“Shooting Up” By Jonny Cola & The A-Grades Free Exclusive Downloads here -Right Click Save as (Shooting Up & Disappearing Act Hellbent & Leather Remix) Myspace Jonny Cola & The A-Grades have been making waves
Kids Love Lies were recently described by the NME as “Tweecore/power pop/pop-punk” -Pardon ? Apart from over use of the word “pop” what does that even mean? “Tweecore”, I assume is the polar opposite of hardcore, indeed the definition of “twee” means “Overly precious or nice” so lets throw that one out of the window straight away eh? Now then, onto power pop, pop punk ? A description that seems to be given to anything that is melodious but has a rather spiky attitude, yes ? Is it both punk and pop? However punk was surely the antithesis of “pop music” as we knew it and correct me if I’m wrong, but I can’t recall the Pistols singing “Anarch-twee In The UK”, although admittedly, John Lydon has since developed a disturbing penchant for all things twee-d.
“The First Time I Saw Angels” By The Penny Black Remedy or Myspace What makes a great song? The lyrics? The melody? The emotion? Maybe we should ask Simon Cowell, he seems to be quite
Myspace “Plastic Gold” By Run Toto Run As band names go Run Toto Run is a pretty darn good name. It conjures up imagery of magical places far far away from home, of plucky little
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?
” Your Own Beat” By Kyoshi Kyoshi are ; Leanne King (20): Vocals, Chris Curtis (24): Bass, Ben Moore (23): Drums, Dan King (23): Guitars Leanne King, fronts Kyoshi, a band who originally formed in
Tales from the Sea – Interview with The Duloks by Mr Lion “Octopus In Love” By The Duloks Music and comedy can be uneasy bedfellows. The Monty Python team pulled off a few amusing tunes
“Memory Box” By Alessi’s Ark Initially you may get the impression that Alessi (of Alessi’s Ark) resides within a giant toadstool in the middle of an enchanted forest in which she routinely communes with imps,
“We Almost Had A Baby” By Emmy The Great Maybe I really am a negative, cynical bastard because I often have great trouble finding the words to describe the things which move me and make
“Paranoia” By Video Villain Who’s your favourite video villain? Michael Myers? Roy Batty? Keyser Söze? Don Vito Corleone? Norman Bates? Lucy and Marie?? …. Video Villain is a band that likes alliteration, when we interviewed
“Nothing to Relate” By Isaac’s Aircraft We’ve had Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, the B’52’s, and the Blue Aeroplanes to name but a few. Well now you can add Isaac’s Aircraft to your list of bands
“End Of The Line” By Soma High. Appearances can be deceiving, take south coast band Soma High, they look like a nice respectable bunch of lads, mums and dads would quietly nod their approval if