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THE TWILIGHT SAD – Seven Years Of Letters FatCat Dark and brooding, this track feels like it’s waiting to pounce, but despite the seismic riffing it never seems to achieve the momentum you feel it’s building toward. By no means a bad track, but the band have done much better! VIRGIL HOWE – Someday 3 [...]

One venue, three performers. All flying solo with only a collection of wood and strings for company. First up is an old friend of Call Upon the Author. Andrew Foster has featured on the site more than once and we remain huge fans of his engaging stage presence and his adept way of spinning everyday [...]

As music is becoming more available within the evolution of technology and, with it, comes a higher quantity of production, a line is being drawn to consider what we have and what we had. The latter attempts to attain similar qualities of a musical past or at least attempt to harness the positive aspects from [...]

From the strange cover of Filewile’s new album “Bluewkywell” I hadn’t a clue what to expect. Though something bizarre I was sure, and not wrong, from the first track “Sombrero or Die” these haunting vocals accompanied by upbeat instrumentals along with what I can only describe as siren like noises makes for an interesting yet [...]

From the cover of The Mojo Gurus new album “Let’s get lit with…” I expected some sort of psychedelic, Jefferson Airplane inspired, marijuana fuelled 70’s excellence, sadly these expectations were far from met, instead I found myself drifting off into tedious “rock” that I couldn’t help but feel all they were doing had been done [...]

Hugely powerful and hugely surprising, an apt description of Every Time I Die’s latest album ‘New Junk Aesthetic’. Everything that comes out of this album exudes dedication and an awe inspiring power. Yet for some people this release still just might miss the mark. If you don’t know who they are then the best way [...]

So, time for another root through dome of the most interesting and exciting new videos. So, what delights do we have for you this week? How about Foreign Beggars and their council estate hip-hop? Check out the remix that kicks in toward the end of the track, potent stuff! From there we leap into some [...]

I was surprised by how empty the NME Radar Tour was when I arrived, for Yes Giantess there was a small crowd supporting and enjoying the energetic performance, despite the vocalist’s keyboard having “exploded” before the set he improvised with a maraca. His witty banter to the audience opened for a brilliant show. Next, The [...]

Not to be missed by any fans of ‘Supergrass’. Charly Coombs (younger brother of Gaz Coombs and part time member of Supergrass) will be bringing his band The New Breed to the Cellars in Eastney to play what is their third only gig to date. This definitely is a chance to see a band before [...]

Officially licensed by The Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd., the stunning collection, previously only available in North America, includes the following Beatles’ collectible content: The first book in the box is the LP Sized Album Artwork Book includes 200 pages of the Beatles’ LP artwork – the first time all the Beatles’ UK and US album [...]