Reviews
Posted on July 16, 2010 - by Editor
Record Reviews: Dandelion Snow/ D.O.A / Mark Foggo
Dandelion Snow
The Grand Scheme Of Things
King Bullet Records
Roger Harvey AKA Dandelion Snow has been furiously working away at honing his craft as a song writer and story teller and with this release, produced by Chris#2 of Anti Flag, he manages to weave a personal and approachable story based on his nomadic and semi biographical musical…
Posted on July 15, 2010 - by Editor
Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social + The Killing Floor + Allan Fox
Thursday 7th July 2010
Islington Academy
London, UK
I arrived early at the venue, not quite knowing what to expect. Prior to the emailer interview we did with Jesse earlier in the year in connection with his latest record “Live It To Life” being released, I hadn’t known much about Jesse Malin and I say that with…
Posted on July 15, 2010 - by Editor
EP Review: Jamie Clarke’s Perfect/ East Town Pirates/ The Will
Fucking Folkabillie Rock
Jamie Clarkes Perfect
Wolverine Records
Jamie Clarke gained some fame playing with The Pogues and performed on their “Pogue Mahone” album. Since 1997 he has been leading the ‘Perfect’ troupe with varying line-ups, and their aim is to deliver fun folk-a-billy with his grainy voice and the addition of a banjo adding some weight to…
Posted on July 13, 2010 - by Editor
Record Review: Gimp Fist/ The Wild/ Locators
The Place Where I Belong
Gimp Fist
Sunny Bastards
Having seen the guys play last year at City Invasion in London they were good on the night but this album shows huge potential and is in fact a great in-betweener for streetpunk, Oi and The Clash sounding reggae rock. From album opener ‘The Place Where I Belong’ there…
Posted on July 6, 2010 - by Editor
Record Reviews: Broken Nose/ Laura Stevenson And The Cans/ The Blackout Brigade
No Compromise
Broken Nose
Frontline Records
This Skacore band based in Bridgend South Wales offers an eclectic mix of punk, ska, dub and “urban” influences with a rap-core hip hop style on some songs. As a results it’s a difficult band and album to categorise which is fine but there are some distinct influences; vocally there are massive…
Posted on July 2, 2010 - by Editor
Record Reviews: The Real Mckenzies/ Misconduct/ Veara
Shine Not Burn
The Real McKenzies
Fat Wreck Chords
The great Scottish/Canadian Celtic punk flag bearers, The Real McKenzies, offer up their second live record, from a performance at the Wild At Heart in Berlin, Germany. If you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing the band live before, this acoustic set with an array of instruments including bagpipes,…
Posted on July 2, 2010 - by Editor
Hot Water Music + Failsafe + Southport
Islington Academy
London, UK
Monday 21st June 2010
A humid balmy evening in London awaited the sold out crowd and return of (originally) Gainsville based punk rockers Hot Water Music. The bands history is well known to their legions of diehard fans (which include a plethora of other musicians and punk bands who tonight in the crowd…
Posted on July 1, 2010 - by Editor
Record Reviews: Heartsounds/ Hollowpoints/ Beatsteaks
Until We Surrender
HeartSounds
Epitaph Records
From the remnants of melodic death-metal band Light This City founding members Laura Nichol (guitars/vocals) and Ben Murray (guitars/vocals/drums) have forged a new identity and sound in HeartSounds. It’s an incredibly melodic record relying on the to and fro (harmonic) vocal shift between the two singers and the up-tempo pace (a leftover…
Posted on June 30, 2010 - by Imelda
Taqwacore at Meltdown- The Kominas +Al-Thawra + Fun-Da-Mental +Poetic Pilgrimage + Michael Muhammad Knight
Queen Elizabeth Hall – South Bank Centre
London, UK
Saturday 19 June 2010
For those not heading out to a field (or even just a park) for their musical festival experience, summer in London still offers up the annual Meltdown Festival. For those unfamiliar with the event, Meltdown is held within the sprawling concrete jungle that is the…
Posted on June 30, 2010 - by Editor
EP/7″ Reviews: Swingin Utters/ Cynics/ The Bermondsey Joyriders
Brand New Lungs 7”
Swingin Utters
Fat Wreck Chords
This marks the first new material from the Utters in seven years and includes two tracks from their upcoming full length and one track exclusive to this 7”. The band is renowned for its musical variety, spreading its sound across reggae, punk, rock, country amongst others and vocalist Johnny…
Posted on June 29, 2010 - by Editor
Album Reviews: Authority Zero/ The Agitators/ Thin Ice
Stories Of Survival
Authority Zero
Viking Funeral Records
From the albums introduction, having dug through the archives to find an appropriate Winston Churchill speech about striving for victory and united strength, Authority Zero signal their intent on their fourth full lenght by delivering a powerful and melodic yet angsty album, still heavily bringing to the fore a distinctive…
Posted on June 28, 2010 - by Post Punk
Wire
The Relentless Garage
London, UK
Tuesday 8th June 2010
It’s been a mighty long time since Wire last played a UK date, extensively toured, or played in London, as demonstrated by a muffled Irish(?) voice blurting out, “Stop playing concerts in Europe”, before bassist Graham Lewis politely replied, “What the fuck did you say?”, humorously imitating his…
Posted on June 27, 2010 - by Emma Stone
Kunt & The Gang + MC Rohpypnol
Satan’s Hollow
Manchester,UK
Thursday 10th June 2010
As far as I was aware, tonight’s gig at Satan’s Hollow was to be one man YouTube sensation Kunt and The Gang, with no supports. But as we are waiting for him to take to the stage, we are instead introduced to MC Rohpypnol and Handsome Dan, two rappers backed…
Posted on June 16, 2010 - by Editor
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
100 Club
London, UK
Monday 14th June 2010
When the announcement was made for Joan Jett and her accompanying Blackhearts to perform an intimate show at the iconic 100 Club in London, it was hardly unsurprising that the gig’s approximately 300 tickets sold out in a matter of minutes. For many it would be a rekindling of…
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