jmoore has written the following articles:
Confused Lo-FiIndiePopRock from Oxford's Moonkat. The quartet (two boys/two gerls) have got very mixed influences, the likes of Sonic Youth, Urusei Yatsura and Sleater-Kinney stand beside Angelica, Kenickie and bis. Instead of choosing which band they should imitate they've decided to mix i»
Martin Carr releases his first full-length album. Gorwel Owen, Dafydd
Ieuan, Peter Richardson and a couple of people (that I should probably know),
guest on the album.
The debut release from the much hyped Welsh retro-rockers. The best description that I can come up with is that Barker are a hybrid of The Smiths and the Beach Boys, although that's quite dodgy as they have a very fresh and unique sound. Out of the four songs my personal fav is the melod»
This’ll probably be a contender for my
favourite single of the year
With their beautiful layered vocals and distinctive twangy guitar sound they breathe a breath of fresh air into the somewhat stale indie-music scene. I can»
Debut album from the New Jersey
Emo/Indie-Rock five-piece Blue Channel, one of America’s best-hid secrets
Their sound is quite hard to nail down, I guess if you were to combine Samiam, The Get Up Kids and Penfold you wouldn’t be to fa»
While Alan McGee is wasting his time with Pub bands, Mark Bowen and Dick Green have been releasing some of the greatest albums of this year. This is a little reminder of that fact. Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst) opens the proceedings with 'The Calendar Hung Itself' lifted straight from his latest»
The latest release from the boys from Penygroes, North Wales. Topper have have now released three mini-albums, with each release there's a considerable improvement especially in the vocals. Dyfig Evans' vocals are now first-class. When backed up by the other three members, Topper create an eni»
Magnétophone are Matt Saunders and John Hanson, they both play keyboards of sorts. The title track is taken from their forthcoming album 'I Guess Sometimes I Need To Be Reminded Of How Much You Love Me'. Like fellow Brummies Plone, Magnétophone create instrumental electronica. While Plone's music is»
On the last demo they sounded like a heavier Kenickie. Now almost a year
later, they've finally found their own sound.
Reynolds is four fine folk from East Anglia who play Rock music in the vein of such greats as Bob Tilton, Ligament and Oil Seed Rape.
Like those three bands the US Hardcore scene has influenced Reynolds heavily. They all share »
Aereogramme’s sound is an apocalyptic blend of electronica, hardcore, lo-fi and metal. As far as releases go, they’ve had two singles ‘Translations’ and ‘Hatred’ on their own Babi Yaga label, the first has sold out but if your quick you might get the second via Cargo Distribution. Their next release will be»
This is the soundtrack to your worst fuckin’ nightmare
Seriously in future wars people will be shoved into a soundproof room where they'll be forced to listen to Helen Love. In ‘Jump Up and Down’ they show just how talented they are by repeatin»
The history of Seafood goes something like this: David and Charles decided to form a band after going to a Pixies gig. They advertised for a girl drummer and bassist in the free ads paper ‘Loot’. Kevin and Caroline saw it when writing an ad to try and sell a scooter and phoned up to asked if a girl drummer and »
Purple Munkie are a teenage four-piece from a small town called Eglin, near Aberdeen, Scotland. They’ve been around for 3 or 4 years, although they’re not sure exactly when or how the band came to form. They’ve recently started to play gigs in Aberdeen and this is when they caught the attention of Alphabetty Re»
Hundred Reasons’ debut has been described by some as the best single of the year, is it really any good?
Yeah it is, the Aldershot based quintet are one of the best new bands that I’ve heard so far this year. They take their inspira»
Mother Goose’s first album was on Blast First, since then they’ve released a handful on 7”s on smaller indie labels.
The Finnish trio have been around for at least four years but this is the first time I’ve heard of them, which is a»
RocketGoldStar have recently been released from a mental asylum in Cardiff for good behaviour
OK not quite but they’re probably the craziest band in Wales, which is pretty impressive as Wales is the home to some of the craziest peop»
Ex Wheat guitarist Rick Lescault
formed Emetrex early this year, this five-track EP is the bands first release
Despite the short time that they’ve been together Emetrex have probably recorded one of the best American psychedelia»
Marc Bianchi has been using the alias Her Space Holiday since 1996 after leaving several hardcore bands in his home city of San Francisco.
However this is his first proper release in the UK brought to you by Wichita, the label run b»
Throw all preconceived notions out the window as you step into the weird and wonderful world of Atom and his Package. Adam Goren (Atom) began his music career with a straight-up punk band called Fracture; after they split he found he had loads of time on his hands. So he got out his QY 700 music sequencer (the»
Koala’s first demo was one of the best demos I’ve ever heard and this; their second offering shows us that they’ve now developed into a fantastic band. As well as their own sound “psychedelic power pop” they’ve finally found a full time drummer in the shape of Daniel Strittmatter (ex High Llamas).
Guru 7 are Colchester’s finest
Psychedelic-rock band
But I guess that isn’t too hard for them to win that, as they are Colchester’s only Psychedelic-rock band. G7 are five teenage lads who are inspired by the likes of Pink»
Whoever said, “never believe the
hype” was talking bollocks
As this is the band’s debut release and it’s probably Scotland’s best export since erm… Irn Bru. Purple Munkie’s sound is hard to describe, they’ve captured the teenage energ»
Derrero finally get around to releasing their second LP on the Cardiff label Big Noise Recordings.
The opener ‘Floaters’ begins with Ashley singing some soothing "aaah’s" then Andy takes control of the mic and screams his heart out, about»
This the first release for Glasgow’s
Akira friends of Idlewild, Peeps into Fairyland and Eska
But they’ve chosen not to be as straightforward as those bands and have gone with a mixture of riot girl and indie-rawk. Their two main musi»
The Super Furry Animals go back to basics for this their fourth studio album and follow up to the hugely successful
Guerilla.
Not only is this album in their native language of Welsh, but it also has a live sound as if the albu»
Debut album from Dundee’s finest Hardcore band released on Glasgow’s Guided Missile, the label that has brought you the likes of The Yummy Fur and El Hombre Trajedo.
The music press often describe Laeto as a carbon copy of Mogw»
Big Leaves have been together since the tender age of eleven years old, this there latest release is on Crai the label who put out the first few Catatonia singles.
Maybe I shouldn’t of put the Catatonia bit in, the first two sin»
