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Following earlier mini-album and EP releases, Dead Waves is the first full length album from Leicestershire four-piece band Kyte. Having never come across them before, I was intrigued: both by the stark black and white album artwork, and accompanying record company write-up which promised ‘dreamy soundscapes…coupled with big pop sensibilities.’ First track The Smoke Saves [...]

A brilliantly perfect gig for someone with brilliant potential. Not to sound too cliché or anything but the moment Jon Allen appeared on stage, emerging from a hidden door, it was clear that the night ahead was going to be a good one. He jumped straight into the first song Lay Your Burden Down and [...]

An under strength crowd line the barrier at the Wedgewood Rooms for the first gig of New Young Pony Clubs tour and Teeth have the pleasure in trying to unite the room. Loud and brash, this experimental punk outfit certainly couldn’t be faulted in their enthusiasm and put up a good fight against adversity. They [...]

As we sit at the bar and await the doors being thrown open to the public, chatting to the support acts and joking with the bar staff, there’s one question on our lips tonight – “where is Lupen Crook?”. As the audience filter in our headliner is nowhere to be seen. No matter though, as [...]

The deluxe edition of Be Human is something that all Fightstar fans should have for no other reason than the acoustic show they recorded. It gives people a chance to see them sit back and relax and perform their songs on a completely new level. Their stripped back set takes nothing away from the quality [...]

With a weird name and an even weirder press release there comes an expectation that perhaps this person is quirky, odd and slightly mad. He is! So much so that when he appears on the stage at the Joiners with a cellist in tow it is barely questionable when he makes odd comments and Stacy, [...]

Did you know that there’s a gig venue in South Wimbledon? I didn’t. Until last Friday when I ventured to the deepest, darkest depths of the Northern Line to see Sparrow and the Workshop at The Watershed. A tiny club on the corner of Merton Road and The Broadway, flanked by a seemingly endless, and [...]

This is not what I had in mind when I saw the album cover, what a great surprise- the opening track “Pictures” has so much energy and an incredible dated sound like that of The Beatles combined with The Kinks and almost a bit of a punky Ramones feel mixed in, overwhelming none the less. [...]

THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND – Flagships tsdole.com Magisterial, strangely timeless, this track from TSDOLE comes on like the national anthem of a small but very cool country that you’ve not come across before. As always Adam Woolway’s unique vocal is right up front, but there’s instrumentation aplenty, before the track breaks down into [...]

Though billed as a tour in support of new album Gods & Guns, Skynyrd are acutely aware of why they are still filling arenas in the UK, and attracting fans young (That Smell – played to an ecstatic response – recently used on the popular vampire soap opera, True Blood) and old – the majority [...]