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Just Surrender – If These Streets Could Talk

Another band out of the Cartel/Sherwood melodic school of emo-rock, Just Surrender (formerly A Second Chance) do this cliched style of music pretty well. Sure, they don’t hit any new ground and they won’t be tearing up too many trees in the coming

Monday 18 July 2005

Near Miss – Reeve Oliver/The Matches – Takeover Records 3-way split #2

The second in the Takeover Records three-way split installment, this CD showcases three reasonably new, albeit completely different, bands. Near Miss have a Bigwig-esque technical skate-punk sound, Reeve Oliver come acros like a mix between Spitalfield and the Foo Fighters, while

Owls? In Parliament? Twit twoo Blair would be proud.

Submitted by Les from Fireapple Red: “I’ve joined my good buddies Owen and Alex to do a bit of lo-fi acoustic project called Parliament of Owls. Check www.myspace.com/parliamentofowls for tunes,including a sweet REM cover and leave some feedback!”

Driven like they stole it

Submitted: “It is with a heavy heart that we bring you this news, but Drive Like You Stole It have decided to call it a day. We’ve taken the band as far it can realistically go and as we’re getting older, our priorities are changing.

Deep Elm stream their entire back catalogue

Submitted: Starting today, and continuing every Monday, Deep Elm Records will stream all songs from six releases on Mywire, until eventually every song from nearly 100 releases in the catalog is available to the listening public. If you’re keeping track, that’s about ten thousand songs. For free.

Hit the Lights sign to Triple Crown

As predicted by Punktastic a few weeks ago, Hit The Lights have signed to Triple Crown Records.

The Matches – E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals

Is pop punk the forgotten love child we all once held close in times of need? I certainly remember many moons ago it was this most humble of genres which opened the door to a world of liberating music, but it isn’t quite the draw it once was, with

Living in a box

Skirtbox have some new “demo” material up on www.skirtbox.com

Blood Brothers quit

Submitted by Adrian: “Blood Brothers have parted ways to persue side projects.”

Reading/Leeds warm-ups

Submitted by Andrew: “Fightstar + Emanuel play on Aug 22nd, Coheed and Cambria play on Aug 23rd and Trivium play on Aug 24th, all at the miniscule Camden Barfly.”