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West London five piece, them:youth are preparing to unleash and release their debut single ‘Bow and Arrows’, through Another Music = Another Kitchen Records on May 25th, 2009. In a few short months, the band have managed to whip the music scene into a frenzy with their distinct, diverse sound and rousing on stage presence.  [...]

Ah, Doves… I never used to understand quite why everyone raved about them. Sure, they were good and yes ‘Black and White Town’ was a very good song indeed, but they never quite seemed to gel with me. Maybe it was subconscious… I’ve never been a huge fan of most of the big groups from [...]

The legendary Anthrax will be hitting the road in Europe this summer. A series of festivals and headline dates as a precursor to their forthcoming new studio album…   The band has been putting the finishing touches to a new studio album – their first in six years – entitled “Worship Music”. The album marks [...]

The bright, energetic debut LP from Los Angeles’ Army Navy blends chiming 60’s pop under blankets of guitar fuzz with hints of bubble gum, new wave, motown, and sunshine jangle, creating a set of absolutely irresistable pop tunes.   Frontman Justin Kennedy has moved on from his early days in Seattle’s Pinwheel, a side project [...]

Here at Call Upon the Author we have no shame in crowing about the artists that we love, thats why we want to introduce them to you. One of our absolute favourite songwriters is a young man named Loz. He’s been one of the biggest influences on this site getting started in the first place [...]

My experience of Official Secrets Act began just over a year ago (March eighteenth 2008 to be precise), they headlined a set at The Eastney Cellars that blew me away with their raw new-wave sound, songs that were both immediate and interesting and most of all, the fact that they were all lovely guys, friendly [...]

Starsailor seem to me to be a band blessed with poor luck. I’ve always found James Walsh’s voice interesting and the band certainly wrote some good pop tunes. It seemed for a while that they would take over from The Verve as the indie band with mass market appeal… but the Coldplay came along. This [...]

Gosport duo The Lonely Cardinals celebrate the launch of their debut eight track EP with a special free gig at Little Johnny Russell’s in Albert Rd on Thursday the 14th May. Formed in 2008 the Lonely Cardinals have created a name for themselves as fine purveyors of punk rock blues, surprising the local scene with [...]

Call Upon The Author favourites Holdfast have announced two very exciting new support slots in the coming months. On May 14th they’ll be heading up to London’s Luminaire to support Polly Scattergood. Polly is garnering rave reviews in the press and a huge following. This will be at one of The Luminaire’s ever popular Mish [...]

Following a rapturously-received and sold-out live performance to the film Man Of Aran at London’s BFI, British Sea Power are making a track from their Man Of Aran soundtrack available as a free download. British Sea Power’s all-new score to the 1934 film will be available on DVD/CD from 18 May. The track Come Wander [...]