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From Tuesday 29 September 2009

MC Lars headline

MC Lars is doing a one-off UK headline show at on October 27 at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms plus Special Guests MIKE TV + LAST LETTER READ + DIRTY SKY JONES.

LAB sale

HMV.com is running a sale on 2009’s LAB Records/Tragic Hero Europe releases. Pick up records from The Auteur, He Is Legend and Confide from just £2.99.

AMMP dates

A Major Motion Picture are out on their third tour of 2009 starting Saturday : 03/10 @ Kettering Keystone 04/10 @ Reigate Priory 06/10 @ Nottingham Seven w/Koopa 07/10 @ Birmingham Madhouse 08/10 @ Northampton Racehorse 09/10 @ High Wycombe Nags Head w/Koopa 10/10 @ Weston Super Mare Hobbits w/Koopa 11/10

1997/4LL streams

You can stream the new 1997 and Four Letter Lie albums at www.victorme.com/victorstream_1997_fourletterlie.php

Sunday 27 September 2009

King Blues guest edit Big Issue

Be sure to buy a copy of next week’s Big Issue (The Student Issue – out Monday 28th ) because Itch of the King Blues is the Guest editor! Pick up a big issue from your local vender, and where you can, please

Hiatus Is Legend

He Is Legend have gone on ‘indefinite hiatus’.

The Swellers stream album / PT review

You can stream the new The Swellers album at www.myspace.com/theswellers and then read my review HERE

The Swellers – Ups and Downsizing

There’s a lot of talk about Paramore‘s new album, but it’s their Fueled By Ramen labelmates who will be stealing their thunder. The Swellers. Remember the name. Because if you don’t already, then you will soon. ‘Ups and Downsizing’ is an absolute stunner of

Portman – These songs were written in bedrooms and village halls

Portman have come a long way from their Dutch Oven days, a time when they wrote sub-par piano-based pop-punk that promised more than it delivered. With their Portman guise they’ve had slightly more success, although probably not as much as their

The Bakesys – Return to the Planet of the Bakesys

Live albums are quite the head-stumper; generally released to ‘capture’ that precious live moment, very rarely do they actually succeed. More often than not the band sounds decent enough whilst there’s no sign of the crowd, with the result being a sort-of lo-fi ‘hits’ collection instead. ‘Return to the