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From Monday 11 October 2010

Danger, danger, danger can, danger can, danger can

Not Advised release their new single ‘Right Now’ on November 15 and you can watch a video teaser at this link. You can also pre-order the single bundle now here.

Sunday 10 October 2010

Valencia – Dancing With A Ghost

Valencia started off life as a melodic pop punk band with the balance more on the punk than the pop. ‘Que Sera Sera’ and ‘The Space Between’ off that first record are two brilliant pop-punk anthems that I’ve played and played and played over the years. But,

Girl Afraid – Believe What Comes Next

Rule one of sending in your release for review – make sure all the songs play properly. For some reason the third track on this EP, ‘When All This Is Over…’ is just three minutes of static and shushing noises. Something has clearly gone wrong somewhere along

Saturday 09 October 2010

Outsmarted – The Amoral Ranger

Hello eardrums! ‘The Amoral Ranger’ opens up fast, impacting and fierce enough to blow away any Sunday morning cobwebs. Not a bad start really for Austrian quintet, Outsmarted. And as far as debut albums go, this isn’t a bad start either. Outsmarted essentially plays

Lost Response – Blue Murder EP

Two things immediately hit me when I first received this to review. 1) The band couldn’t be bothered to label the MP3s correctly, so the band name wasn’t attached when it loaded in iTunes. Lazy, lazy, lazy. 2) There’s really no need at all for a 6 (yes, SIX)

Dividers – Demo

“Dividers are a pretty new pop punk band from Swansea, South Wales. We’ve played our first show in February 2010 and since then have toured the UK, as well as playing with some of our favourite bands. We’ve been compared to bands like Get Bent,

London! Free Alcopop showcase this afternoon with Punktastic DJ!

I’m taking to the decks this afternoon for some DJing between bands at Rota (Alcopop! Showcase) at Notting HIll Arts club! Attika State Jumping Ships +more FREE 4-8pm notthinghillartsclub.com for details!

The Front Bottoms – Slow Dance To Soft Rock

I was asked to review this record by the guys at Alter The Press who have been championing them for a bit. They’re based in New Jersey and a three-piece, although their sound is more akin to a band with double the members. There’s all

Friday 08 October 2010

QUICK! CALL THE POLICE!

Junior Battles totally-not-infringing-any-copyrights video for Basements is now online >>

A Free Victory

Victory Records has released a free 21 track compilation album via Amazon featuring: Comeback Kid, Close Your Eyes, Sister Sin, Within The Ruins, Wretched, Beneath the Sky, Corpus Christi, The Autumn Offering, Pathology, Carnifex, Grave Maker, The Sleeping, William Control,