With about 20 or so songs under his belt, Jason Lytle and his band of bearded brothers are now well into the recording of their new and third album. Titles penciled into the mix at present are: I’m on Standby The Warming Sun Fifty Percent Less Words Build a Box Yeah Is What We Had The Go In the Go for It Now It’s On Emit Anymore Fairchild describes the last track as something like the ballad version of ‘Master Continue Reading
The seven inch single as a terrifying experience? A cool band from Leicester? What times we live in, my friends. ‘Elvis Presley Séance’ is the latest offering from Fish from Tahiti, and like a lot of their material, it mines a rich seam of spoken vocal samples. This time, we are listening to a middle-aged-housewife-from-Slough cum medium describing, with a teeth grinding banality that eventually becomes creepily atmospheric, the séance she is about to conduct. Combine this vocal with the Continue Reading
Biffy Clyro are touring again in July with Hell is For Heroes as main support, as well as the likes of Kinesis and This Girl Tour Dates Wed 3 Hull Adelphi Thurs 4 Nottingham Rock City Fri 5 Sheffield Barfly Sat 6 Thurrock Music Festival Sun 7 Wolverhampton Little Civic Tues 9 Cambridge Boat Race Wed 10 Reading Fez Club Thurs 11Bristol Fleece & Firkin Fri 12 Cardiff Barfly Sat 13 Leicester Charlotte Mon 15 Norwich Arts Centre Tues 16 Continue Reading
A new album by The Charlatans is set for July release. Originally reported to be entitled ‘Days Of Our Lives’, the new album by The Charlatans, ‘Live It Like You Love It’ is to be released on July 22nd. The LP will be the band’s eigth album during their twelve year career, and if you’re not aware already is in fact a live recording taken during the Manchester date of December’s UK arena tour. Tracklisting Love Is The KeyJudasTellin’ StoriesA Continue Reading
Combining the bitchiness of Liz Phair, the vulnerability of Jewel and the independence of Alanis Morissette, Naomi constructs songs of survival, individualism, and self-reliance on her debut self titled EP. Naomi grew up enthralled by the poetry of James Langston Hughes and her songs evident of her admiration of this revolutionary black poet. The New York City singer/songwriter in-your-face approach hasn’t gone unnoticed as her experimentation with both organic and electronic sounds lead her to work with the likes of Continue Reading
I’m looking at this tour anthology now from the standpoint of both the punter and the performer. I actually played on the Warped Tour a few years ago. It was a big deal for my band, and though we were pretty out of place stylistically, we still looked forward to playing for thousands of people who had never seen us. The Warped Tour looks to be an event summarizing what is “punk“ now-at least emo, pop-punk (pop-ular), and ‘core. A Continue Reading
Highly evolved promotional budget seeks diminutive rock tyrant for lasting relationship. A quickie around the back of the Leadmill, may however have to suffice. The moment of truth arrives in the cold, steely heart of Sheffield. Will Jenkins has the details.24/06/2002 The thought goes that when a man comes into a room it is not the motion that carries him into the room which is of interest, but what he does when he is in it; indeed what will come Continue Reading
Former DJ with chart act The Dust Junkies, Ganiyu releases his debut solo single, ‘Special’ on 1st July – the first release from the new Manchester/London label, Key Recordings. With its chilled out tempo, acoustic guitar riffs, and a half spoken Mancunian purr of a vocal, the track saunters quite happily in and out of left field, making this a pleasant slice on indie pop. Ganiyu describes his music as ‘organic soul’ but this single is a little too short Continue Reading
Not to be confused with the heavy metal band that shares the name, this Wayne is an alternative pop/rock group riding the wave of the current onslaught of the British Pop rejuvenation that has become a dominant force in music, again. While the band is based in Birmingham Alabama, Wayne has drawn resemblance to bands such as Coldplay and Travis with their notable debut, Music On Plastic; however, despite the fact that there are some similarities to an Oasis-esque/ Brit-Pop Continue Reading
A tinkling drama-drive piano might not be the most salient move ever for a five-piece pop-punk outfit to thrust out of the mix – but believe it or not – if it wasn’t for this wee embellishment, the SoCo’s would naturally run the risk of being obscured by the sheer teeming plethora of emo-charged punk core bands on the block. The latest in batch of pop-smart, radio-ready young rockers being manicured to teen perfection by MCA and Drive-Thru Records, Something Continue Reading