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Be Your Own Pet - Adventure
Be your own PET "Adventure" XL Single Review In music terms, Nashville, Tennessee, is most commonly associated with country music, but there's little of this to be found from be your own PET. The quartet...
Review posted on 6th March 2006
The Bleeding Hearts - You Bring Me To My Knees
The Bleeding Hearts "You Bring Me To My Knees" Mother Tongue Single Review Based in London, The Bleeding Hearts are a quintet who are quite difficult to define musically. In their own words, "You won't...
Review posted on 6th March 2006
The Magic Numbers - I See You, You See Me
The Magic NumbersI See You, You See MeHeavenlyThis quartet comprising of two sets of siblings have had great success with their self-titled debut record, entering the Top Ten album chart on its release in June...
Review posted on 28th February 2006
Gemma Hayes - Undercover
Gemma HayesUndercoverIslandBefore the likes of KT Tunstall and Katie Melua made female singer-songwriters cool again, Gemma Hayes was already garnering plaudits for her work, including a Mercury prize nomination for "Night On My Side". The...
Review posted on 28th February 2006
Gliss - The Roadhouse Manchester
Gliss The RoadhouseManchesterFriday 24/02/06Live ReviewBehind the makeshift merchandise counter is a pretty blonde huddled into a huge winter coat, looking like she'd rather be anywhere else but this dingy and chilly bar. On closer inspection...
Review posted on 27th February 2006
Idiot Pilot - Strange We Should Meet Here
Idiot Pilot "Strange We Should Meet Here"Album ReviewRepriseIdiot Pilot are a duo with two very easily defined roles within the band. Michael Harris' role, as they put it on their site, is "pretty vocals", while...
Review posted on 27th February 2006
Celebration - Celebration
CelebrationCelebration4ADThe foundations of Celebration were formed when vocalist Katrina Ford met multi-instrumentalist Sean Antanaitis in high school, and percussionist David Bergander completes the band's numbers. Before making music together, Ford had been in a number...
Review posted on 20th February 2006
Jack Johnson - And Friends
Jack Johnson And FriendsSing-A-Longs And Lullabies for the film Curious GeorgeAlbum ReviewIslandIt is testament to the rise of Jack Johnson that he was chosen to produce the soundtrack to "Curious George" (which features the talents...
Review posted on 15th February 2006
The Feeling - Sewn
The FeelingSewnSingle ReviewIslandHaving met at college in Croydon, five-piece The Feeling are purveyors of the soft-rock sound that is currently saturated thanks to the mind-numbing success of Coldplay. They cite 10CC and Supertramp amongst their...
Review posted on 13th February 2006
Gliss - Rugby Road
Gliss Rugby RoadSingle ReviewTough CookieFollowing the brilliant "Blue Sky", "Rugby Road" is the second UK release from Los Angeles' Gliss. In America they've gained a cult following on the strength of their "Kick In Your...
Review posted on 13th February 2006
Orson - No Tomorrow
OrsonNo TomorrowSingle ReviewMercuryNamed after Hollywood legend Orson Welles, Texan Jason Pebworth formed this quintet in 2000, having spent years in various theatre productions. He describes the band's sound as, "guitar rock but we have that...
Review posted on 13th February 2006
The Darkness - Is It Just Me?
The Darkness "Is It Just Me?"Single ReviewAtlanticThe build-them-up-knock-them-down attitude of the British press always ensured that The Darkness wouldn't receive the hype that first welcomed the quartet from East Anglia. That's not to say that...
Review posted on 13th February 2006
Living Things - Bom Bom Bom
Living ThingsBom Bom BomSingle ReviewRed InkBrothers Lillian, Eve, and Bosh Berlin make up three-quarters of Living Things, having left stagnant St. Louis as teenagers for the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles. They played the...
Review posted on 13th February 2006
Jack Johnson - Better Together
Jack JohnsonBetter TogetherSingle ReviewBrushfireDespite not having had chart success with his singles, Jack Johnson's "In Between Dreams" record has been in the UK's top ten albums and continues to sell – all the more amazing...
Review posted on 13th February 2006
The Rise - New Situation
The RiseNew SituationInitially conceived by teammates of a Sunday league football team toward the end of 2004, The Rise formed with the ambition of creating the old-school indie music that somehow seemed to vanish with...
Review posted on 1st February 2006
The like - Are You Thinking What I'm thinking
The Like"Are You Thinking What I'm thinking?"GeffenReleased 13/03/06It would be easy to dismiss L.A. trio The Like at first glance – attractive young girls who play their own instruments is hardly an original concept. Bands...
Review posted on 1st February 2006
The Lights - Grand Union
The Lights "Grand Union"Album ReviewSeecaThe Lights may feature the dual vocals of Imogen Andrews and Ryan Caine, but their music is very much the product of Matthew Lester. Written, recorded, and produced by Lester in...
Review posted on 23rd January 2006
Lovedrug - Pretend You're Alive
LovedrugPretend You're AliveThe Militia GroupAlbum ReviewFormed in June 2002, Ohio quartet Lovedrug took only 2 months before releasing their first EP. Fronted by Michael Shepard, they've shared stages with Something Corporate, The Killers, and the...
Review posted on 19th January 2006
The Lights - Good As It Gets
The Lights"Good As It Gets"SeecaSingle ReviewReleased 23/01/06The man behind The Lights is Mat Lester, who has previously worked under the name of Monoman. With the help of friends Imogen Andrews and Ryan Caine, The Lights...
Review posted on 18th January 2006
Weather - Calling Up My Bad Side
Weather Calling Up My Bad SideCake RecordsAlbum ReviewWeather originated in Salt Lake City, but upon relocating to record their debut album they were knocked back by the decision of their bassist to quit. With 40...
Review posted on 18th January 2006
Protocol - Where's The Pleasure?
Protocol"Where's The Pleasure?"Polydor23/01/06Single ReviewLondon-based quintet Protocol formed in 2003, bonding over their mutual love of pop music from the likes of Madonna, David Bowie, and Roxy Music. They've had high profile support slots – toward...
Review posted on 17th January 2006
INXS - Switch
INXS"Switch"SonyReleased 23/01/06When Michael Hutchence was found dead in a hotel room in 1997, the other members of INXS lost a childhood friend, their frontman, and a key songwriter, while the world was left without a...
Review posted on 17th January 2006
The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
The Kooks"Inside In/Inside Out"VirginReleased 23/01/06The first time that Brighton quartet The Kooks played together, they knocked out a cover of The Strokes' "Reptilia". They've come a long way since then, becoming darlings of the music...
Review posted on 17th January 2006
Starsailor - This Time
Starsailor"This Time"EMI23/01/06When James Walsh and his band mates sold over 1 million copies of their debut record "Love Is Here", life must have been pretty cosy. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that the popularity...
Review posted on 17th January 2006
Bon Jovi - Welcome To Wherever You Are
Bon Jovi"Welcome To Wherever You Are"Mercury30/01/06Credit where it's due, to last 20 years in the music business you've got to consistently make music that many people enjoy. Since debuting with "7800 Degrees Fahrenheit" in 1985...
Review posted on 17th January 2006
Embrace - Manchester Evening News Arena, 16/12/05
EmbraceManchester Evening News Arena16/12/05The question that was glossed onto everybody's lips like Bet Lynch lippy, was can the down to earth Yorkshireman pull it off in front of a large crowd in an arena? The...
Review posted on 21st December 2005
Gwen Stefani - Luxurious
Gwen Stefani"Luxurious"InterscopeReleased 05/12/2005SingleIt's been over a year since Gwen Stefani unleashed her first efforts outside of her band No Doubt, and it's fair to say her success has been nothing short of spectacular. "Love Angel...
Review posted on 7th December 2005
Feeder - Goldie Looking Chain, Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
Feeder, Goldie Looking ChainEmpress Ballroom, BlackpoolTuesday November 29th.Live ReviewAfter releasing their latest album "Pushing The Senses" at the beginning of 2005, Feeder spent much of the summer supporting rock giants U2 and R.E.M, while also...
Review posted on 5th December 2005
The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back
The Darkness"One Way Ticket To Hell… And Back."Must Destroy/AtlanticAlbum ReviewIn the two years since the release of their debut record, things have changed vastly for The Darkness. Like many acts before them, they went from...
Review posted on 2nd December 2005
Stereophonics - Rewind
Stereophonics"Rewind"V2Released 21/11/2005Single reviewThe fifth album from Stereophonics, "Language. Sex. Violence. Other?" was hailed as a return to form, and even gave the band their first chart-topping single after nearly a decade in the music business....
Review posted on 24th November 2005
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