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From Monday 31 December 2008

How random

Random Hand have put a couple of tracks up on their myspace ahead of their first ever UK tour. Check the tunes, and the tour dates, at www.myspace.com/randomhand

Armor For Sleep – Smile For Them

I still don’t get why Armor For Sleep aren’t bigger than they are. While ‘Dream To Make Believe’ was good without being great, ‘What To Do When You Are Dead’, in my opinion, is a genre-defining classic. It’s one of those records bands should go back and

Sunday 30 December 2007

Get Mike Scott’s EP free from Tuesday

Punktastic Recordings will be releasing Mike Scott‘s brand new EP for FREE on Tuesday – make sure you visit the site then to pick it up!

Hit The Lights interview

You can read my pretty snazzy interview with Nick of Hit The Lights HERE

Hit The Lights

Paul: Yo Nick! First things first, happy Christmas! What did Santa bring you this year and how did HTL spend their holiday season? Nick: Santa brought me socks and underwear, which doesn’t sound great but I was down to like, three pairs of each, so it’s good. People didn’t like

Hit The Lights

Paul: Yo Nick! First things first, happy Christmas! What did Santa bring you this year and how did HTL spend their holiday season? Nick: Santa brought me socks and underwear, which doesn’t sound great but I was down to like, three pairs of each, so it’s good. People didn’t like

A Thousand Suns – Destroy Create

Having recently scooped a 3K promising Kerrang! review, the future is pretty bright for Welshies A Thousand Suns. This EP – released just before Christmas – shows why. While the vocals sometimes slip into Lostprophets-esque mode, the songs are very well structured and based around

Ride Your Bike – Bad News From The Bar

Deep Elm’s own website suggests Ride Your Bike will be for fans of Plain White T’s, Dashboard Confessional, Say Anything, Honorary Title and Annuals, but I think there’s a definite nod towards Brand New on this record too.

Just Panic – Stand Up Straight In The Line Of Fire

Southport-based folk punkers Just Panic aren’t that bad. They just don’t really do all that for me either. The guitars are all too often coated in the same fuzzy distortion and I can’t say I’m that much of a fan of the

The Casting Out – S/T

The Casting Out feature members of the now defunct Boys Sets Fire, which you will hear as soon as Nathan Gray’s vocals kick in. Mixing up the likes of Tom Petty and Built To Spill with the likes of The Hold Steady and