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What to do on a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon in Kingston, Surrey… I had a few choices, either stay in the garden and crack open a can of beer, or on a more civilized front, go to the Kingston Peel for an eye full of pole dancing, or last but not least, clear out the cobwebs with a fair ol’ dose of raw guitar noise at the cockfest all-dayer.»
Have you ever been lost in Venice? You know the feeling, you are walking up yet another alleyway, trying to pretend you know where you are and where you are going, walking past fellow travellers scratching theirs heads and looking at the map, only to get to yet another dead end. Ui's latest album 'Answers'»
For starters I have to say what a god awful name. Tennis, I mean please... OK game, but band name? It just doesn't cut the mustard, Love 15 or Deuce would be slightly better. The album title also is a bit of a strange one. 'Laundromat', in itself isn't too bad I guess, but it has absolutely no connection »
What a great name for Kat Bjelland's (Babes in Toyland) new band. Quite apt considering Kat's divorce a few years ago with the devil himself - Lubricated Goat's guitarist/vocalist Stuart Grey. Katastrophy Wife is basically Kat doing exactly what she has always done, punchy guitar riff»
Probe: I'm interested in your experience of different music scenes around the world, how audiences differ in different parts of the world. Also, how independent media compares in different parts of the world, and what part this plays in supporting non-mainstream music. So here are the questions. You are best k»
I have never been to a gig before where the entire crowd put their fingers in their ears at exactly the same time. Tonight was an exception. Fixit Kid started off the night with a hell of a racket reminiscent of early Big Black with the addition of vocal screams that couldn’t be deciphered but worked a treat. At»
