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From Thursday 07 September 2006

No more Talent

Billy Talent have cancelled their planned Southampton show for ‘personal reasons’. The rest of the tour is believed to be unaffected.

River City High get taken over

Virginia-based rockers River City High recently inked a deal with Takeover Records to become the ninth band signed to the label. Their second LP, ‘Not Enough Saturday Nights’, is slated for a November 14 release.

Wednesday 06 September 2006

MrHappyChainsaw – The Anywhere But Here EP

The last time I reviewed this Essex quartet, I said they were generic and a bit crap. Sadly, what I said last time around still applies. While this new five-song EP is marginally better than their last effort, it sadly still sounds like pretty much every other British

I guess this was inevitable…

Great Glass Elevator have posted a song entitled “Crocodile Tears” at www.purevolume.com/greatglassevelator as a tribute to the recently deceased legend, Steve Irwin.

New live reviews on PT

Continuing our recent spate of live reviews, you can check out or thoughts on two more recent gigs: Say Anything at Sheffield Leadmill Azriel at Subverse

You slacker

The Slackers have posted two brand new tracks at ww.myspace.com/theslackers

TMS set for ‘Joanna’ single

The Maple State will release a brand new version of ‘Joanna’ as a single later this year.

Say Anything – Sheffield Leadmill

The first thing I feel at liberty to mention, is that Sheffield has a massive lack of Subways. After trailing around what seemed like most of the city, myself and gig buddy Spud were forced to dine at Burger King rather than something we actually wanted to eat. So

Myspace to sell music

The BBC have posted an article HERE where they detail how unsigned bands on Myspace will be allowed to sell their music via the site in addition to their current services.

Tuesday 05 September 2006

Love and a .45 – EP

Here we have a short 3-track EP from a distinctly ‘London-sounding’ new punk band. First track ‘Breakdown payout’ is pretty simplistic, with not much more than powerchords, drums and whiny vocals throughout the entire song. While it’s pretty catchy, Kate Moritz’s vocals are grating, and despite it being