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From Monday 16 July 2007

It’s been a no news day

Aiden have a few dates around their Reading/Leeds shows: 21st August – London Barfly SOLD OUT 22nd August – Stoke Sugarmill 24th August – Reading Festival, NME stage 25th August – Leeds Festival, NME stage 26th August – Aberdeen Moshulu

Forever Falling – This City Is Dead

I’m going to lay this pretty straight down the line and I’ll make no apologies for my opinion or the probable poor spelling. So here goes: There’s no doubt Forever Falling will sell shitloads of records, start their own clothing line, support hundreds of UK and

Sunday 15 July 2007

Free Diamonds – By The Sword

Maybe it’s me, but for an English band on Deep Elm does this band actually tour the UK at all? I’ve never seen them in my local toilet anyway. ‘By The Sword‘ is second album by the north-easterners and arguably even more bizarre than the

Mendoza – The Escape Plan

Mendoza are a 5 piece band from the Oldham area of Manchester. When I first saw their name I mis-read it as mendonca, which would have gained them a 5-star review just for naming their band after former Grimsby Town and Charlton football

Never So True – This is our adventure

It’s safe to say this is Northampton’s Never So True‘s best – and more importantly, most consistent – release yet. Moving away from the zombiefied skate-punk which dominated their last demos, the band are beginning to forge a poppy skate-punk which borrows equally from Hot

Saturday 14 July 2007

Frank and the triple J tour

Frank Turner, Jonah Matranga, Jacob Golden, Joshua English all tour together: Sept 10th – Brighton Audio Sept 11th – Leicester Charlotte Sept 12th – Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire Sept 13th – Glasgow Cathouse Sept 14th – Middlesbrough Cornerhouse Sept 15th – Wolverhampton Civic Bar Sept 16th – Inverness Ironworks Sept 17th –

Valencia – live and loud

Valencia has posted a live version of “Will We Ever Know How?” at www.myspace.com/valencia

500 Miles To Memphis – Sunshine In A Shot Glass

It seems a shame Deep Elm are having to limit their musical output to 1,000 CDs per release because 500 Miles To Memphis certainly deserve to have their music heard by many, many more people. Described by some as ‘rowdy, insanely catchy, sometime heartbreaking but always inspiring

Friday 13 July 2007

Loved Ones tour and new members

The Explosion‘s Dave Walsh and Chris Gonzalez have joined the Loved Ones. The Loved Ones will also support NOFX in November.

Beat End

Beat Union are confirmed to support The Living End.