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From Sunday 11 April 2010

Motion In Colour – When All Of You Have Gone

I hear a little bit of a Manchester Orchestra vibe in Oxford’s Motion In Colour. This four-tracker, released on Skullcow Records, shows glimpses of a talented band but, for me anyway, it’s not quite consistent enough to jump from ‘good’ territory into ‘great’. There

Saturday 10 April 2010

Bleeding Through stream

Bleeding Through‘s new self-titled album is up for streaming at www.myspace.com/bleedingthrough

Mighty Sounds line-up

Lots of bands for Mighty Sounds Fest in the Czech republic have been announced and you can check them out at http://www.mightysounds.cz/program.php The festival takes place between July 16-18.

The Broadcast – Birmingham Academy

The Broadcast. Birmingham Academy 3, April 7th 2010 I have two words about the first act Octane Ok and those words are auto-tune. As much as I hope they weren’t using it I have it on good authority that they were, and from where

She Bears – I Found Myself Asleep

Deep Elm Records seems to be pumping out the releases of late, and one thing that’s certain with each offering is that you’re never sure what you’re going to get. The label really seems to be mixing it up at the moment. ‘I Found Myself Asleep’ is

We Unite – S/T

These guys sent me this release quite a while back now, but it’s taken me a few months to find the time to review it, so apologies for that. We Unite is a three-piece from Kent made up of Sam Webb (ex Thousand Leagues Below) Vocals

Darko – S/T EP

Darko (name inspired by Slick Shoes, perhaps?) play a technical brand of skate punk that references the likes of Strung Out and the late 90s skate-punk bands. It’s about as fashionable as a shellsuit, but I kind of like it. This is the

From First To Abstract

Former From First To Last-er Travis Ritcher has been confirmed as the new singer for The Human Abstract

VGS cancel UK tour

Voodoo Glow Skulls have cancelled all 30+ dates on their forthcoming UK and Euro tour as VGS’ frontman, Frank Casillas will be taking an “indefinite break from touring to pursue other personal and career interests”. A statement from the band states: “Frank is not leaving the band,

FYS supports

The Wonder Years and Fireworks will support Four Year Strong on the latter’s trio of headline shows at the end of May/start of June.