Album Review – The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams
The Hold Steady return in a hail of guitars. Great, that’s exactly what I want from The Hold Steady. As much as they’ve engaged my enthusiasm for wordy guitar rock…
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Listen: Elvis Dracula – I May Be Dead (But I Still Can Love)
It’s not often that I’m lost for words. But I’m a bit stumped at the moment. In a nutshell we have one third of the horror punk trio, Drunken Draculas,…
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News: US punks Tweens to release self-titled debut LP
For a young band on the first steps of their career, there can be nothing better than receiving accolades and support from those that have ‘made it’. Take The Tweens…
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Video: Ratking featuring King Krule – So Sick Stories
A slower slice of troubling hip-hop, following the paranoid claustrophobia of “100”. NYC’s new rap heroes mix it up with London’s King Krule. The video for “So Sick Stories” puts…
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Video: Maids – Bandits
Turns out that this is exactly what I needed this Thursday night: gentle, wistful electro-pop, and an aqua-aerobics video to boot. Midwest Disco indeed. Des Moines, Iowa is something of…
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DVD Review: Klown
I’m not sure whether it’s the cold or the enthusiastic participation in the consumption of hard liquor, but the Northern and Eastern Europeans have a very odd sense of humour.…
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A Buyers Guide to Progressive Rock
Progressive Rock, much like Dr Who, was far more enjoyable in the 70s. While it is undeniably glossier these days, it has lost much of the intangible brilliance that caught…
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Track: L A C E D release the shimmering Shoegaze of Celeste
Birmingham five piece L A C E D have followed up last years Jade Vine with a new track, Celeste. Its taken from their forthcoming EP, New Bloom, out soon…
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Track: The Moons – ‘Heart And Soul’ plus Spring Tour dates
The Kinks were a pretty big band back in the day. And The Zombies were pretty awesome too. Agreed? Thought you would. So you’d probably agree that members of both…
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News: Broken Hands announce UK Tour dates
Since we last wrote about Broken Hands it’s all been going a little bit crazy. A few weeks back their single, ‘No One Left To Meet’, started getting loads of…
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