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Madina Lake – From Them, Through Us, To You

For me there’s little doubt that Madina lake will be the poster boys of 2007, adorning the front cover of mainstream magazines and featuring on a MTV-channel near you soon. With the image and shiny, catchy tunes by the bucketload, Madina Lake – signed

Wheatus interview

Andy interviewed Wheatus at the London leg of the Get Happy tour. If you;re that way inclined, read his interview here

Wheatus

Brendan B. Brown is a sick man. Having caught a nasty case of pneumonia early into the Get Happy Tour a few weeks ago, he’s been in and out of hospital, popping anti-biotics daily, and trying his hardest to stay healthy enough to prevent him from missing any more

Wheatus

Capdown live review

Andy went to see Capdown et al play at London ULU last night. Read his thoughts here

Capdown – London Shepherds Bush Empire

Capdown, with support from Howards Alias, The Steal & The JB Conspiracy 22nd February 2007 London ULU Firstly, apologies must be given to the JB Conspiracy for not being able to cover them in this review. By the time you

Smoke or Fire – This Sinking Ship

There’s a very easy way to write this review. I could just say ‘if you like melodic punk rock, buy this album’ and be done with it. because let’s face it, if you’re a fan of melodic punk rock in a Only Crime meets Alkaline

Attack In Black – Widows EP

Punknews.org described Attack In Black as ‘beard punk’, which suits them down to the ground. In various different places they remind me of mixes of Lawrence Arms, Weakerthans and other bearded types. Which is rather nice. While hailing from Canada, Attack

Friday 23 February 2007

Paulson – All At Once (re-issue)

I really like Paulson. I thought ‘Variations’ was an excellent little record, a CD that took elements of Radiohead and Squarepusher and gave them a modern day, ’emo’ contemporary spin. Inventive drumming, cool vocals…Paulson seemed like a band trying something a little different. Doghouse

The Legacy – Solitude

Just a nitpick – why do people stick a tracklisting on the CD? It’s useless trying to refer to something when the disc is spinning around in the machine! Anyway, that’s not The Legacy‘s fault. Signed to Visible Noise after releasing a successful EP on Dead