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Rancid’s much-anticipated new album ‘Let The Dominoes Fall’ is streaming exclusively on the band’s MySpace page right now! (http://www.myspace.com/rancid)   Don’t forget to keep checking out the band’s daily webisodes this week prior to the album’s release at http://www.hellcatrecords.com and http://www.youtube.com/hellcatrecords (use this link to get the embeddable video codes).   Seminal punk band Rancid [...]

There are precious few innovators out there – far too few people who could rightly claim the title of “maverick” and really, truly mean it. Too many people willing to play it safe, and, sadly, too few people who don’t so much rip up the rulebook as burn it to smithereens.  But Peter Bjorn and [...]

THE STUPIDS are back! The band that were the pioneers for the whole UK melodic hardcore scene have reformed, and produced not only their first new album in 21 years, but arguably their most complete album ever. This isn’t a tired old rehash living on former glories – THE STUPIDS are back, and are stronger [...]

Astrid Williamson has always been an artist beloved more by critics than the record buying masses, which is a shame because her smoky, soulful voice is a true delight to hear and she has a way with a song that means her music is always interesting. Hailing originally from The Shetland Islands, Alison has an [...]

Once again we delve into our bag of goodies and pluck the tastiest tracks to tell you about! AUTONS – Weekend Jelly Maid Portsmouth’s own electro-rockers return with a track that sounds like the lead up to the evening out it celebrates. We weren’t too impressed by their live set, but this is a slice [...]

Well, this is a strange beast indeed, an EP of songs that all seem to pull in different directions, perhaps due to the diverse influences of the ands members. Featuring personnel from The Holloways, Mystery Jets and band of the moment Mumford and Sons, as well as the bands core members, there’s an eclectic mix [...]

In the current musical landscape there are all too few bands going out and just playing good, old fashioned rock, ignoring the primping and preening and letting screeching guitars tell the story. Thank heavens then for Scott Sorry! As well as bass duties in rock stalwarts The Wildhearts (and, formerly, Brides Of Destruction), Scott has [...]

After a whirlwind trip to UK in February, Minneapolis based Solid Gold flew back to USA for SXSW festival – from which, they emerged as hotly tipped by Music Week, NME (Radar – top bands from SXSW), The Times, The Guardian and Rob Da Bank – already off to a flying start this year.  The [...]

Tom Brosseau is apparently a man with a guitar, a thought that I’ll admit doesn’t fill me with excitement. For every Bob Dylan there are, unfortunately, ten James Morrison’s. Fortunately though, Brosseau isn’t intent on chart success, but rather his lo-fi tunes ramble on in a way that makes me wonder if this wasn’t an [...]

Because Innerpartysystem release their brand new EP ‘Heart of Fire’ this week and they’re feeling rather generous, the band has made a stunning track from their critically acclaimed debut album available for free at this link -  http://zaphod.uk.vvhp.net/reg/reg.pl?id=3492-85980. ‘This Town, Your Grave’ is the perfect example of the band’s unique take on rock music which [...]