High profile support slots can either promote you to a similar platform as the main act stands upon, or it can leave you feeling like a Guantanamo Bay detainee; judged without a full and proper trial.
Unfortunately, for the quirky Norwegian, Ida Maria the lairy and expectant crowds that gathered to see The Courteeners when she last visited the UK, had expectations that weren’t... [ more ]
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LATEST REVIEWS
Ida Maria @ Club Academy, Manchester
Sun, 23rd November 2008
High profile support slots can either promote you to a similar platform as the main act stands upon, or it can leave you feeling like a Guantanamo Bay... [ more ]
Written by Dave Adair
I Am Ghost - Bone Garden
Fri, 21st November 2008
Lacerating Long Beach gang I Am Ghost, Continue to hammer home their growing importance on the post-hardcore scene. ‘Bone Garden’, is another grizzly... [ more ]
Written by Dave Adair
Malena - Fried Samba
Thu, 20th November 2008
Funky lounge/jungle rhythms trot along in a friendly enough manner without being all that captivating and a confusing wind element doesn’t do a create... [ more ]
Written by Dave Adair
Nick Harrison - Something Special
Tue, 18th November 2008
Funky guitar trotter, Nick Harrison is as equally crisp as he is rugged and he makes use of a tempo building element to elevate his slightly leery,... [ more ]
Written by Dave Adair
Enter Shikari - We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don’t Want Us to Escape
Tue, 18th November 2008
Enter Shikari burst onto the UK music scene in 2006, with their debut ‘Take To The Skies’ receiving vast critical acclaim for its original fusion of... [ more ]
Written by Tom Goodwin
Trost - Trust Me
Tue, 18th November 2008
To produce an album so packed with fresh ideas and innovative ideas is surely a measure of Annika Line Trost’s (member of electro pop act Cobra Killer)... [ more ]
Written by Tom Goodwin
The Gaslight Anthem - Old White Lincoln
Mon, 17th November 2008
These New Jersey trundle rockers bring together the atmospheric tug of The Sonic Youth and a clearly pitched, but slowed down and a slight soulful pounce... [ more ]
Written by Dave Adair
Nelly - Brass Knuckles
Mon, 17th November 2008
While the musical world of hip-hop has been booming in recent years, it seems that the quality control has been doing exactly the opposite, the over... [ more ]
Written by Glen Byford
AC/DC - No Bull: The Directors Cut
Mon, 17th November 2008
What exactly do you want from a live recording? Surely the two don’t mix, you can never replicate actually being there, the smells and sounds, the pushing... [ more ]
Written by Mark Cooper
Bear Hands @ Dirty Boots @ Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, London
Sun, 16th November 2008
Dirty Boots is fast becoming London's most interesting new band club night. Having already hosted the buzz of the Golden Silvers, White Denim and Cage... [ more ]
Written by Ben Rimmer
Howling Bells with Mercury Rev @ Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Sun, 16th November 2008
Australia doesn't do style, in music or fashion. The men insist on speedos, the bands on brainless rock leaving only Nick Cave to inspire. It seems... [ more ]
Written by Ben Rimmer
The Chemists - Radio Booth
Sun, 16th November 2008
Eddie Vedder fronting Joy Division is not your average description for a modern band. The Chemists’ experimenting seems to have paid off with ‘Radio... [ more ]
Written by Dave Adair
Pete And The Pirates @ The Fly, London
Fri, 14th November 2008
With Pete And The Pirates headlining Glasswerk’s brand new club night, Revelry in Reading on November 20th we sent one of our men down to the Fly on... [ more ]
Written by Richard Bowes
Taste Of Chaos Tour @ Manchester Academy 2
Wed, 12th November 2008
I’m not going to lie, a venue so small, and some bands so big; it was supposed to be the rockstar event of the year, and Manchester would be my time... [ more ]
Written by Jessica Kempner
Cranes - Cranes
Wed, 12th November 2008
Starting perplexingly enough to assure fans that they are indeed listening to the Cranes, A backwards musicbox prelude leads into this wonderful new... [ more ]
Written by Steven Hurst
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