Hockey-“Mind Chaos” Review
Hockey’s debut album “Mind Chaos” has been a long time coming, there have been a few false starts along the way but ultimately it’s been well worth the wait. Described by the band as “new
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Heartbreaks And Razorblades-Miss Derringer Interview
“Bullet Proof Heart” By Miss Derringer Free Miss Derringer download , “Black Tears” Here Miss Derringer are; Liz McGrath (vocals) Morgan Slade (guitar) Sylvain de Muizon (bass) Cody James (drums) Ben Shields (lead guitar) When
The VPME Review July/August 2009
By popular demand from oooh…….. nobody, the VPME review is back in the house, reviewing the hottest new tracks in town with some very special guests. Climbing aboard the musical express this time around are:
3 Gigs 1 Night- Rose Elinor Dougall, Alabama 3, Run Toto Run
You wait ages for a gig and then three come along at once! Three gigs in one night, that was the plan, as we dispatched a team of crack(ed) reporters to Liverpool. They said it
Little Boots- “Hands” Review
“The future’s female, the future’s electro. Pop is the new indie” Albert Einstein “Earthquake” By Little Boots Unless you’ve been living in a cave or possibly Northampton you will surely be familiar with the name
Liverpool Sound City Music Festival 2009
Liverpool Sound City Music Festival 2009 Liverpool’s Sound City Festival, still only in its second year is already being talked about as a possible future rival to Austin’s SXSW. This year the city played host
The Wonder Stuff Live Livepool 16/05/2009 “The Eight Legged Groove Machine” Anniversary
“Unbearable” (Live) By The Wonderstuff Back in the late 80’s, the Indie scene had lost its sense of humour, it was full of pale, miserable tortured young poets who wore long Macintoshes and hid beneath their
Morrissey Live – Liverpool Empire 10/05/2009
“All You Need Is Me ” By Morrissey Morrissey has had many roles thrust upon him by the music press, by accident or indeed design, the poet, the plagiarist, the lonely misunderstood genius, the patriot,
Light The Fuse -We Were Promised Jetpacks Interview
People tell me that choosing a band name can be quite a difficult process. However as a former member of a thrilling musical ensemble I actually found bestowing a collective name upon our venture the
The Horrors-Primary Colours-Is It Really That Good ?
Cast your minds back, if you will, to those far-off innocent times shortly before the NME decided that Glasvegas were the bright shiny future of pop music and then began their inexorable and undignified climb up James Allan’s fundament. There was a brief period of time when said publication tried to put forward The Horrors as the latest guiding beacon for a lost generation of pop kids, and somehow it all sounded so right on paper to begin with. Some holy hallowed names were invoked in the process: they were the skewed warped voodoo ju ju of the The Cramps, the white-knuckle rollercoaster ride through Hades of The Birthday Party at their hellish narcotic peak, the sexed-up whiskey priest sinners of The Gun Club. Throw in the strychnine-soaked sixties garage trash of The Sonics and that, said the hacks, was The Horrors in a nutshell. Good God, we all thought, that sounds amazing, what could possibly go wrong?
Album Of The Month March 09-Yeah Yeah Yeahs- It’s Blitz-
“Zero” By Yeah Yeah Yeahs While many once cutting edge indie guitar bands of the noughties have disbanded or lost the plot by going for a smoother often over-produced sound, the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s continue
Music News we/3/04/2009
News – Kids Love Lies, Manic Street Preachers, Kasabian, La Roux , We Were Promised Jetpacks, Levelload, Sound Of Guns and The Trouble with James Allan _____________________________________________________________________ KIDS LOVE LIES SINGLE LAUNCH 8TH APRIL @