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I remember getting rather excited about The Longcut after first seeing them in 2004 on a bill with the almost-as-unknown Nine Black Alps and Bloc Party at Manchester’s Bierkeller, and then again at a house party in Withington (again with Manchester associates NBA). What excited me back then was... 'Wolf' seems to be back in fashion for band names. We have the stoner rock of Australian’s Wolfmother; arty experimentalism from America’s Wolf Parade and power-pop-punk of Wolf Am I from the UK. So what can we expect from A Wolf Like Me from Leatherhead? This becomes especially more relevant as... As I've already discussed the song in my album review I'll keep this brief. The lead single from his 7th studio album, 'Draw The Line'; 'Fugitive' is a strident piano ballad with one of Gray's most immediate melodies. The chorus is simple but effective and the lyrics (though straying a little too...
Ok, I confess, this is definitely not my cup of tea. So, in all fairness, I tried to find more information about Reign Supreme, see what others think, what the strengths and weaknesses of their album may be, what to look for, who it may appeal to. The music world seems to agree that "Testing The... What a brilliant gig. It’s not just the musicianship I’m talking about, or that bundle of emotions that pervades the entire audience when those on stage know how to capture their ears, eyes and most of all their hearts. Everything was absolutely perfect at the Forum tonight, from the choice of...

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JET [Live] @ HMV Forum, London
September 17th 2009

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 All right, you might say there are enough Greenday and Blink 182s in this world but I say hey, if they’re this good, keep them coming! “Good Views, Bad News” is the second full length from this young pop punk outfit from Oregon. The first entitled quite simply “Oregon,” had been reissued one year...
Some records just leave you flummoxed. I’d always had Carina Round pegged as a provocative noise-meister in the mould of P J Harvey, all shrieks and sharp edges but I hadn’t been following her career closely enough since her 2001 debut which gathered all those Polly Jean comparisons. Since then,... Cinders Fall hail from Essex, and "The Reckoning" EP is their second release. Not having heard them before I was not sure what to expect. The first track 'Dead Zone' starts well with guitars and drums before a really nice twin, harmony guitar riff kicks in. A classic metal sound if ever I have... Three tracks a piece then from Laotchkin and Crocus on this 'Split' EP coming out on Small Town Records. If you think Gallows are a bit girlie then this split EP is definitely for you. Lavotchkin go first starting with a ball-shaking 'You Were Dawn' and pretty much clobbering the shit out of...

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Lavotchkin / Crocus - Split [EP]
Small Town Records
Best known for the big single Torn (let’s get this out of the way early), Natalie Imbruglia is back with a new album "Come To Life." The lead single promoting the album is the Chris Martin collaboration - 'Want.' He co-wrote the song and provides keyboards and backing vocals but you wouldn’t know... The Light Streams are the latest young band out of Leeds (Yorkshire, UK) trying to find a unique new sound and stand out from the crowd. Produced by Andy Hawkins who works with The Cribs and The Pigeon Detectives, the Lost EP breathes a fresh energy into familiar territory. Throughout the four...

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The Light Streams - Lost [EP]
Self Released
To start this review I’d like to quote what the now former editor of Kerrang says on the back of the booklet that came with this album: This quote makes it seem that this album would be a throwback to the days of Kerrang The Album years ago where I got my first taste of White Zombie,...
London based Rich Nxt has released his “Opulent EP” on Sonat Recordings. This is the follow up from his last EP on UK based “Mighty Rumble Records.” Rich Nxt has now taken his sound further down the minimal house road, and to good effect. EP opener 'Dark City' begins with a lovely, bouncy house...

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Rich Nxt - Opulant [EP]
Sonat Records
STOP-LOSS MTV Films/Paramount Pictures Directed By: Kimberly Peirce Review By: Fridae Mattas

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STOP-LOSS
Fridae Mattas

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 Skunk Anansie have released 'Because Of You' as a single from their forth coming "Smashes And Thrashes" album which is a 'best of', of which this is one of three new tracks. The copy of the single has three, yes three, versions of 'Because Of You', which has absolutely no connection to the Kelly...
The only thing larger than Jean Beauvior’s ego is his hair. Though he did cut it recently, that blonde Mohawk he first started rocking in his days with the Plasmatics will haunt him forever. What a prick, and what a waste of time I’ve found myself wrapped up in with the new Crown Of Thorns album....

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Crown Of Thorns - Faith [Album]
Lost Cathedral

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 Always surprising and never a dull moment, The Beautiful Taste ensures an experience both artistic and rocking with "Of Our Cornea." As sickening an image as the title may procure, it’s nothing short of a description of the avante garde ideology that The Beautiful Taste has constructed with their... As we all know by now, music is completely subjective, splintering off into genres with its own fans for each genre, and then divided again through its sub-genres. Then within these sub-genres each artist has their own fans, not usually as exclusive as the fans of a genre, but even within a...
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...





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