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It’s fair to say, going into tonight’s gig, that I wasn’t the biggest fan of Editors, but thankfully I had my better half with me who loves them. If nothing else, with the dreary grey skies and drizzling rain as we waited in Guildhall Square, surrounded by the regal Guildhall itself and the dreary concrete and glass of the civic offices, we were setting a perfect scene for the Birmingham bands tunes…

Boe Weaver are a mysterious outfit – there is no description of them on Last FM, little or no personal detail on their MySpace, and their PR write up describes them in only a few phrases. So what do we know? Enough! Working out of the Isle of Wight, and apparently loving the giant animal [...]

ASH – War With Me Atomic Heart Records A strange one this, it feels more like a long lost Housemartins tune than the newest single from Ash. It’s by no means a bad tune, but it just doesn’t seem to quite gel… 60 PERSONS – Not Like You Myspace.com/60persons Catchy stuff this, with the sort [...]

Though she may have garnered the sympathy vote with her stories of being laid up with a cold, Paloma Faith didn’t pull her punches tonight. Instead she invested herself fully in a powerful performance that was far ore hit than miss. Backed by her superb band, the set was full of energy and truly came [...]

It’s been way too long since we last updated you with some of the favourite videos we receive, so I won’t blather on today, let’s get on with it! We’ve written about Losers before, but here’s the video to Flush, their new single. Coming on as a Terry gilliam mental breakdown, it’s something to behold… [...]

Walking onstage with a half-hearted wave, and a barely audible “Hello,” a solemn-looking McRae opened solo with the simple, yet emotive acoustic lament Alphabet Of Hurricanes (incidentally, a song which doesn’t feature on the new album of the same name), his vocals staggering in a live setting, and instantly hushing a previously unsettled audience. But [...]

Jon Allen, a guy who goes relatively undetected but a guy who puts too much work in for it to be deserved. Hopefully, with the release of his album Dead Man’s Suit and his impending tour of Europe it’s something that is about to change. He’s a great live performer, fantastic at keeping his audience [...]

 Wintersleep – New Inheritors Album Released May 17th 2010  on One Four Seven Records The title track from the album will be released as a Single on May 10th,  it is available for a limited time as a FREE DOWNLOAD  at www.wintersleep.com Wintersleep return to the Europe in May for a Camden Crawl appearance and [...]

Noisia release their debut album, “Split The Atom”, on April 5th and have announced that their album launch party has also will take place on April 9th at London’s Fabric nightclub. Noisia will be taking over room 2 and will have more-than-able support from Phace, Rockwell, Andy C and more. It promises to be an [...]

The Gaslight Anthem has unveiled the cover art and track listing of their forthcoming album AMERICAN SLANG (SideOneDummy Records).  AMERICAN SLANG is set for release in the UK on June 14th.   Produced by Ted Hutt (who produced the band’s acclaimed last release, THE ’59 SOUND), AMERICAN SLANG heralds a dramatic leap forward for The [...]