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From Monday 19 April 2010

I heartily recommend you listen to this record

Futures have released the deluxe edition of their album ‘The Holiday’ for free download at www.wearefutures.co.uk

Oh Sleeper cancel, but the show must go on

It has now been confirmed that Oh Sleeper have cancelled their UK tour appearances because of the flight problems caused by the Icelandic volcano. But the dates are going ahead with just Haste The Day, Shadows Chasing Ghosts and locals, except Glasgow tonight which was cancelled.

SHARKS show their hand

SHARKS have a new EP coming out entitled ‘Show of Hands‘, release date TBA.

You Say… drummer dies

You Say Party! We Say Die! drummer Devon Clifford died today at age 30 after collapsing on stage Friday night. He suffered a brain haemorrhage and died in hospital.

All Time Low DVD

According to ap.net All Time Low‘s live DVD, Straight to DVD, will be released via Hopeless on May 25.

Aborted Brum show

As The Red Chord have been unable to reach the UK, tomorrow’s show in Birmingham is now Aborted, Rotten Sound, This Legion + 1 Support. Doors 7:00pm at a discounted price, if anyone is interested in a discounted price they are to email their full name to me at

Sunday 18 April 2010

Anarbor – The Words You Don’t Swallow

‘The Words You Don’t Swallow’ is the kind of record The Academy Is… have tried to write ever since ‘Almost Here’ blew them up big. It’s a fun pop-punk album dripping with the arrogance of youth, a record with such a massive swagger in its

Cancer Bats – Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones

‘Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bones’ is an angry record, for angry people. It’s an album that reeks of testosterone, an album that’s so incredibly macho it’s the aural equivalent of the bodybuilder everyone has at their local gym – the one that’s bigger than everyone else and is simply

Pareto – Your Heart Is Ready For Home

“Pareto are a 3 piece band from Glasgow who mix crunchy and jaggy guitars with big melodic vocal lines. “, or so the band proclaim in their email to me asking for a review. It’s a fairly solid and honest opening, befitting a fairly solid and honest

The Morning Of – The Way I Fell In

Since Copeland‘s first album there’s been a lack of really good melancholic piano-pop. Sure, The Rocket Summer have pretty much cornered the genre, but they’re a bit chirpier and happier. The Morning Of, however, manage to fill the