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Munich - Where Are You Now?
All male Brighton 5 piece Munich already sound like they've been compiled as someone's idea of a dream super group. With a line up that includes Weller, McKeown, Holmes, Howland and Slade you'd be forgiven...
Review posted on 8th November 2010
Jon Thorne - Watching The Well
'Watching The Well' is an album written by Lamb bassist Jon Thorne. It is played by Jon Thorne and Pentangle bassist Danny Thompson, a man considered by Thorne to be his long term mentor. The...
Review posted on 8th November 2010
Concretes - WYWH
Your starter for 10; What do The Concretes have in common with Judith Charmers (No knickers required!), Fred Durst and Pink Floyd? Well, for the most part, according to founding member Lisa, it's that they...
Review posted on 4th November 2010
The Good The Bad - From 001 To 017
Vikings, Bacon and Lego, a well known trio hailing from Denmark. The Good The Bad; Adam, Manoj (Ex-Raveonettes) and Johan, a less well known Danish threesome who "would like to share The New School Surf...
Review posted on 4th November 2010
Warpaint - The Fool
I have not seen a 'Smash Hits' style interview with Warpaint as yet so unfortunately I cannot let you know what their favourite cereal is. (I'd guess it's not Alpen). I don't know what they...
Review posted on 3rd November 2010
Phantom - Smoke & Mirrors
When was the last time you bought an album consisting of 2 distinct movements on either side with 'songs' tenuously held within the fabric of the music? There are not many Prog-Rock acts recording mammoth...
Review posted on 21st October 2010
Naive New Beaters - Wallace
Naive New Beaters are an infectious riot of comically injected 'Hip-Pop' or 'Rap-Rock' dependant on their want. The French/American outfit have at least one foot on the laughter pedal throughout their debut album 'Wallace'. Originally...
Review posted on 21st October 2010
Louis Eliot & The Embers - Kittow's Moor
Blue blooded Plymouth boy Louis Eliot has certainly managed to unshackle himself from his former Brit-Pop incarnations in Kinky Machine and Rialto. 'Kittow's Moor' sees Eliot, and his newish band, The Embers, follow up Louis's...
Review posted on 18th October 2010
Frankie Rose & The Outs - Frankie Rose & The Outs
Having tried her hand(s), with a modicum of success, as well as lavish critical acclaim and a loyal fan base in each instance, one time drummer Frankie Rose has decided it's time to up sticks...
Review posted on 11th October 2010
Antony and the Johnsons - Swanlights
The first time I heard Antony & The Johnson's properly was midmorning in February 2005 driving from Newark to Nottingham. Jo Whiley was in her Radio 1 slot and introduced the extraordinary song 'Hope There's...
Review posted on 6th October 2010
Musee Mecanique - Fit & Starts
Believe It Or Not, Musee Mecanique are named after a museum of mechanical toys, from 'Hand cranked music boxes to video games', located at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. (Could have been worse, they might...
Review posted on 4th October 2010
El Guincho - Pop Negro
'An artist who cannot be pigeonholed' is the way that Rough Trade has chosen to describe El Guincho. This amused me slightly as El Guincho, 'The Black-Headed Gull', used a parrot as cover art for...
Review posted on 29th September 2010
Ok Go - White Knuckles
Out Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, the album from which White Knuckles is taken, was released in February this year to a generally positive reception. It was subsequently re-released in April (After the...
Review posted on 29th September 2010
Salem - King Night
Before you read on you should be aware that this has nothing to do with an Israeli Death Metal band or a Heavy Metal band from Hull. Obviously Salem is chosen a lot (apologies) as...
Review posted on 27th September 2010
Burn The Fleet - Black Holes
'Burn the fleet and ruin France? That were worse than fifty Hogues!' A 19th Century Robert Browning poem may be an unusual source of inspiration from which an Alternative/Rock, Post Hard-core band have chosen to...
Review posted on 23rd September 2010
Fenech-Soler - Fenech-Soler
From the banks of a brook betwixt sand stone cottages on the outskirts of Rockingham Forest, somewhere between Corby and Peterborough, is an unlikely setting for a hotbed of potent pop talent. Kings Cliffe in...
Review posted on 23rd September 2010
Losers - Beautiful Losers
Whistle posse make some noise....... As Ms Chrissie Hynde so eloquently put it many years ago..'It's a thin line between love and hate' and whilst hate may be an all too extreme emotion to be...
Review posted on 15th September 2010
The Duke & The King - Long Live The Duke & The King
The Duke & King follow up their highly regarded debut, of barely a year ago, 'Nothing Gold Can Stay', with their sophomore album Long Live The Duke & The King. The four grifters from New...
Review posted on 9th September 2010
Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids/Color Your Life
Hailing from New York, Long Island/Brooklyn, Twin Sister are Andrea, Dev, Gabe, Eric & Bryan. They all met through gigging in the local area with other bands (And boy do there seem to be an...
Review posted on 7th September 2010
Dr John - Tribal
If you sound this good approaching your 70th birthday, you'll have an awful lot to be thankful for. After fifty years recording Dr John is still able to deliver. Sounding as good as ever, Dr...
Review posted on 27th August 2010
Dance To The Radio - Still Occupied Though You Forgot
"Dancing at the disco bumper to bumper, wait a minute where's me jumper?" Twenty plus years on and it would appear little has changed at the Indie disco. The songs maybe slightly less humorous but...
Review posted on 25th August 2010
Pete Lawrie - All That We Keep
Pete Lawrie, no not the Irish Golfer, or Austrian American actor famed for his sinister or mysterious characters (That's spelt Lorre, I knew that!) drives East down the M4 to hole up in the big...
Review posted on 11th August 2010
Delta Maid - Broken Branches
Can a biologist breathe new life into the Blues? Can a singer from the Deep South do justice to a Country & Blue Grass tinged song book, when the deep south she hails from is,...
Review posted on 10th August 2010
Larsen B - Musketeer
Naming your band after a collapsed Ice Shelf that was then subsequently remembered in a British Sea Power song might seem contrived enough. This album, the follow up their previous 2 EP's, delivered over the...
Review posted on 9th August 2010
Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws
I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose was a fantastic album. As a debut it bordered on superb. What made it great was its individuality and character. Jack Steadman's vocals in particular were...
Review posted on 9th August 2010
Secret Garden Party - Huntingdon, 22-25th July 2010
The Secret Garden Party came into bloom once more during a generally glorious July weekend. 15,000 people, or Gardeners as they are affectionately known, gathered in the fields around an ornate and picturesque lake to...
Review posted on 2nd August 2010
Rose Elinor Dougall - Without Why
Having successfully managed to squeeze herself from the creative, creditable but ultimately underappreciated constraints of The Pipettes, Brighton Etch-A-Sketch expert Rose Elinor Dougall releases her debut solo album, 'Without Why'. 24 year old Dougall has...
Review posted on 21st July 2010
Wilder - Girls vs Boys
Bristol four piece Wilder look likely contenders to rejuvenate a flagging music scene in the one time epicentre of trip-hop cool. With a musical heritage centred around big players like Massive Attack, Tricky and Portishead,...
Review posted on 21st July 2010
Lounge On The Farm - Merton Farm, Canterbury, Kent Live Review
In the blazing 35 degree heat burning down on the South East country side Lounge On The Farm 2010 put on its biggest, and arguably best, spectacle to date to help celebrate birthday number 5....
Review posted on 15th July 2010
Suzanne Vega - Close-Up. Vol. 1, Love Songs
MTV Unplugged was a great idea. Strip down the sound of your favourite band and have them play, usually, quite out of character. Throw in the odd quirky and inventive cover and hear their reminiscences...
Review posted on 9th July 2010
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Leisure Festival - Dreamland in Margate
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Pretty Fierce talk to us about collaborating with Doja Cat, emetophobia, arena tours and staying "true to yourself" [EXCLUSIVE]
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Will Varley & Jack Valero - The Astor Theatre Deal Live Review
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
WYSE talks to us about her "form of synaesthesia", collaborating with Radiohead's Thom York and the prospect of touring with a band [EXCLUSIVE]
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
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Bay Bryan talks to us about being a "wee queer ginger", singing with Laura Marling and being inspired by Matilda [EXCLUSIVE]
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Keelan X talks to us about staying true to "your creative vision", collaborating with Giorgio Moroder and being "a yoga nut" [EXCLUSIVE]
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
![Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]](https://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/homepage/luke-de-sciscio-abof-a.jpg "Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]")
Luke De-Sciscio talks to us about having the courage to be yourself, forgiving that which is outside of one's control and following whims [EXCLUSIVE]
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Annie Elise talks to us about the challenges a female producer has to face and "going through a year of grief and sickness" [EXCLUSIVE]
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
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