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Untitled Musical Project - Untitled Musical Project
Untitled Musical ProjectUntitled Musical Project Album Review For most bands, fifteen minutes is normally the time it takes one member to get out of be - usually the singer when egotitis takes over. However, where...
Review posted on 22nd October 2007
Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation
Babyshambles Shotter's Nation Album Review (Parlophone) Without meaning to bore anyone more than is necessary - after all, the tabloids have done a good enough job as it is documenting the drug-fuelled excesses of Pete...
Review posted on 22nd October 2007
The Coral - Nottingham Rock City
The Coral The Courteeners @ Nottingham Rock City Monday 8th OctoberLive ReviewWhen something is cited as being the next big thing there's normally a blackened cloud of disappointment tailgating behind it. Manchester four-piece The Courteeners...
Review posted on 11th October 2007
Foals - Nottingham Rescue Rooms
FoalsMetronomy @ Nottingham Rescue RoomsThursday 4th October.Live ReviewThursday night in Nottingham is so evidently Student Night, and with the first week of Fresher's fortnight about to draw to a close, there's an air of uncertainty...
Review posted on 11th October 2007
St. Vincent - Marry Me
St. VincentMarry Me(Beggars Banquet)Album ReviewAnnie Clark isn't normally one to hog the limelight as it were. More often than not - in the past anyway - she's left that to the likes of Sufjan Stevens...
Review posted on 5th October 2007
Buen Chico - Right To Re-arrange
Buen Chico - Right To Re-arrangeFaith And Hope RecordsAlbum ReviewCurrently something of an epicentre as far as new musical talent is concerned, Leeds seems to be churning out quality artists on an almost daily basis...
Review posted on 5th October 2007
Fink - Distance and Time
FinkDistance and TimeAlbum Review Fink is back with a new album 'Distance And Time'. Indeed the success of his first album 'Biscuits For Breakfast' propelled this outfit to fame out of nothing. I'm sure he...
Review posted on 4th October 2007
Sky Larkin - Molten
Sky LarkinMoltenSingle ReviewWhat odds would you get on Sky Larkin having named themselves after the Horace Andy song of a (similar) name? Probably quite long ones, as I'd dare say the Leeds based purveyors of...
Review posted on 4th October 2007
Her Name Is Calla - A Moment Of Clarity
Her Name Is CallaA Moment Of Clarity(Gizeh) Single ReviewFresh from their recent tour supporting iLiKETRAiNS are Leicester four-piece Her Name Is Calla, and while there are certain similarities musically with their road buddies, HNIC simply...
Review posted on 4th October 2007
Mewithoutyou - Nice And Blue (pt. Two)
MewithoutyouNice And Blue (pt. Two) (Strange Addiction Records)Single ReviewPhiladelphia four-piece mewithoutyou may have Christian inclinations but 'Nice And Blue' sounds like something you'd expect from the league of Satan, such is its vitriol and venom.Coming...
Review posted on 4th October 2007
Daedelus - Fair Weather Friends
DaedelusFair Weather Friends EP (Ninja Tunes) Alfred Darlington may be a renowned producer of some of the finest electronic artists of the last decade, not to mention a pretty unique remix specialist too, but under...
Review posted on 3rd October 2007
The Insect Guide - 6ft In Love
The Insect Guide6ft In LoveAlbum Review (Dead Penny Records) Leeds music scene: A brief history. The Kaiser Chiefs go global, the likes of The Cribs and The Pigeon Detectives follow suit, members of Forward Russia...
Review posted on 3rd October 2007
Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child
Manchester OrchestraI'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child Album Review (Columbia) As that annoying Plain White T's song pollutes the airwaves for the umpteenth time today, it's probably fair to say that the original concept...
Review posted on 3rd October 2007
The Shins - Turn On Me
The ShinsTurn On MeSingle ReviewBeing cited as one of the USA's undiscovered gems of the decade has worked well for The Shins. If their 'Oh, Inverted World' opus fond itself ignored by all but a...
Review posted on 12th September 2007
Patrick Watson - Luscious Life
Patrick WatsonLuscious Life Single ReviewCanadian singer/songwriter Patrick Watson should be a breath of fresh air in what is an overly saturated market. Owing more to Buckley (father and son, take your pick) than Blunt and...
Review posted on 12th September 2007
Interpol - Mammoth
InterpolMammothSingle ReviewEveryone's favourite manically depressed New Yorkers hit back here displaying a fire in their bellies and a sting in the tongue. "Spare me the suspense." spits Paul Banks over what is fast becoming Interpol's...
Review posted on 12th September 2007
Jeffrey Lewis - 12 Crass Songs
Jeffrey Lewis 12 Crass SongsAlbum ReviewAs one of the leaders of New York's anti-folk scene, Jeffrey Lewis hasn't exactly followed with tradition from the first moment he learned how to pluck a guitar tunefully and...
Review posted on 12th September 2007
Operator Please - Just A Song About Ping Pong
Operator PleaseJust A Song About Ping PongReleased: 20th OctoberSingle ReviewStill at school and wet behind the ears they may be, but for Operator Please that doesn't stop them ramming their exceedingly happy, annoyingly happy pop...
Review posted on 28th August 2007
The Stills - Helicopters
The StillsHelicoptersReleased: 20th AugustSingle ReviewMontreal quartet The Stills may have ditched the post-punk, sub-Interpol despondency that made 'Logic Will Break Your Heart' one of the most flawless albums of the decade but at least they...
Review posted on 28th August 2007
Make Model - The L.S.B.
Make ModelThe L.S.B.Single Review(The Biz Records)As the new project of ex-Fickle Public mainman Lewis Gale, hopes are understandably high for Glaswegian six-piece Make Model.'The L.S.B.' then is not too dissimilar to the type of dance-infused...
Review posted on 20th August 2007
ILiKETRAiNS - The Deception
ILiKETRAiNSThe Deception(Beggars Banquet)Single ReviewLeeds must be a grim place to reside at the best of times if the latest release - or any, for that matter - from iLiKETRAiNS is anything to go by.Despite the...
Review posted on 20th August 2007
Foals - Mathletics
FoalsMathletics(Transgressive)Single ReviewThe continuing story of Foals is one to tell any band starting out on a journey of discovery with no real idea of where they're going to end up.When their self-produced debut release came...
Review posted on 20th August 2007
Architecture In Helsinki - Places Like This
Architecture In HelsinkiPlaces Like ThisAlbum Review Aussie septet Architecture In Helsinki are an odd bunch at the best of times. Nothing about them could ever be described as conventional, and while that must be welcomed...
Review posted on 16th August 2007
Ra Ra Riot - Each Year / A Manner To Act
Ra Ra RiotEach Year / A Manner To Act Single Review As someone who's had a passionate dislike of all things Levellers for a number of years now, any notion of combining the fiddle with...
Review posted on 16th August 2007
Gossip - Jealous Girls
The GossipJealous Girls Single Review Let's get one thing straight. I like the whole concept of Gossip, whether that be the ideology of what their songs are about to the whole anti-image persona portrayed by...
Review posted on 16th August 2007
Unexploded Shells - High Times
Unexploded ShellsHigh Times Single Review Hailing from Leeds with a swagger in their stride, Unexploded Shells are quite clearly ensconced in the square marked "Classic Pop". Sounding not too dissimilar to current local bands such...
Review posted on 16th August 2007
Arctic Monkeys - Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Arctic Monkeys Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester.Saturday 28th July.Live ReviewFrom the Ritz to the rubble indeed, it's been one hell of a journey for the Arctic Monkeys these past two years. Still unsigned back then,...
Review posted on 31st July 2007
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Interpol Our Love To Admire(Capitol)Album ReviewFew bands have sustained their influence or impact on the rest of the international music scene in quite the same way as Interpol. When the New Yorkers debut 'Turn On...
Review posted on 19th July 2007
The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster - In The Garden
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line DisasterIn The GardenEP ReviewFive years ago, Brighton quintet The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster were rightly heralded as possibly the most exciting new band in the country. Their live shows often imploded...
Review posted on 18th July 2007
I Can Count 2
Various ArtistsI Can Count 2Album ReviewThe ongoing phenomenon with DIY record labels, pretty much down to the success of organisations like Dance To The Radio and Transgressive, has seen a resurgence not witnessed since the...
Review posted on 18th July 2007
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