Friends of Ken appear to have friends in high places, with Steve Lamacq and BBC 6Music both championing this debut […]
Welcome to Glasgow, and what a typically beautiful day it is. The sun is hiding, the wind is blowing, and […]
Upon entry into Southampton’s Joiners, you instantly notice the trendy clothes, hairstyles and general attitudes of this young generation of […]
Before getting into the usual CD reviewing formalities, it’s important just to mention how freaking awesome these guys are live. […]
Before researching Pretty Trash, I thought that this must have been one of their first live shows, but apparently not. […]
I’ve never described a dark punk band as ‘fun’ before. ‘Entertaining’, yes. ‘Amusing’, on the odd occasion. But never ‘fun’. […]
I guess there is a kind of emotional truth to the clumsy, half-baked intensity with which this band interprets the […]
In my other life (as frontman for Southampton band Freeslave) I had the pleasure of witnessing this lot play an […]
The Wombats are one of those bands who just seem unable to do any wrong at the moment. Lauded at […]
In a world where singer-songwriters are packaged, marketed and sold in supermarkets, Toby Keane is really quite refreshing. His blend […]
The name of this band describes perfectly what they are – a calculated and a very targeted answer to the […]
It’s not very often that you find a new band that refuse to fit into any category, and if you […]
Hailing from Brighton, I’d have hoped Two Spot Gobi would have reached my musical radar before now, but no. It […]
This EP starts off well enough, kicking in with some very fashionable synth stylings – ‘ah, new wave!’ you might […]
Vamps and Gypsies stick a knife in the egos of other UK underground rock bands by flaunting a singer who […]
In the spirit of the man Doherty, whose band Babyshambles are headlining tonight’s gig, I attempt to romanticise London in […]
Getting hit in the face with a shovel isn’t most people’s idea of a refreshing change. But when it’s a […]
Out From Animals describe themselves as rock and roll electronica. Here, we have a Ronseal band – it does exactly […]
An interesting set this. On the way back from a spell in China, Pare found himself on a train surrounded […]
When new album ‘9’ arrived through my letterbox, I was very excited, to say the least. Upon listening to the […]
Talk about breaking the mould! Indeed, Static Zi delivers eight amazing tracks to the audience from his User Friendly EP. […]
The phrase ‘electronic post-hardcore’ might throw up images of headbanging Goths in a rock club to most. In the case […]
Through the Square Window is, in fact, a one-man band; namely, Keith Harrison at the helm of this synth-pop electrobeat […]
I’ll be honest – I don’t understand it. Why spend an exorbitant amount of money pressing up and packaging a […]