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...“This country has nothing more to offer me” according to Edward Larrikin. Now stick that on a flag of St. George and wave it merrily from your rear passenger window.»
As a founder member of both the Cocteau Twins and more recently Bella Union Records, Robin Guthrie should need no introduction.»
Ironic he may be now, iconic is something we could be using to describe The Star Fighter Pilot as being in years to come.»
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... »
To call this 'project' - because that's basically all these five individuals are - The Feeling is a contradiction in itself, as there is no feeling that can be associated with this album other than one of pure despair, whether that be with its orchestrators or the record-buying public themselves, who've bought into the whole concept...»
...Of course they don't come back, but then surely that's the whole point, leaving you in suspense crying out for a second dose, and make no mistake, when The Grates return to these shores, there'll be no shortage of patients-in-waiting...»
I suppose, theoretically, 'World At Your Feet' is the perfect epitaph for Sven's reign as England's number one - staid, disinterested, and passionless.»
After such a long time in the making, 'Red Thread' is undoubtedly worth the wait. Sort the name out and you never know what the future might hold?»
After the overwhelming success of last year's Drop In The Ocean festival, which saw over 200 artists and 25 venues give their services for free and raise £57,000 for the Asian Tsunami relief fund, the organisers have been busy getting a second one in place.»
Maybe 'Louder, LOUDER...' would have been a more appropriate title?»
Rooney, Rooney, where art thou Rooney? Well, if that old metatarsal bone doesn't sort itself out in time for next weekend, you could always head to Nottingham for the next Drowned In Sound shabang, cos boy have we got a line-up in store for you...»
Lords, for all their dirty, grinding grime-stained passion and carbohydrates-starved soul are like the ultimate concept project, yet without any actual reasoning or hookline to commit themselves to...»
This Sunday (May 28th) sees Nottingham's second Dot To Dot Festival take place at venues across the city, and it's even bigger and better than last year. Over 60 bands and DJs will be spread across four venues - Rock City, Stealth, the Social and the Rescue Rooms...»
The story of Ghosty could already take up enough chapters to reach novel status in its own right.»
For The Rakes it seems an eternity since they last played live, which by their nomadic standards, it probably is. If tonight was meant to celebrate their promotion to rock and roll’s Premier League – twelve months ago they were playing at the Social, which has a capacity almost a tenth of the size of Rock City – then the lack of a queue, and more to the point, ticket touts would have brought them back down to planet reality with a bang...»
In Alamos’ world everything is rock Jim, but not necessarily as we know it, or at least since Idlewild matured into the Athlete cool kids are supposed to like and Mclusky disintegrated prematurely at any rate.»
'Waterloo To Anywhere' announces the band's ambitions in full, to be honest. It's not a radical departure from anything 3/4 of Dirty Pretty Things have been associated with in the past - Didz Hammond being the slightly obvious exception - and isn't exactly going to scratch the surface of, let alone break the mould as far as genre redefinition is concerned. »
If Civilian were broken down into three EPs, then it would certainly hold more appeal. As an album though, its like a half-pint of shandy – refreshing for five minutes or so but distinctly average, and under no circumstances would you want to let any of your friends see you in its company...»
Forget the north/south divide, how's about recording the visceral impact of a collision between...ooh, let's say London and Manchester for example. And then just sitting back and watching it implode in the faces of you and anyone else brave enough to come into contact with it.»
Coming from Oxford would mean that sooner or later, comparisons would be drawn with Radiohead. For Fell City Girl this would probably be considered an honour, and whilst they could hardly be cited as being worshippers at the throne of their hometown's most revered icons, there are also several parallels between the two.»
Led by the inimitable songwriting talent of Phil Wilson, The June Brides actually took the post-punk blueprint of Orange Juice one step further and mixed it with the sarcastic lyrical wit of The Smiths, sounding unlike anyone else from that era but without any shadow of a doubt laying the foundations for people like Belle And Sebastian to take the bedroom-indie sound into chartered, commercially successful territories.»
Nottingham Drowned In Sound presents its latest instalment this coming Saturday (20th May), when we introduce four of the finest bands currently stepping out of the East Midlands' burgeoning music scene.»
Apart from Rugby League, Warrington has very little to shout about other than being the composite midpoint between Liverpool and Manchester. Which is just as well, as local five piece My Architects sound like they've been reared on a mixed diet of Lee Mavers' scrapbooks for breakfast and Stone Roses carveries for dinner.»
The final words though, rest with Edward Larrikin. "Grab your A-Z, flick in the back and plan world domination!" It seems The Zutons already have.»
Having spent the majority of 2004 touring relentlessly, a fair amount of which they were accompanied by Kasabian, Chikinki must have thought the writing was on the wall when their tour mates’ career went stellar and they found themselves subsequently dropped without so much as a whimper.»
For all the kind words bestowed on Giant Drag, their music hasn't quite matched the hullabaloo inspired hype machine to date.»
As the greying, bequiffed gargantuan caruso denounces, “England is mine – and it owes me a living” from the centre of the stage in the deluxe confines of the City Hall, only the brave – or indignantly stupid – would dare to challenge his bequest.»
When Swell Maps co-founder Nikki Sudden became the second ex-Map to pass away in March of this year, you'd have been hard pressed to find even the slightest mention in any of the high street rock'n'roll weeklies, let alone something as ornately touching as an obituary.»
Consisting of three brothers from Manchester, Kill The Young should be whetting the appetite for a war of the roses style battle against their arch nemesis The Cribs. Gorman v Jarman. Who’s your money on?»
Who'd have thought that when Songs For Polar Bears came out all those years ago - an understated gem in the-then burgeoning Glasgow underground scene - its creators' fourth opus almost a decade later would be one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of 2006 by both the record buying public and tabloid media whores alike?»
