Drive Thru Records have got a reputation that includes up-tempo pop punk and EMO bands, wild tours and dedicated fans. […]
My Device are an explosive cacophony of indie-fuzz. It’s all sharp-corners, uncomfortable twists and uneven surfaces like an artistic furniture […]
So The Beatles turn up and start to play a jangly, sombre version of Sgt Peppers, and before your very […]
There’s a fair spread of style on offer on this emotive album, with an undercurrent of alternative rock that underpins […]
Now, I’m not the most talented bloke in the world. In fact, unless there’s a great demand for the ability […]
Idiot3 is brought to life in this single courtesy of atmospheric guitars, big melodies and a bass line that drives […]
As a preview to their debut studio album which has been chalked up for January 2007, Rip It Up popped […]
How can I describe this record? That’s a rhetorical question, in case you were one of the cynical people who […]
Dialog have three very distinct tracks to offer on their latest release and they’re all so good, that it’s difficult […]
That was quick. I popped the record on, got my ass lined up to the butt-shaped depression on my favourite […]
As a writer, you become very conscious when you keep on saying the same thing. However, bands like Franz Ferdinand […]
This record arrived just in time for me. I thought I was becoming something of a chauvinist as every band […]
It’s nice when a band does the whole electronica thing with a view to producing a decent song or two. […]
The Isle of Sheppey isn’t renowned for it’s contributions to the world of music, with only Michael Crawford on the […]
For me, it’s always been a toss-up between ‘Go Slow’ and ‘Stunning’ when it comes to choosing the best song […]
It’s an enigmatic start to proceedings; ‘Let me tell you what this is. This is my passion. This is my […]
Oh you little tease… a little bit of a guitar and a chap in the background asking whether we’re ready […]
This is a strange mix. It’s a weird electronic bass line over a straight sounding drum machine with synth strings; […]
The Black Ramps are the wiry cousins of all that American messy-indie from the nineties. Pavement, The Pixies, Violent Femmes… […]
All guitars contain, somewhere within their depths, such a myriad of sounds it’s possible to spend hours playing with knobs, […]
Promise comes in many forms. Sometimes it’s a killer vocal, other times it’s a particularly outstanding song. For The Dawn […]
Buswell did quite well with their first single, getting to the top spot in the Amazon pre-order chart and popping […]
The Misnomer have done very little wrong on this mini-LP. Getting down to the important business of rocking without pretentious […]
Fair enough – I can hear the question before you even say it out loud; Why on earth are we […]