When, after eight years of being called Pickled Dick, the band ditched their name in favour of Mike TV, a […]
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Back in January 2004 a copy of the debut getAmped album, Phoney Society, dropped on the doormat and straight into […]
Chinastyle combine an awesome melody and a heavy groove for their debut, ‘Trip The Light Fantastic’. Stomping drums and massive […]
Mes Memoires had already been hard at work tapping up the crowd for their set, so they had a big […]
Kunk landed on stage at Hamptons in Southampton mid-way through a tour promoting their new single, ‘We Are Not Who […]
Kunk keep it loose and scuzzy on their venomous, quirky, and, ultimately, hooky single. ‘We Are Not Who You Think […]
Rejecting a plethora of recording contracts in favour of striking out on their own label, Hill Valley Records, Plastic Toys […]
Update: The polls have now closed and the winners have been selected by your good selves. You’ll have to wait […]
The perfect choice for a festive night, youthful Jonny Dare filled the stage with tinkling electro-indie and funky trumpets. Slow […]
This CD remains available despite the fact that the band split earlier this year. The punk rock Birmingham foursome definitely […]
The wonderful crunch of ‘Love Made Visible’ sets the tone for a long-overdue return for Delays. It’s melodic, it’s got […]
Okay. Ten bands, twenty-six songs and I ain’t got the next two days free to blither on in any detail […]
Indie-disco was created for The Wombats and with The Wombats Proudly Present …A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation; they’ve […]
The Housewives are a scuzzy-pop band that tip their hats to The Doors with their sparky Hammond playing and to […]
One day, I’m sure, there will be a ‘Kat Vipers The Musical’ and it will draw on Kat’s EP discography, […]
The Bad Robots start out with ‘No Way Out’ and the phone starts ringing. Yes, it was the eighties and […]
Somehow, despite having a release date of 22nd September, it’s entirely appropriate that Achenar’s record landed on my doormat at […]
Anna Neale has been perfecting her acoustic rock sound for a while now and this EP suggests it’s a job […]
London three-piece, Kelman, have a sound comparable to Echo and the Bunnymen crossed with Nick Cave. ‘Is this how it […]
So the press release says Le Reno Amps are “the missing link between Dolly Parton and Pavement” pitching them as […]
Plucking and strumming her way through some substantial acoustic songs, Jo Bywater’s latest release is heavy with a sense of […]
Commendably avoiding the moniker of ‘The Bostons’, Big Num (Beau Boston, Luke Boston, Vic Boston and Alex ‘The Boston’ Warren) […]
Broken Jack’s Escapism EP is something of a departing shot, an epitaph to a dying band, as this Reading four […]
It’s a relief when an indie release comes into your hands nowadays with a set of songs whose lyrical inspiration […]