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Cast your minds back to late 1997. At Wembley Arena - Blur were playing. First of all this shy, timid band walked on-stage. No-one takes much notice. They play 30 mins of straight up, fuzzy, indie tunes. Then trudge off. The Warm Jets had arrived! Since then, they released some great singles, '»
You might have heard this song before. Probably last Saturday morning, played on the BBC1 Saturday Show programme. Although you can't fault anyone trying to earn a quick buck by exploiting children, you can certainly disagree with it. Especially when it's such turgid, laughable garbage as this. Be fair to Suga»
Top Scottish band Idlewild return to the live circuit, for the first time since last summer's festival apperances, with a handful of low-key gigs Prices are £10, except London which is £11. These gigs will showcase new material the band have been working on for their follow-up to their 2000 re»
It's been five years since, "The Distance" was a hit, and three years since they released an album, but Cake are back with this, their forth album, and first on a major label. Has anything changed? Well no, not at all. On first listen, Comfort Eagle is as pedestrian as an album can get. Singer John McCrea's monot»
Doug Martsch has been often cited as the '90's Neil Young'. Now in 2001, with this, Built To Spill's first album this century, the Neil Young influences are still there, which means business as usual. Ancient Melodies of the Future has a lot to answer for to officially follow up Built To Spill's brilliant 1999 a»
After missing out on Modest Mouse's previous gig at The Garage I was determined to see them this time. I've always been interested how the American three-piece would sound live after their latest album, The Moon and The Antarctica is a mixture of raging guitars, samples and atmospheric keyboards. There was a ple»
