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Six By Seven, Face at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 29 Mar
I hope I'm wrong but the signs look ominous.
Having been dropped by their record label and then seeing bass player Paul Douglas depart a matter of just a few weeks later, most cynics would be sounding the death knell for Six By Seven.
Add to that the fact that the merchandise stall is awash with»
Ballboy, The Cut Outs at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 16 Apr
If Catholics love Jesus and Muslims praise Allah, where does that leave those who worship at the shrine of Belle and Sebastian? In here tonight, for a guess… Because this is what the first Bowlie Weekender felt like. Obscure classics by the likes of Denim and the BMX Bandits drif»
Erase Errata, Klang, Ex-Models at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Fri 13 Jun
So it's another hot summer night in June and Toby's still at large while Steph lies on her death bed and Sissy's packing her case to leave the Elstree wendy house for one last time and... ...Donna, the one who got sacked by Elastica for shooting up too many times finally »
The Warlocks, Ad Infinitum at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 09 Jul
What would be your ideal soundtrack for the summer? Mine would probably include the obvious suncharmers like the Beach Boys' 'Good Vibrations' and Groove Armada's 'At The River' spiced with the blissful comedown of My Bloody Valentine's 'Soon' and Spacemen 3's 'Rollercoaster', »
Har Mar Superstar at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Thu 14 Aug
As you probably know, Har Mar Superstar has been having it large over at Manumission in Ibiza. It seems that the hot weather and the party attitude of the island suits the small funkster in the smaller thong, his performances morphing from mere gigs into spectacles within the space of one hour. But hey, Ibiza »
Motormark, Peaches at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sun 14 Sep
"Sugar and spice,isn't it nice, luring disco dollies to a life of vice..." sang Marc Almond almost a quarter of a century ago, blissfully unaware that his words wouldn't go unheeded in places as far and wide as downtown Brooklyn. It's hard to envisage whether Motormark were even born w»
Degrassi, Intentions Of An Asteroid, Jetscreamer at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Tue 16 Sep
Sometimes apathy can spoil a good thing... Or at least that's my way of thinking after witnessing tonight's surprisingly poor turnout. Particularly as it was for one of Bob Fairfoull's first public outings south of the border since his acrimonious split from Idlewild earlier this year. Funnily»
Airport Girl, The Lucksmiths, The Liberty Ship at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Sat 01 Nov
A four headed blast of summery, saccharine glazed pop! Just what the doctor ordered as the long November nights draw in...»
KaitO, Liars, Punish The Atom at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 15 Nov
Art for art's sake? In a world where shitting on a bed and placing a half eaten kebab inside a glass cabinet is considered "art", it's perhaps no surprise that 1/3 of tonight's offering had to involve artistic merit of a similar variety but I guess you shouldn't tar everyone with the same brush, right?»
Ballboy, Burningman at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Mon 23 Feb
ballboy are in all probability Scotland's best export since Archie Gemmill. Their tales of lost love, pictures of girls in underwear and people who'd rather have dogs than children gives the term "urban music" a whole new meaning that no marketing director of the Brits or a thousand bling-blinging gold chains could ever possibly understand...»
Plans and Apologies, Komakino, The Killers at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Wed 10 Mar
Usually it's the whiney whiney sounds of English boys in big shorts singing in embarrassing fake American accents. Then along come The Killers to reverse the trend and all of a sudden those "I Love 1982" programmes attain something called credibility...»
Razorlight at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Thu 27 May
One hit single, a (cult) celebrity girlfriend and a thousand column inches containing his every word as gospel-like manuscript. Right now life couldn’t get much sweeter for Johnny Borrell if it tried...»
Stellastarr*, The Subways at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 03 Jul
Why Stellastarr* aren’t experiencing a similar level of success to that of artists like Keane remains something of a mystery...»
The Operation at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 04 Aug
In a time where it's become acceptable for boy bands to flaunt guitars and wear 'Too Drunk To Fuck' t-shirts on stage while the original suitors of self-abusive anarcho-rock the Manic Street Preachers are like, yer dad's favourite band, here comes a new bunch that caresses the old wave and embraces the new...»
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Tue 24 Aug
Having tasted the high life playing arena-sized venues, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club finally get back to doing what they're best at - playing clubs to an adoring fanbase. And boy, did we love the intimacy of it...»
The Dead 60s at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 11 Sep
Scouse foursome make no reference to The Beatles, The Las or The Coral shocker...»
The Ordinary Boys at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 29 Sep
Altogether now, we're pop stars you know and we've even brought our famous mate along to prove it...»
Bloc Party, New Rhodes, Tom Vek at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Thu 28 Oct
Gaining more momentum than a high speed train, the Bloc Party bandwagon keeps on rolling, and at last it seems the people north of Watford are getting the hang of it too...»
British Sea Power, Chris T-T, Mystery Jets at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Tue 02 Nov
After almost a year in the wilderness, the return of British Sea Power is upon us. And they've brought some new songs with them too...»
Tom McRae at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 24 Nov
Mr McRae melts hearts at Nottingham's Rescue Rooms.»
The Bravery at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sun 20 Feb
Just under 12 months ago, a little known Las Vegas quartet called The Killers were embarking on their first European tour. The rest, as they say, is history...»
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Fri 18 Mar
F*ck the unwieldy name, the political, historical and mythological undertones of their songs, and the rustic viola melodies on their recent tour de force, Worlds Apart. Forget the two drumkits. One thing Austin refugees ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead cannot reasonably be accused of is pretentiousness. At the heart of pretension is artifice, and Trail Of Dead are as real as rock and roll gets.»
The Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs, Hard-Fi at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Thu 07 Apr
Sometimes, the last chance saloon is a pleasant place to be...»
Saint Joan, The House Of Love at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Tue 19 Apr
If bands breaking up could be likened to a marriage split, then the acrimonious parting of ways between Guy Chadwick and Terry Bickers would most likely have used it's entire seven year itch scrapping through the divorce courts...»
The Dead 60s, The Kooks at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Tue 28 Jun
If we are currently in the midst of some kind of Britpop renaissance, then it's pleasing to know that not all of 2005's incumbents are taking their points of reference from the most obvious of sources...»
Mew, Pure Reason Revolution at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 27 Jul
Sometimes a change is as good as a rest. Or in the case of Danish quintet Mew, more like something of a re-invention...»
Club Fandango at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Mon 10 Oct
So the students are back, and with a new term time comes a brand new club night - in this part of the world anyway - as Club Fandango opens its doors in Nottingham...»
Distophia, Hard-Fi at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Fri 21 Oct
In what is possibly the most unlikely partnership since Anna Nicole Smith said “I do” to J. Howard Marshall II, Birmingham math rockers Distophia and Staines’ self-appointed voice of all things chav, Hard-Fi are spending three long weeks on the road together. Side by side. Where one goes, the other will follow. Strange but true…»
The Favours, The Wrens at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Thu 27 Oct
Got to thank Oceanstorm for seeing this gig. After reading his review on the messageboard thought I'd check them out at the Rescue Rooms and they were AWESOME. The Wrens is probably the best concert I have ever seen. They literally exploded onto the st»
Polytechnic, The Longcut at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 05 Nov
Since Ian Brown and Bez learnt how to imitate a constipated monkey, it seems all these Mancunian lads really want to do is dance, dance, dance. Which makes latest hot tips Polytechnic a bit of a strange proposition.»
The Decemberists at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Mon 14 Nov
First of all, I get bored easily. Ok, it's not the ideal characteristic in a music fan, but it gives a bit of background for how I found the support band, Two Gallants. On the Rock City website, there are gig listings going back twenty years or»
Club Fandango at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 16 Nov
What do you get if you throw 'Parallel Lines', 'Dog Man Star' and 'Different Class' into a cement mixer? After tonight, that's an easy one to answer as the Hot Puppies don't just join them together and paper over the cracks, they make you forget that those three aforementioned records had ever existed in the first place.»
Bob Mould at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 25 Jan
Through the thin walls of my house, a Motown compilation is blasting in from next door. Smokey Robinson, The Supremes... it’s a very considerate neighbour who will note the morning sun lighting up the roads and subsequently find the appropriate soundtrack. With my ears still ringing from the night before, it’s as though 45 year-old Bob Mould, through the power of buzzsaw melody, still has the power to shift something in the atmospheric ether. »
Wolfmother at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Mon 27 Feb
Watching Aussie three piece Wolfmother is like being taken back in time via one of those BBC2 "We Love The 70s!" style pastiches...»
Gogol Bordello at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 04 Mar
Online reviews all to often far too generous when it comes to music. However, gogol bordello at nottingham's rescue rooms are well worth this 10 out of 10 and more! Does a band exist that plays with more energy? I doubt it, and if there is, I must know»
The Futureheads, Kubichek! at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 08 Mar
There aren't many bands with the confidence to play what is virtually an entire set of unreleased material out to the unsuspecting and curious at such short notice, particularly as their most commercially successful recording to date was a cover version...»
Bloc Party, Komakino at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Thu 09 Mar
As far as Bloc Party are concerned, it doesn't seem like two minutes since they were last here, which is probably testament to the fact they spent nearly two years playing the songs that by and large made up their platinum selling debut 'Silent Alarm' to a then unsuspecting audience. »
Humanzi, Dirty Pretty Things, Louie at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Mon 13 Mar
It probably says more for the whole evening's entertainment that the biggest cheer and scenes of hysteria are reserved for blasts from the past 'Death On The Stairs' and 'I Get Along', both of which sound meatier and more accomplished than at any point during Barat's previous incarnation to be fair...»
Secret Machines at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Tue 04 Apr
Secret Machines were ace last night. Me and our john got dropped off by mum & dad about 8 and we went to the rescue rooms with our tickets to get in. We thought it would be a problem getting in as it’s over 18 only but the men on the door didn’t st»
Dot To Dot 06 at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sun 28 May
Subbed. Have stripped photos, made a few changes, but nothing major. MD
One year on from its inaugral launch, Dot To Dot 2006 is bigger than anyone could have expected... »
Milburn at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 12 Jul
Kharma 45: A completely static response by everyone in the crowd but myself didn’t put the brakes on a storming set by a band who are on the path to big things, Ecstasy and Shakespeare sounded sublime. Hot Club De Paris: A poor mans futurehead»
My Morning Jacket, Richard Swift at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Tue 22 Aug
My Morning Jacket are one of those strange anomalies whose efforts on record have often left me bewildered, bemused and slightly bored...»
The Rocks, The Paddingtons, The Enemy at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Mon 06 Nov
Having already had the privilege of seeing their mugshots emblazoned across The Daily Star’s blog music column and finding themselves praised to the hilt by the News Of The World – all before they’ve actually released a single record – the weight of expectation surrounding Coventry three-piece The Enemy is immense to say the least...»
The Maccabees, Jack Peñate, Derek Meins at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Tue 24 Apr
By the end of the set, The Maccabbes vocalist Orlando Weeks and his band mates are grinning like Cheshire Cats after one too many wraps of ketamine. As for those of us in the audience, we can only watch on in awe...»
Willy Mason at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 12 May
I’m not sure why reviewing Willy Mason is proving to be so difficult, and yet for some reason I just cannot get started. It’s been almost two weeks now, and the page remains blank...»
Topman/NME new music tour at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 26 May
So this is what it sounds like when the country's perennial support band(s) have to stand on their own two feet - average, Joe...»
Hadouken! at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 16 Jun
It's hard to see where Hadouken! will go next. If rumours are true that that they've literally three months to put together a whole album of material, then one suspects it may all end in tears...»
Kula Shaker at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 26 Sep
Ok, So this band take a good drumming from the likes of NME, but let me write a true review for someone who really loves music an»
Jeremy Warmsley, Maps, Kyte at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Thu 11 Oct
I'm one of the few who's yet to be wholly convinced by Maps. James Chapman's music is something that can best be described as being "pleasant" and "competent" rather than "exciting" or "invigorating"»
Idlewild, The Twilight Sad at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 27 Oct
Tonight feels like a pre-requisite for Hogmanay - out with the old and in with the new, minus the obligatory chorus of Auld Lang Syne and Jools Holland, of course»
Young Knives, Ungdomskulen, The Housewives at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Mon 29 Oct
When images of rock and roll debauchery come to mind, one of the least likely exponents would surely be The Young Knives»
Liars, HTRK at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Fri 30 Nov
Liars' Angus Andrews is in playful mood, hamming it up like John Cleese impersonating Jim Carrey and introducing every song with a title befitting of tonight's show: 'Houseclouds' becomes 'Sherwood Forest Is A Clump Of Hair Beneath My Armpits' for one night only»
The Courteeners at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Mon 21 Jan
Some judgments on whether something is good or bad often tend to be clouded by one simple test: whether it passes as being original or not. A similar principle appears to be affecting The Courteeners at this early stage of their career»
Stars at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Sat 02 Feb
Stars are a pop band. No need for hyphens and expansions: 'pop' as a descriptive is as accurate and succinct as is needed. Not that anyone will tell you this. They are 'indie', 'epic', 'alternative', et cetera before they are 'pop'»
Horowitz, The Manhattan Love Suicides, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Mon 25 Feb
Admittedly this kind of thing may be a million miles away from tabloid cool kids, but like the scene they're unashamedly indebted too, expect to see The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart playing to much larger crowds on their next venture»
Menomena, Land Of Talk at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Thu 28 Feb
Menomena are not a band that need to be seen live to be appreciated – the majority of their recorded output falls somewhere between interesting and downright necessary – but they are one that thrives in the environment»
White Lies, Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Team Waterpolo at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Tue 06 May
Crystal Castles' Alice behaves like she's just arrived from another planet. God knows what she's screaming on 'Alice Practice' but the room sing back their own interpretations. It's a bewildering, unifying moment»
Hercules & Love Affair at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 28 May
The Delorean is the only thing that can take me back to a time when music was funkier than Elton John’s attire, but new band Her»
The Dodos at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Fri 30 May
The dodos are a live band first, a studio band second. This means that whatever you hear on the record is half as good as, what th»
Black Kids at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 02 Jul
Florida's white-hot-hyped quintet Black Kids have potential, that's for sure. But the finished article? Ask me in another 18 months»
The Brian Jonestown Massacre at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Thu 10 Jul
For once, The Brian Jonestown Massacre actually let the music do the talking, which I suppose could be deemed as a matter of controversy in itself»
My Morning Jacket at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Fri 11 Jul
Kentucky quintet My Morning Jacket really are in a class of their own, and even after line-up changes they remain a truly essential live act»
Butthole Surfers, Lovvers at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Wed 23 Jul
In this context it's tempting to cast Butthole Surfers as devious uncles, each member the sort of relative who comes over for dinner once in a while, gets pissed and horrifies your mum and dad»
Jamie T, Flashguns at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Sun 14 Jun
Backed by his now customary four-piece band, the decision to play smaller venues such as this appears to have been a shrewd move. Tickets had sold out weeks ago for the majority of this comeback tour, and with current single 'Sticks'n'Stones' on heavy rotation both on radio and television playlists, the demand for Jamie T seems to be more relentless than ever.»
iLiKETRAiNS, Swimming at The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Mon 19 Oct
'Spencer Percival' and popular b-side 'Victress', dedicated here to Sol Campbell, further emphasise iLiKETRAiNS status as a most understated - if eccentrically adverse - national treasure. »
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