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Six By Seven are set to kick down mainstream’s front door and track mud all over the carpet with the release of ‘I.O.U. Love.’ The second single to be taken from the forthcoming album“The Way I Feel Today” possesses all the tools to blast down the walls of the traditional ballad»
Started by Coldplay, the age of serious pop is well underway. Though not all who try to write these songs achieve the same success that Coldplay have. Most of them end up being called "hacks" and get the tag line ”if you like Coldplay then try…”, rather than the other way around. This »
When Symposium broke up and began their descent into dead hero land, ex-members Will McGonagle & Joe Birch decided to claw their way back. They returned in the from of Hell Is For Heroes. ”I've been strung from hell / give me birth again” ’You Drove Me To It’ is built around a heavy gui»
Elbow’s first new material since their debut release, Asleep In The Back, this new single also carries the same name. We’ve heard the album Asleep In The Back in all it’s glory, one may wonder why they would release the title track after the original album has been out for sometime. Wasn’t i»
New Releases For 28 Jan 2002 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS The Psychededic World Of -- (UK 3x CD box-set) AIRPLANES ARE BETTER Power -- (US 3 track CD EP on Restart) ANDREW COLEMAN Everthing Was Beautiful -- (US CD album on Thrill Jockey) ARCHIVE Numb -- (UK 3 tr»
New Releases For 21 Jan 2002 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS The Psychedelic Sounds Of -- (UK CD album) ALKALINE TRIO Private Eye -- (UK 3 track CD1/ 3 track CD2) BLACK RE»
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club or B.R.M.C. a trio of black-clad youngsters that must have followed the rock star handbook word for word. Dress in black, have a catchy name, build on a familiar sound, and rock stardom is soon to follow. ’Love Burns’, taken from their self-titled debut album, begi»
New Releases For 14 Jan 2002 BUG VS THE ROOTSMAN Killer -- (UK 2 track 7" feat. He-man) CAPTAIN SENSIBLE Mad Cows & Englishmen -- (UK 13 track CD album) CAVE IN Lost In The Air -- (UK 2 track CD) CHEMICAL BROTHERS Star Guitar -- (UK 4 track CD inc. Ba»
Biffy Clyro are set to rock in the new year by confirming details of their next single '57', due February 4th on cd and 7". The tracklisting is as follow: 57 (7" version) 57 kill the old, torture their young (evening session track) 57 (CD ver»
Weezer have set a tentative April 30th release date for their forthcoming new album. The group plan to enter a Hollywood, CA area studio shortly to begin tracking the effort with an as of yet unknown producer. The songs on Weezer's upcoming untitled album are, as follows: Ain't Got Much T»
New Releases For 24/12/2001 BLACK HALOS Xmas 2001 Ep -- (UK 6 track CD split w/ Bubble) COVE Ep 2 -- (UK 3 track 7" blue vinyl) SIX INCOMPETENT REFAIL Blunt (Pointless) -- (UK 2 track CD on shifty Disco) »
NEW RELEASES FOR 17/12/2001 CHICKS ON SPEED Vs Kreidler -- (UK 4 track CD inc. cover of Nick Cave's Where The Wild Roses Grow) DAVID GREY Say Hello Wave Goodbye -- (UK CD) DROWSY Harmless -- (UK 7" ltd. debut on Fat Cat, think Galaxie 500, Smog ...) JAPAN»
NEW RELEASES FOR 10 DEC 2001 ALL ABOUT EVE/ MICE New & Improved -- (UK CD album ltd edition + bonus demos, unreleased material) ASPECTS My Gendre -- (UK 3 track 12") BRAIN DONOR Love, Peace & F**k -- (UK double LP 2000 only Fluorescent green vinyl) CAR»
NEW RELEASES FOR 03 DEC 2001 A CERTAIN RATIO Shack Up -- (UK 12" ltd. to 500 split single with HUMAN LEAGUE) AVALANCHES Electricity -- (UK 5 track CD inc Frontier Psychiatrist enhanced video) BLACK HEART PROCESSION Love Sings A Sunrise -- (Swedish 7" hand no'd fold»
The Stereophonics bring their year to a close with a brand new single, 'Handbags And Gladrags.' Yes, the same song made famous by Rod Stewart on his 1970 debut solo album 'An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down', was recorded by the Stereophonics with Jools Holland And His Rhythm And Blues Orch»
NEW RELEASES 26/11/01 ALBUMS- AEROSMITH - 'Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology' (UK double CD album) (Universal TV) ALPHA AND OMEGA ' Serious Joke' -- (UK CD album) ANASTACIA - 'Freak Of Nature' (Epic) ANTI POP CONSORTIUM - 'T»
NEW RELEASES FOR 19 Nov 2001 310 Downtown & Brooklyn Only (Album double CD re-issue) A.R.E. WEAPONS 'New York Muscle' (Single CD1/CD2) ALIEN SEX FIEND 'Too Much Acid' (CD Album re-issue) ANIMALS T»
Starting as a nightmare of an eerie piano and the increasing sound of drums pounding So Close tries to piece together memories of a pleasant dream. But trying to stay asleep is hard as the crunchy sound of guitars rip through the rest of the song without every looking back. The soaring chorus “I a»
Elbow knew they had something special with the song 'Newborn', in fact so special they released it twice. Flawing a single like this would only be the fact that it was originally released earlier this year. Trying to find the meaning of the joys and fears of growing old through music with the fi»
Though clouds may be hovering over the indie rock scene, a break of light can be seen with the release of ’Justboy’ by Glasgow newcomers Biffy Clyro. ’Justboy’ begins with the sounds of heavy and soft guitars separating the vocal harmonies like thunder and lightning before the storm. Endin»
Ryan Adam's first solo album, last year's 'Heartbreaker', was full of songs of lost love and romantic confusion. His follow-up, 'Gold', shows this country boy entering the big-city with it's songs about New York and Los Angeles. Though the scenery may have changed the stories and emotions that »
“Popcorn Bubble Fish”, the debut by drum wizard Malcom Catto, is full of snap, crackle and pop. Not new on the funk scene Malcom has been creating funk beats as a member of The Soul Destroyers and DJing all around the funk underground. Blending the ’train blues’ (blues based »
Words can be put together to make sentences. Some sentences contain no thought, no
intellectual knowledge, in other words utter bullshit.
The same can be said for most rap artists. Lacing recycled beats with rhymes not even fit for a children's book.
If you think that all rap is about is money, women and ca»
The Gorillaz, who ahave already sold 300,000 albums in the States and in the UK are nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, are in talks to team up with Steven Spielberg to make a full-length animated feature film. A spokesman confirmed that Damon Albarn and Dan the Automator are in talks with Spielberg - »
Full of energy and catchy as hell, ”Animal Cannabus” by Mull Historical Society is a outstanding follow-up to 'I Tried.' The Scottish two- piece, led by muli-instrumentalist and vocalist Colin McIntyre, create songs that really can’t be place under one musical label. When you hear a »
”…let’s be blunt and say The Strokes are the coolest motherf#%kers around right now… On the strength of three-song demo EP, The Modern Age and constant touring The Strokes have been receiving critical like that from the picky UK press. So is 'Is This It?' all that it’s hyped »
Starsailor has confirmed the tracking listing for there debut album The album will be entitled, Love Is Here" and will contain 11 tracks- Tie Up My Hands Poor Misguided Fool Alcoholic Lullaby Way To Fall Fever She Just Wept Talk Her Down »
The sophomore album from California beat-makers The Crystal Method delivers much of the same that made their 1997 debut, Vegas, which caused such a disturbance in the dance genre establishing them as the only stateside dance act with muscle. This time around with 'Tweekend the duo of Sc»
Ten years in the making, and three labels later Elbow bring us a outstanding release for this year and hope for the
future of music.
In Asleep In The Back every track works. From the spellbinding sound of an organ in the
opening track, 'Any Day Now', to the soothing sound of a piano in the »
Sigur Ros does not want to be on a TV near you Sigur Ros have already turned down numerous requests for the use of their songs in television programmes/adverts. One2one wanted to use a Sigur Ros clip in their new tv advert but the band turned down their offer. Other companies that»
