Retro-modern rockers, Zero Point Field, have been around for just over a year. With influences drawn from Sabbath and Led […]
When you hear the words beautiful and feet in the same sentence, you won’t be likely to see my name […]
Singer / songwriter / teenager, Francesca Berlin, has hit the ground running with a series of studio recordings and live […]
Schoolyard Fashionistas’ demo kicks off with possibly the catchiest track on the CD, ‘Eye for an Eye’. A Killers influence […]
Quartershade’s ‘Machines to Live In’ is something novel; music with real emotion. Good vocals and professional music are clear from […]
The latest offering from five-piece Hertfordshire-based band, Rotating Leslie had my toe tapping within a few seconds. Opening with a […]
Every once in a while you review something out-of-the-ordinary, like this three-track demo from ‘Rockidle’, the musical alter-ego of Derek […]
Rat:Daddy may have been quiet for a few months, but they are back now with a series of live shows […]
Despite having chosen a band name that falls halfway between cheesy and cringe-worthy, Sintuition’s music is an uncompromising metal onslaught […]
The Authentic’s fifth release ‘Back Down to Earth’ could be a clear hit with a teenage audience given its energetic, […]
Having met up at the University of Reading (presumably in the Student Union Bar), Jonny, Joe, Chris, and Laurence decided […]
Never judge a book by its cover. For example, when I turned over the cover of this CD and looked […]
Snatching at the heels of ‘Life Support’, ‘Satellites’ is the second single from Edinburgh-based Graystar. After an interesting and appropriately […]
Gosport based electro-goth three-piece, The Cancer Project, have been plying their industrial rock-metal sound in nearby Portsmouth for a couple […]
Following on from the rather successful ‘AOK’ album, Fleeing New York have returned with a double a-side in the form […]
Dead!Dead!Dead! are back with their second EP and in keeping with their trademark arty / dark / pop approach, every […]
With some tasty erotic cover-art balanced by a title that falls a long way short of rolling off the tongue […]
Sion have played so many gigs over the past year the Ministry of Transport is considering levying an additional ‘band-van’ […]
With a gut-turning image of Kylie and Jason from their big-hair era, surrounded by a big heart, and carrying the […]
Contagious Vibes have crafted a stylish soulful sound that transports you to a dimly lit smoky jazz club, where cool […]
Arriving from Belfast resplendent with a black CD, this The Betes Noires’ offering combines their first three EPs onto one […]
Soma High are a Southampton trio with an atmospheric rock sound. Having formed in 2003 and worked their way to […]
What can you say about Scarlet Soho that hasn’t already been said? Well, not much, because so many people are […]
The last time Shard sent us a CD they included a quirky biography and a collection of images as confusing […]