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Yes Boss - More Or Less / They Think It's All Over
Yes BossMore Or Less / They Think It's All OverSingle ReviewIf there's one thing that the truly execrable Streets should be congratulated for it's that they have encouraged more artists to combine their love of...
Review posted on 12th July 2006
Thousand Natural Shocks - Under The Sun
Thousand Natural ShocksUnder The SunSingle ReviewThe remote Devonshire setting of Exeter may not be synonymous with all things rock and roll to the casual observer, but did you know that Muse and a certain Thom...
Review posted on 3rd July 2006
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - Call Me Ishmael
Get Cape. Wear Cape. FlyCall Me IshmaelSingle ReviewNow call me old-fashioned, or maybe just old will do, but I've never been one to get this whole emo thing. Teenage angst is all good and proper...
Review posted on 3rd July 2006
Lily Allen - Alright
Lily AllenAlright, StillAlbum ReviewSo, as the age of internet whoring goes into megabucks overdrive let's have a round of applause for self-proclaimed "MySpace sensation" Lily Allen. Or is she? Because if the noises being made...
Review posted on 3rd July 2006
The Morning After Girls - Shadows Evolve
The Morning After GirlsShadows EvolveAlbum ReviewOriginally from Melbourne, The Morning After Girls really seemed to find their identity – not to mention three pivotal band members – upon moving across country to Sydney two years...
Review posted on 3rd July 2006
Larrikin Love - With Support from The Rumble Strips
Larrikin LoveWith Support from The Rumble StripsThe Social, Nottingham. Thursday 22nd June.Live ReviewHaving been on a seemingly never ending road trip since the beginning of the year, Larrikin Love are probably becoming just as familiar...
Review posted on 27th June 2006
Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You Got Words
Plan BWho Needs Actions When You Got WordsAlbum Review(679 Recordings)Once upon a time, hip hop actually spoke from the heart, used it's head and sounded as if it was made by people who'd actually been...
Review posted on 14th June 2006
The Futureheads - News And Tributes
The FutureheadsNews And TributesAlbum ReviewPre-match hype is something we're all gonna have to get used to this summer, what with broken metatarsals, Paraguayan goalkeepers and Thierry bloody Henry no doubt odds on favourite to win...
Review posted on 13th June 2006
The Automatic - Monster
The AutomaticMonsterSingle ReviewIn case you've been trapped in a darkened, soundproofed room where all contact with the outside world has been prohibited for the last month, then you probably won't have heard this record so...
Review posted on 13th June 2006
Boy Kill Boy - Civilian
Boy Kill BoyCivilian(Vertigo)Released: 22nd May.Album ReviewSouth East London quartet Boy Kill Boy have not one, but two seemingly unenviable tasks to complete before their place in the rock'n'roll hall of fame can be established. First...
Review posted on 22nd May 2006
Ed Harcourt - The Beautiful Lie
Ed Harcourt The Beautiful LieAlbum Review(Heavenly)The word "prolific" really doesn't do justice to a talent such as Ed Harcourt. 'The Beautiful Lie', his fifth album since the turn of the millennium, is one of those...
Review posted on 15th May 2006
iLiKETRAiNS - Micah Blue Smaldone / The Exploits Of Elaine
Iliketrains Micah Blue Smaldone / The Exploits Of ElaineThe Social, NottinghamWednesday 10th May.Talk about working the graveyard shift! When local experimentalists The Exploits Of Elaine take to the stage, most of Nottingham probably isn't even...
Review posted on 15th May 2006
Spinto Band - Nice And Nicely Done
The Spinto Band Nice And Nicely DoneAlbum Review(Virgin)Apart from The Little Brown Jug nag racing event and one of shoegazing's finest original bands the Drop Nineteens, the Ohio city of Delaware hasn't had that much...
Review posted on 15th May 2006
Midlake - Young Bride
Midlake Young BrideSingle Review(Bella Union)With Mercury Rev having seemingly retreated into a self-imposed hiatus and the end in sight for the soon-to-be-lamented Grandaddy, the gap for quirksome, melodic young country-bordering psychedelic Americans has erupted into...
Review posted on 15th May 2006
Shack - Tie Me Down
ShackTie Me Down(Sour Mash)Released: 1st May.Single ReviewProfessional scousers Shack seem likely to be known as the perennial support act for every up and coming artist since forming at the back end of the eighties. Back...
Review posted on 27th April 2006
Gear - Liquor
GearLiquorF&J MusicReleased: 8th May.Single ReviewNorth London four piece Gear sound like they were conceived on the cobblestones outside their local chippy and have probably set up home there ever since. 'Liquor', their debut single and...
Review posted on 27th April 2006
Rock Kills Kid - Are You Nervous?
Rock Kills KidAre You Nervous?Reprise RecordsReleased: April 17th.Album ReviewSo what's in a name? Well a lot normally, as any betting man will tell you that any band using a moniker describing something grisly but humorous...
Review posted on 27th April 2006
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Wolfmother Wolfmother ModularReleased: 24th April.Album ReviewGod knows what they're lacing the water with in Alice Springs but it certainly isn't easy peasy lemon squeezy tweeness. Having spawned the vernacular of rock, AC/DC, Australia isn't prepared...
Review posted on 24th April 2006
Phoenix - Long Distance Call
PhoenixLong Distance CallVirgin/EMIReleased: 20th MarchSingle ReviewFrench soft rockers Phoenix have been plugging away for what seems like an eternity now trying to make ends meet with their inoffensive brand of radio-friendly r'n'r, that the saccharine...
Review posted on 10th April 2006
Gram Rabbit - Cultivation
Gram Rabbit Cultivation Album ReviewStinky RecordsReleased: 17th April.As the song goes, "California knows how to party!" and as natives of that very state, Gram Rabbit almost certainly know how to conduct a right rave up...
Review posted on 10th April 2006
Babar Luck - Care In The Community
Babar LuckCare In The CommunityRebel Music RecordsAlbum ReviewEx-King Prawn bassist Babar Luck was born and raised in Pakistan before moving to the East End of London at the age of eight. His multi-cultural upbringing is...
Review posted on 10th April 2006
Oceansize - New Pin
OceansizeNew PinBeggars Banquet20th MarchSingle ReviewWhy is it that even after two albums and countless singles and EPs, Mancunian quartet Oceansize still sound like the proggy post-rock side project of the late and severely lamented Mansun?Granted,...
Review posted on 20th March 2006
The Fratellis - Creepin Up The Backstairs
The FratellisEPNomadicReleased: 13th MarchReviewHailing from Glasgow you would expect The Fratellis to be dab hands with a blade and a bottle of buckfast. They also know how to write a decent tune or two, as...
Review posted on 20th March 2006
Mark Ronson - Just Featuring Alex Greenwald
Mark RonsonJust Featuring Alex GreenwaldSingle ReviewBBE Records13th March.Now call me an old indie fuddy-duddy but some things are so sacred that they should be left untouched. Forever.Whatever possessed Thom Yorke and co. to agree to...
Review posted on 20th March 2006
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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'.
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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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