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From Tuesday 28 March 2006

Seventy Times Seven

Submitted: “7Crowns (ex-Tiny Elvis) hit Indonseisan shores this Friday for a 3 week tour, hopefully taking British punk and live music in general to pastures new. To co-incide with this they will be releasing a strictly limited ‘Tour’ 6 track called ‘A Murder Of Crowns’ on Electrohell records. This

Monday 27 March 2006

An Episode of Empathy – S/T

Oh my God, please stop the singing! My ears are bleeding! Rule one of being in a band – If you can’t sing, don’t continue. Rule two of being in a band – If someone reminds you of rule one, you’re fucked. Rule three blah blah blah – Don’t rip off

Selladore – Demo

When I saw Selladore had a former Violent Delight member in their ranks, I really didn’t expect too much. But with an ex-member of Vex red also swelling the ranks, you’d be a fool to write off this London quintet. With basslines searing

The Murder Obsession – Digital Expense Recall

There’s a common theme when bands like TMO send us a CD for review – it ends up in my pile, I write a review berating the lack of musical talent and half a dozen “critics” too chicken shit to leave their name slag me off for not knowing

Last Orders – Skank it up

A lazy introduction stolen from the band’s myspace: “Ska-Punk 8 piece “Last Orders” were formed in Leicester – famous for, well – Engelbert Humperdinck and pork pies is all that comes to mind. Ahem, not a lot to boast about then! We formed in 2001, but didn’t

Cavil At Rest – Apples to Oranges EP

When I first came across Cavil At Rest last year, I was mightily impressed. A band that had a touch of the Gatsbys American Dream about them, they also had the ability to sound like themselves – pretty much a rarity in music circles these

Slack

The Slackers tour the UK next week! 02-Apr Concorde 2 Brighton 03-Apr Academy 2

A very large Aiden update

Submitted: “AIDEN have just announced they will be releasing a Hallowe’en EP on Devil’s Night, Monday 30th October 2006. Although details are currently being worked out for the release, the five-track CD will contain “a couple of new tracks, a Misfits cover and live footage”.

Moon Ska goes global

Taken from punknews.org: “Moon Ska Europe will be changing it’s name in the near future. The label will be renamed Moon Ska World in conjunction with a change in direction, focusing on worldwide ska and reggae. The label is gearing up to sign many acts from around the globe.

Refused are fucking dead

You can see a trailer for the new Refused DVD here