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Chief - Breaking Walls
With the obligatory Glastonbury gig now ticked off in their things to do list Chief can once again concentrate on all things pertaining to the eagerly awaited debut LP entitled Modern Rituals. Teasing you with...
Review posted on 5th July 2010
The Superimposers - Sunshine Pops
From Bournemouth to Brixton, from Wichita, via LA, to Wonderful Sound Records. Combining a Joke Shop Manager (He was a manager of a joke shop not a....)/Car Mechanic/Fish Monger with an Avant Garde Art Student...
Review posted on 1st July 2010
Lone Wolf - The Devil And I
Lupin* lover who finds difficulty in perfecting the technique of playing the guitar standing up and then having to adopt a suitable musicians stance releases his first full length album under his adopted title of...
Review posted on 25th June 2010
Grace Potter - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Having recently reviewed the first single, 'Tiny Light', from Miss Potter and her band of insomniacs I am very pleasantly surprised by the album from which it was borne. Surprised mainly by their energy and...
Review posted on 24th June 2010
Milk White White Teeth - Ingrid Won't Smile
Leeds based 8 piece collective who list ten band members and say they have more in common with Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds than Arcade Fire take inspiration from cheese, Kurt Cobain and strawberry...
Review posted on 22nd June 2010
Feeder - Renegades
Having road-tested their new material with a couple of low-key tours earlier in the year, Feeder now present their seventh studio album on their own Big Teeth Music label.The band have recruited a new drummer...
Review posted on 21st June 2010
Little Axe - Bought For A Dollar, Sold For A Dime
The now half expected 'second coming' of many an artist thought past his or her prime continues. After the legendary American recordings for Johnny Cash it now seems that it is the accepted norm that...
Review posted on 21st June 2010
Eliza Doolittle - Pack Up
Former Les Mis child actress with a passion for romantic, blindfolded, picnics formally harbouring a "cheesy crush" on Southampton's catch phrase spawning crooner Craig David releases her second single this year ahead of her eagerly...
Review posted on 16th June 2010
Grace Potter - Tiny Light
'Up and Coming', 'Ones To Watch', 'Breaking Act'. Each of these descriptions may have recently been applied to Grace Potter & The Nocturnals. This side of the pond 26 year old Grace, and her fellow...
Review posted on 10th June 2010
Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Taking inspiration from each element of the group, Bear In Heaven have gone for a polarised, or magnetic, approach to representation. Beast Rest Forth Mouth (A sort of Stateside Cockney rhyming slang) is the groups...
Review posted on 10th June 2010
Catherine A.D. - Skeleton Songs
Jumpers for goal posts. Duvets for sound booths. Tights and coat hangers for pop shields. In a refreshingly minimalist and resourceful approach to recording Catherine A.D (Anne Davies) has 'gone back to the source' and...
Review posted on 8th June 2010
Silver Columns - Yes, And Dance
An ex-post-rock bassist and nu-folk maudlin ballad lover of Homefires festival infamy paired with a micro-indie label founder, who were both initially happy basking in the glow of anonymity, reveal a shared desire to produce...
Review posted on 3rd June 2010
The Candle Thieves - Sunshine And Other Misfortunes
Peugeot driving Peterborough pair with a love of bubble machines, party poppers, sweets and toy pianos, as well as a peculiar fondness of garden gigs and live living room sets, sing with a sunny disposition...
Review posted on 2nd June 2010
Mother Mother - O My Heart
The 3rd Best Canadian Album of 2008 finally receives its UK release as their long awaited 'new' material is put back from a planned fall date to "sometime next year". Time and scheduling are possibly...
Review posted on 1st June 2010
Karen Elson - The Ghost That Walks
Ian Botham played both professional test cricket and league football.John Surtees was a World Champion on two wheels as well as four.Glenda Jackson, Ronald Reagan and Arnie have all enjoyed a degree of success in...
Review posted on 1st June 2010
The National - High Violet
The National have five regular band members (2 of which look like they could do a very respectable Gregory House impression if the sleeve is anything to go by). This is the Nationals fifth album,...
Review posted on 28th May 2010
Auditory Canvas - Fabric Of Life
Non-swimming ex-Manchester University student with a passion for Blueberry pancakes but a dislike of the colour purple (not the film) releases his debut album, 'Fabric Of Life'. Auditory Canvas, a.k.a. David Leeson (No relation to...
Review posted on 20th May 2010
The Blueskies - Souvenir
Blueskies are a Brighton based 5 piece electro pop outfit formed in 2006. 'Souvenir' is their debut EP/Mini Album release on Killing Moon Records. XYZ the local free music and listings mag on the Sussex...
Review posted on 13th May 2010
Eli Reed - Come And Get It
Bostonian harmonica, sax, piano and guitar playing former florists assist gets major label backing to bring you his eagerly awaited third full length album. Eli Reed donned his Grandfathers 'Newsboy' hat whilst cutting his soul...
Review posted on 7th May 2010
Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like This
Brighton based duo with a "total fascination for the cello", but tired of White Stripes comparisons, release their 'difficult second' album. Blood Red Shoes follow up to 2008's debut, Box Of Secrets, finds the band...
Review posted on 5th May 2010
The New Pornographers - Together
British Columbia's finest proponents of Indie power pop deliver a marvellous fifth studio album. 'Together' is the follow up to 2007's 'Challengers', an album that although very well received only charted at 156 in the...
Review posted on 4th May 2010
Jim Kerr - lostboy A.K.A Jim Kerr
Patsy Kensit's former squeeze gets all nostalgic for his previously cerebrally challenged 80's heyday and goes into the antique reproduction market. Jim Kerr, a.k.a Lost Boy! (Not aware that he had the name pre album...
Review posted on 29th April 2010
Lauren Pritchard - The Jackson Sessions
Tom-A-tOe or tom-ar-toe, Al-ooo-min-um or al-you-min-ium? We will revisit dictionary corner later. Currently residing "in the bushes with the Shepherds of London" Lauren Pritchard has journeyed over the Madison County bridges via a brief spell...
Review posted on 28th April 2010
Love Is All - Two Thousand And Ten Injuries
Love Is All, not a new Sandra Bullock/Hugh Grant Rom-Com but a Swedish Indie band. Two Thousand And Ten Injuries, not a new chapter in Dustin Hoffman's diary of abuse ("Squeezed and pulled and hurt...
Review posted on 23rd April 2010
Bonobo - Black Sands
Either an aspiring Cheeta (Special friend to Tarzan), or Johnny Morris wannabe, Simon Green, a.k.a. Bonobo, still has a fixation a la Doolittle, not Eliza but Dr. (I wonder if he toyed with calling his...
Review posted on 22nd April 2010
Mat Riviere - Follow Your Heart
Bleak, desolate, detached, dark, morose, melancholic and introverted. Music from Norwich doesn't get gruffer than this! Not wishing to follow in the esteemed footsteps of fellow Canaries lovers, Cathy Dennis and Beth Orton, Mat has...
Review posted on 14th April 2010
Neil Cowley Trio - Radio Silence
"A band who are fully comfortable in their unique sonic skin." This is the Neil Cowley Trios 3rd album to date. 'Radio Silence' sees them clearly comfortable but, unique? Whilst the minimal, delicate percussion treatments...
Review posted on 13th April 2010
Charlie Alex March - Home/Hidden
In the last three years Charlie Alex March has released two EP's. In his earnest endeavours, and with the unwaveringly committed stubbornness of a perfectionist, Charlie has at last delivered his first full length album,...
Review posted on 12th April 2010
Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune
The greatest guitarist ever? A true pioneer, innovator and creative genius? Undeniably a Rock-God. James, 'Jimi', Marshall Hendrix has left an enduring legacy. His technique, experimentation and individuality still have few equals today. His influence...
Review posted on 12th April 2010
We Are Scientists - Rules Don't Change
We Are Scientists return to the table to present their latest wares. Hoping to once again re-ignite what can only be described as somewhat of a stop-start, spluttering, career to date. Rather like some of...
Review posted on 6th April 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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