Ross has written the following articles:
When you’ve got a collection of endlessly enjoyable pop hooks under your belt and you’re playing to a rapturously responsive sold out 100 club, frankly, I couldn’t give a f**k what your band’s called.»
With the release of ‘Room on Fire’ re-affirming the place of muddy guitar dirges in 2004, you would have thought young, four-piece Eastern Lane would fit in very well, and you’d be right.»
Although influenced and inspired by this fairly obvious cast of 60’s/70’s songwriters, HAL inhabit a rare space – a band starting out with songs that are as memorable on first hearing as they are charming when performed live, even in freezing December...»
Bands often fall from grace - some in an ultra-fashionable blaze of glory, some quietly decide to turn down their amps, and some simply disappear without trace. Then there’s this lot...»
Constantly gritty and pleasurably loud, Archie Bronson Outfit prove that whatever is shot across the Atlantic, we can fire back with something much, much better.»
...Rip it Up is a satisfyingly rockin' single - the least you'd expect from one of this year's most exciting bands.»
As tunefully raucous as early Supergrass and as exciting as anything to come from, uh, anywhere else this year – on tonight’s set, Karmakops are an essential new British band.»
...this brother/sister duo from Brooklyn, display not only a ruthless take on churning New York punk rhythms, but run through a slew of cleverly crafted lyrical jaunts, all delivered with rasping elegance.»
With anthemic choruses and harmony guitar solos currently occupying the upper escholons of the charts, Kid Symphony’s set of soaring sonics may have arrived at just the right time.»
With half the music industry squelched at the back of the Barfly, a band take the stage whose name is a warning to canine owners across the country – especially considering it’s 98 degrees outside. Whether you think the name sucks ass or you think it’s the best moniker since ‘A Box of Fish with Tartar Sauce’, Dog»
The fact that the rising spearheads of London’s rock scene play a packed Barfly on the hottest day of the year so far, is very apt indeed. Razorlight are as exciting and strangely invigorating as dipping your bits into an ice bucket after a long day in the sun. Championed by, amongst others, John Kennedy and »
Next Monday the Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon, London, sees the premiere of a new cabaret night, showcasing live music and comedy. The opening line-up features sketch comedy and character stand-up, plus acoustic sets from up-and-coming musicians. The new night is entitled ‘Sketch etc’. According to »
Two Scousers playing deep-south acoustic blues circa 1929: why-oh-why would you want to listen to a combination that sounds like such a recipe for disaster? Hopefully, the reason would be precisely because it is two Scousers playing deep-south acoustic blues. For although on paper it might not look like the m»
Liverpool has recently produced a crop of great new guitar bands, of which six-piece The Bandits are tucking themselves neatly beside The Coral, The Zutons and The Hokum Clones as Scouse purveyors of Beefheart-blessed guitar shanties. The ‘Cosmic Scouse Rock’ label may be pushing it a bit, b»
If Jeff Klein has had more than one breakdown, why doesn’t he sit back for a moment and take a look at the music he’s been making? For within these three pieces of MOR-Americana sludge, he might just find the cause of his repeated collapse. The formulaic strain through nothingness that is the guitar dr»
Hype – the destroyer of hope, or the platform to the party? This week’s headline to next week’s obituary? Or a rise from the current hot rumour, to ‘legend of our time’? Whichever way early exposure may push a new band, their mythic origins are not usually found in Lincoln. Particularly when the root of the buzz is in »
Apparently Keith Richards personally chose Jet to support The Stones on the Australian leg of their current tour. Perhaps this is because the Australian four piece’s first EP is born out of the same Jagger and Richard’s infected twangs and rhythms that make up the best of ‘Sticky Fingers’»
A two-piece, heavy-blues outfit from the states? You’re talking about Jack and Meg White surely? Afraid not, matey. This is Dan and Patrick. They’re from Ohio. They’re The Black Keys, and they squeeze, sweat and drip the blues. The Black Keys’ second album is a continuous, energised ramble through a»
After a furious A&R storm surrounding the Lincolnshire three-piece, The 22-20s offer us their first 7” single release. A-side ‘Such a Fool’ is a guttural guitar assault, driving through its bluesy three minutes with psychotic guitar flourishes, and a languid stomp that would make The White Stripes »
