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August 2008

INTERVIEW: Queens Of The Stone Age (31 August 2008)

Make Mine A Queens Of The Stone Age Sandwich Please Reading Festival 22nd August 2008 Interview by Katie Spain Queens of the Stone Age performed their last shows of their Era Vulgaris tour at the Reading and Leeds Festivals last...

SINGLE REVIEW: Electro Ain't Electro (29 August 2008)

Atomic Hooligan Electro Ain’t Electro Review By Allana Cutter Following the DJ duo’s second album Sex Drugs And Blah Blah Blah, Atomic Hooligan’s Electro Ain’t Electro has a fairly solid framework for a hit single, but is hugely let down...

SINGLE REVIEW: Martina Topley Bird (29 August 2008)

Martina Topley Bird Baby Blue Review By Allana Cutter Since Amy Winehouse broke into the mainstream, we’ve seen a lot of female artists enter the charts. Martina Topley Bird has been played a big part in the music industry since...

EVENT: River Rat Pack - they're back! (29 August 2008)

The original River Rat Pack musicians keep popping up in places all over the country. Since the River Rat Pack tour from London to Oxford, the individual bands have hit festivals and venues all over the UK and beyond. Our...

GIG REVIEW: Pivot (29 August 2008)

Pivot - Album Release Party The Roundhouse Studios 20th August 2008 Review by Bryce Lowry In case you're wondering, the Roundhouse Studios is the basement den under the proper venue. It’s a good little place to get up nice and...

SINGLE REVIEW: Jason Mraz (29 August 2008)

Jason Mraz Make It Mine Review by Allana Cutter On first hearing this track, you might begin to wonder whether The Boo Radleys were making a comeback (the single bears a striking resemblance to Wake Up It’s A Beautiful...

GIG REVIEW: Adam Green + Yeasayer + Holy Fuck (29 August 2008)

Adam Green + Yeasayer + Holy Fuck Rough Trade East In-Store, 23rd August 2008 Review by Joan Losa Photos by Marcos de Miguel Gómez 2008 sees Rough Trade celebrating three decades of history with thirty years not only providing...

NEWS: Theatretrain at The Royal Albert Hall (28 August 2008)

Theatretrain I Don't Feel Like Dancing This September, Theatretrain, one of the UK’s leading youth performing arts companies, will take over the Royal Albert Hall to showcase a spectacular array of talent. Backed by patrons including Catherine Tate and Derek...

NEWS: Juliette Lewis to host Vodafone Awards (28 August 2008)

Hollywood star Juliette Lewis set to introduce some of the UK’s hottest bands at the Vodafone Live Music Awards 2008. When this press release hit my inbox it grabbed my attention; not because we need another awards ceremony in our...

EVENT: Michael Jackson Dance-Off (27 August 2008)

Photo by Sam Emerson It may have escaped your attention but Michael Jackson is getting on a bit. He isn't exactly an old codger (yet) but he is officially a potential wrinkle factory (below the neck of course). The...

REVIEW: Billy Childish (27 August 2008)

Billy Childish & Musicians Of The British Empire Dirty Water Club 22 August 2008 Review by Joan Losa Photo taken by Marcos de Miguel Gómez The Billy Childish hundredth mutation sounds like garage-punk and looks like red passion. Tonight...

INTERVIEW: Shinedown (27 August 2008)

Shinedown Interview by Zarina Raja I read a quote from you guys on your new album: ‘A record that needed to be made.’Are you confident that the result was what you set out to achieve? Yes we are. We...

COMPETITION: DMC World DJ Championships 2008 (26 August 2008)

DMC World DJ Championships 2008 26th & 27th September @ Indig02, Greenwich, London Hosted by MC Trip, Killa Kela, Billy Biznizz Battle for World Supremacy & World Team Championship - Friday 26th September Performers: Million Dan with Full Live...

INTERVIEW: The Foxes (22 August 2008)

The Foxes Interview by Zarina Raja We talked to Jonno from The Foxes and got to hear about his love/hate relationship with public transport amongst other exciting things about losing dogs in the US and low quality lager. The...

INTERVIEW: Gotye (22 August 2008)

Gotta Get Me Some Gotye Interview by Katie Spain “Please, call me Wally” It’s a friendly offer but I can’t. Gotye is a much used name in my Aussie household for me, the floppy-haired musician on the end of the...

NEWS: Metallica play O2 shows (21 August 2008)

It's not often a press release makes our heads snap to attention and goosebumps burst forth from our pale pins. This one however, may do just that (if Metallica is your cuppa). If you missed out on Reading and Leeds...

GIG REVIEW: James Yorkston (20 August 2008)

James Yorkston The Roundhouse, Tuesday 19th August. Review by Joan Losa Photography by Marcos de Miguel Last night, James Yorkston turned up with five musicians, something unusual for the singer/songwriter, as he told fans yesterday night. If it is...

NEWS: New Kids On The Block reveal first UK performance (20 August 2008)

New Kids On The Block Instore Performance and Signing HMV Oxford Street Monday 8th September – 1pm Yeah, yeah, New Kids On The Block are back. Does any one care? Actually, I do. NKOTB was the first tape that...

COMPETITION: Last Night In Pictures (20 August 2008)

Competition Last Night In Pictures Are you one of those people at a gig that everyone finds annoying because you are constantly taking photos of the band? What do we think of people like you? We embrace you for...

SINGLE REVIEW: Jack Johnson (20 August 2008)

Jack Johnson Sleep Through The Static Review By Chris Todd The worse thing about Jack Johnson is the do gooding peace and love vibes of his music, no doubt brought on by lethargy due to smoking too much spliff...

ALBUM REVIEW: Melee (18 August 2008)

Melee Melee ‘Devils and Angels’ Review Review by Laura Yates ‘Devils and Angels’ by the Orange County based band Melee is definitely a new favourite of mine. With a wide spectrum of tracks, the overall sound is very sunny American...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON: Les Pauls, Strats and Cowboy Hats (15 August 2008)

Last Week In London Les Pauls, Strats and Cowboy Hats By Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to the very best in live music that this great city has to offer, albeit a little thin on the ground in this holiday...

INTERVIEW: Pivot (15 August 2008)

Interview by Katie Spain Laurence Pike is a likeable guy. From the moment he enters the Old Blue Last pub in East London, I know I’m going to like this one. Talk soon turns to Pivot; the band that Pike,...

SINGLE REVIEW: Colbie Caillat (12 August 2008)

Colbie Cailat Bubbly Review By Peter Coulston The song title says it all really. This is a sweet, summery, fruit salad of a song, well produced in California by Mikal Blue and superbly sung by the always enjoyable Miss Caillat....

SINGLE REVIEW: The Fratellis (12 August 2008)

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SINGLE REVIEW: The Rifles (12 August 2008)

The Rifles I Could Never Lie Review by Peter Coulston This is another of the guitar thrashing, sing along offerings that have been around for a while now and still seem to get airtime on the mainstream radio stations. It’s...

LAST WEEK IN LONDON-Old Venues and New Stars (11 August 2008)

Last Week In London Old Venues and New Stars By Peter Coulston Hello and welcome to yet another week of the best of new, live music in London. I hit the ground running this week, choosing to sample the Unplugged...

INTERVIEW: Melee ( 6 August 2008)

Melee Interview By Zarina Raja Melee are bursting with sing-a-long power ballads and spluttering Pop melodies. Using their troublesome 20s as inspiration for their new album, Devils and Angels, Melee have created a mixed bag of tracks delving deep...

INTERVIEW: Gavin Rossdale ( 5 August 2008)

Interview by Katie Spain I have a confession to make; when I was younger, I didn't really 'do' band obsession like my other teenage peers. Sure, I had a brief Hanson fling and wanted Jon Bon Jovi's long haired offspring,...

SINGLE REVIEW: The Verve ( 4 August 2008)

The Verve ‘Love is Noise’ Release 4th August Review by Matt Killeen In the early nineties Verve were a terrible band ludicrously over-hyped by the music press and after a while they went away. They clearly did some thinking and...

ALBUM REVIEW: Cirkus ( 4 August 2008)

Cirkus “Laylow / Laylower” Release 28th July Review by Matt Killeen. It’s a little unclear but this appears to be the first full release of ‘Laylow’, their debut album from 2007, now accompanied by a second CD, ‘Laylower’, reworking the...

SINGLE REVIEW: The Parlotones ( 4 August 2008)

The Parlotones “Here Comes the Man” Release: August 18th Review by Matt Killeen There’s something wrong when a track opens with a simple four chord trick and a one string riff like this. It sounds like the first demo by...

ALBUM REVIEW: Wired Desire ( 4 August 2008)

Wired Desire‘Barely Illegal’ EP Review By Matt Killeen I have the debut album by Zodiac Mindwarp entitled ‘Tattooed Beat Messiah’. It is by turns superb and appalling, a piece of humour that treads the line between homage and piss-take with...

SINGLE REVIEW: The Sea ( 4 August 2008)

The Sea ‘Don’t You Want Me’ Review By Matt Killeen The White Stripes have a lot to answer for. I was never a fan, they can’t write songs for a start but as time past I came to a grudging...

SINGLE REVIEW: Go: Audio ( 4 August 2008)

Go:Audio ‘She Left Me’ Review By Matt Killeen Why are you such a moody git Matt? Why are you so negative? Why do you have to hate everything? Music matters. It is capable of such beauty, such magnificence, such...