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From Friday 04 May 2012

Say Anything Instore in Kingston

Say Anything will perform instore at Banquet Records on May 25th at 5pm. Banquet said the following about the performance: Say Anything are coming to play instore! This is a big deal for us. Sincerely one of our favourite bands over the last decade, and incidentally the reason why New Slang was

Great Cynics post Menzingers cover online

Giles of Great Cynics has recorded an acoustic cover of The Menzingers’ ‘I Was Born’. It’s stated to be part of a Moon and Back Music Benefit comp to help cover the costs of their recent robbery. The original blog post is at the Great Cynics Tumblr

run, WALK! call it a day and announce debut album

On a personal note, as someone who spent my “University years” in a small group of individuals trying to get people to come out to shows in Brighton, run, WALK! were always one of the most promising bands that would appear on bills (with bands that have also now

Dowsing/Parker Split EP

Twee indie/emo/pop punk bands seem to be cropping up all over the place at the moment, although that’s not necessarily a bad thing, especially when bands of DOWSING and PARKER’s calibre exist. DOWSING kick off the proceedings with two well-crafted numbers, fairly reminiscent of a less hectic DEFIANCE, OHIO. ‘That

Set Your Goals @ Groezrock

Set Your Goals @ Groezrock, Belgium, 2012

Hazen Street @ Groezrock

Hazen Street @ Groezrock, Belgium, 2012

Reel Big Fish @ Groezrock

Reel Big Fish @ Groezrock, Belgium, 2012

Thursday 03 May 2012

mewithoutYou – Ten Stories

Okay, deep breath. We’ve posted some pretty high scoring albums so far this year. For just a few examples, the new records from Straight Lines, The Tower And The Fool, Blacklisters, Hot Water Music

LIVE: Lights @ The Scala, London [24/02/2012]

24 year old Canadian synth-pop princess LIGHTS (whose real name is Valerie Poxleitner) has managed to create quite the buzz around herself recently, resulting in the queue for tonight’s show winding right around the Scala and off into the far distance. Whether the majority of the crowd are here

The Wonder Years @ Hit the Deck

The Wonder Years @ Hit the Deck 2012