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Protest The Hero – Nottingham Rock City

Tonight, one early evening in March, Rock City?s Basement venue heaves with the sweaty breathlessness of several hundred bodies full of anticipation at the prospect of three acts hotly tipped to grab the proverbial bull by the horns and turn metal on its head, led

New song by The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada have posted a new song online at www.myspace.com/tdwp

Escarres – Plumerid

I’m assuming this lot have been lazily likened to Dillinger Escape Plan and maybe Sikth in most reviews they ever had. But they aren’t that easy to define – they are maybe closer to Raised Fist. They sit nicely at the more brutal

Valencia – We All Need A Reason To B-Side

This 4-tracker is a tour only EP available on their US dates whenever you buy any merch. But it’s also streaming on a few (legal) websites and so I figured, as I love Valencia, this would be worthy of few sentences. As the title suggests this

Second Monday website

Second Monday have posted up a new website/blog which you can check out at www.secondmonday.co.uk

Hexes – White Noise / Black Sound

In the same way Gallows, The Ghost of a Thousand and others are now leading the UK assault on the world in terms of punk rock domination, I can see Hexes doing similar things. Their debut album is inaccessibly accessible – it’s a

Ashbury – Let’s Make A Scene

Ashbury, to me, sound like the Gin Blossoms if they were given a 21st Century emo makeover. They play a brand of very poppy rock, steeped in really clever little vocal melodies and harmonies. It’s a kind of written-for-radio inoffensive brand of rock that will

Coalesce confirm release date for ‘Ox’

Taken from punknews.org: Coalesce have set a release date for Ox, their first record in ten years. The veteran hardcore/noise band will be releasing their album on June 9, 2009 in North America and June 15, 2009 everywhere else. The album was recorded with Ed

Matchbook Romance confirm hiatus is over

Matchbook Romance have confirmed three reunion shows in the US and are considering releasing a new album.

TBS get new again in June

Taking Back Sunday‘s new album, ‘New Again’, hits stores June 2.