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From Saturday 06 June 2009

Dance Gavin Dance – Happiness

When you’re a fifth or sixth generation “emo” band you have to do something pretty special to avoid a scathing review from someone who is well and truly fed up with bands dropping the E string to a D, throwing in some screams and shouts and chucking in a

The Friday Night Boys – Off The Deep End

I said this when I reviewed their EP and I shall say it again – the world only needs one All Time Low. I’m a big fan of this genre of music, but let’s face it, there are millions of bands peddling pop music with spiky

There For Tomorrow – A Little Faster

When I reviewed There For Tomorrow‘s last EP I remarked how they sounded like Cartel. This record, musically at least, has moved away from the pop sensibilities of Will Pugh and co and is a much more rockin’ beast. Vocally the band do have

Candy Cutter – EP

Candy Cutter are a definite Marmite band; you’ll love them or hate them, there’s no middle ground. Infact you could even split it into ‘you get them or you don’t get them’ as that would also fit the bill. Formed in Cornwall ‘out of frustration at

Big Scary Monsters

Paul: Hello Kev, please give us a brief history of how Big Scary Monsters came into being? Kev: It was about 7 years ago now. I was 17 and busy failing a-levels in Business, Computing and Graphic Design (ironically the three things which pretty much make up my life

Emery – In Shallow Seas We Sail

I’ve never been totally sold on Emery. Their albums have flattered to deceive, showing glimpses of a great band but ultimately falling back on a sing/shout/breakdown style that sounds horrendously dated. The EP they released last October showed another side to the band as they

The Used post new track

The Used has posted new song ‘Burning Down The House’ at www.myspace.com/theused

HTL to release digital EP

ap.net report Hit the Lights will release the digital only EP ‘Coast to Coast’ on June 23.

New Between The Trees single

Between The Tress has posted their new single at www.myspace.com/betweenthetrees

New Darkest Hour track

Darkest Hour has posted a new song at www.myspace.com/darkesthour