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Time ofr another roundup of our favourite online clips, first up are Johnny Foreigner with the promo for ‘Criminals’, set to be the first release from their forthcoming album ‘Grace and the Bigger Picture’. Next up, and perfect for a sunday morning when your ears are still ringing, Voluntary Butler Scheme with ‘Trading Things In’, [...]

First up on this weeks video roundup we’ve got Wall Street Riots with ‘One More Ride’, it’s a tune built for alternative club nights, with a really dancebale beat thats sure to go down well with the punters. Then we have Mariachi El Bronx, the gonzo offshoot of the hardocre band, proving there’s more than [...]

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t really entirely sure what to expect the first time I popped this album into the CD player. For some reason I had it in my head that it would be something akin to the sound of Muse being raped by Mastodon while Porcupine Tree look on appreciatively. Thankfully though, my [...]

It’s a singles corner with a twist this week, we’ve got a new reviewer. Things have started to get busy here at Call Upon The Author and rather than keep letting things slip, we’ve got some fresh blood to share their opinions with you. There’s one gentleman still to introduce yourself, but today Emma joins [...]

Hope you’re all having a  good weekend, we thought that as we’re seeing Summer’s last dying breath you might all need a bit of cheering up, so  in this time of ever tightening purse strings, what is better than some free stuff? How about free stuff that makes for extra lovely listening? First up we’ve [...]

Everyone has a friend who thinks they know everything about music, that they’ve heard every band before you and if they like something then it will be huge. You know who this friend is, they’ll have trumpeted Arctic Monkeys as the saviours of British music, they’re probably banging on about Mumford & Sons to anyone [...]

It’s time once again to share some awesome videos with you, and first up we’ve got one of the very best we’ve ever seen! Foreign Beggars have made one of the best promo clips in a long while and certainly the most innovative and fun yet to pop up on the site here! Of course [...]

I reviewed Deadstring Brothers last album and I was impressed by their rootsy acoustic rock, so when I popped this CD into the player I was a little confused. Was this a Rolling Stones B-sides album in the wrong sleeve? Further listening proves that the influence runs deep. Thankfully though, this sounds like The Stones [...]

Ranked #1 in Kerrang Magazine’s “100 Gigs That Shook The World” and voted as “Nirvana’s #1 Greatest Moment” by fans in an NME poll, Nirvana’s historic August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the UK’s Reading Festival is one of the most bootlegged concerts in the annals of rock’n’roll. Now, fans will have an opportunity to [...]

Poor Broadway Calls, almost everything you review about them includes a comparison with Green Day. It can’t be helped I suppose, Billie Joe did sign them to his own label at one point, but these punk rockers are determined to plow their own furrow. I’ll be honest, you can’t help but wonder if they got [...]