offspring of the British punk scene of the 1970’s. From the 1st second of 'Little L,' the slightly miss-tuned and high-end tone of the guitars take you right back to the glory days of MANY of the greats such as The Clash and The Jam whilst at the same time... Australian rockers JET are finally back with their third full length "Shaka Rock," and no, there isn’t an 'Are you gonna be my girl,' but then again I still have my copy of "Get Born" for that. What matters is that we have twelve new original JET songs and eight out of the twelve are damn good...

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JET - Shaka Rock [Album]
Real Horrorshow Records / EMI
Umek (Uros Umek) is probably Eastern Europe's most famous musical export. He is probably personally responsible for influencing a great horde of new dance artists from that part of the world, and rightfully so. Umek began has trade in Disc Jockeying way back in 1993 and rode the wave of the...

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Umek - ?HellYeah [Album]
Hell Yeah Records
"Live For Today. Hope For Tomorrow". Is that supposed to be cheesy? Instead of a track-listing on the rear of the 'Brave Enough To Fail' EP sleeve; More Than Life choose some thought provoking words. Original? Um, debatable, the same goes for their painful action packed songs. Immediately Gallows... Listening to Mel Keith and the Strombachs opening track - 'Is Anyone Here' - I can see why the promo self titled 8-track CD I've been sent has a sticker that says 'for fans of Lucinda Williams, Sheryl Crow and Kathleen Edwards' - much as I resent being put into a box like that. It's got a bit of a...

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Mel Keith and the Strombachs - Self Titled [EP]
MerleSong / Dangerous Parade
Officer Kicks certainly have been busy over the summer. Playing a number of festivals over the UK including Bestival and the world renowned Glastonbury Festival to name a few. Not to mention a tour of their own and being signed to a UK and Japanese label earlier in the year. Things are certainly...

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Officer Kicks - The Kraken [Single]
We Make Things Records
I was intrigued by this double CD from Drum Dynasty. Intrigued because I am a lapsed (to some extent) drummer, intrigued because although I am a drummer, I have seen very few drum solos that haven't bored me to tears after the first three minutes. OK, so Neil Peart's Solo, from Rush, made me feel... Pearl Jam are not a fashionable band to like, let alone love. In fact, one of my closest friends counts Pearl Jam amongst his favourite bands and he gets nothing but stick for it from all sides. Dig a little deeper and you'll find the roots of a classic rock band firmly in place. The hit debut,...
I had heard a great deal about Set Your Goals preluding to this gig, funnily enough exclusively from the male gender of my friends. Well, it's not that funny really if you think about it; an American punk band with elements of hardcore and screamo? Sounds pretty testosterone aimed to me. A friend...

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Set Your Goals @ The Relentless Garage, London [Live]
31st August 2009, support This City and Fail Safe

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 We're on familiar ground here with The Gaslight Anthems latest single from their breakthrough '59 Sound' album. I can't mention this song (and this band) without bringing up the obvious Springsteen influence, it's just too obvious and all encompassing to ignore. What The Gaslight Anthem have... Some people love to slag Scarborough off, and this makes me angry. I was born in the town, I have moved away from the town on numerous occasions, but I always come back. Some of the locals will tell you there's nothing to do; well I'm sorry there's plenty to do in the town and surrounding area. ...
I love getting new music on on Atlantic Records. For me that has immediate connection to classy stuff like Led Zeppelin or Aretha Franklin - and in any case you hope they're not going to put out any old toss. I had not even heard of Laura Izibor, much less heard her stuff so it's so nice to... Do you enjoy blasting a catchy song on your car stereo and drumming with your hands on your steering wheel as you speed down the road? Are you the type of person who frequently belts out an off key version of an infectious pop tune when you're taking a shower and you know you are the only one... Hey Negrita are a transatlantic (literally) roots-rock band - and as well as straddling continents (members hailing from America and the UK) they straddle genres: a bit Americana, a bit country, a bit rock ‘n’ roll. They have a reputation for raucous live shows including support slots with fellow...
Punk rock is a tricky genre of music to dissect. In one corner, you have the punk rock bands who talk about current affairs, politics and worldwide issues within their music and make albums dedicated to these controversial topics. Albums such as “Sandinista”, “For Blood And Empire” and more... The Black Lips have been known to court controversy. Their live shows have, at one point or another included vomiting, urination, nudity, (straight, male) band members kissing, eletric mini-car races, fireworks, a chicken, and flaming guitars. They were even chased out of India for performing... Lost Prophets have had a phenomenal track record. Their first album ‘The Fake Sound Of Progress’ put them on the map here in the UK. Their second, ‘Start Something’ made them international icons and superstars, and their third ‘Liberation Transmission’ went to number one in the charts. Not bad...

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LostProphets @ Newport Center, Newport [Live]
August 27th 2009, Support The Dead Formats and The Young Guns

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