Quality is the word that always, always comes to mind when listening to The American Dollar. Their sound is so fresh and so clean, their style classy, and their records refined. Album number five, ‘Awake in the City’, is no different. This is another lesson in instrumental bliss, ethereal electronic vibes, and ambient soundscapes. However, for every note put in […]
Read moreThe last time they were here, Every Time I Die only teased latest album ‘Ex Lives’. Now they can rub it in the UK’s collective face in all its spiky glory. Get some. 24.10.12 Brook, SOUTHAMPTON 25.10.12 Fleece, BRISTOL 26.10.12 White Rabbit, PLYMOUTH 27.10.12 Haunt, BRIGHTON 28.10.12 Solus, CARDIFF 29.10.12 Electric Ballroom, LONDON 30.10.12 Slade Rooms, WOLVERHAMPTON 31.10.12 Academy II, […]
Read moreHallelujah. Glory glory. Praise be. Talk music duo Listener have booked another UK tour. News you could fast run out of superlatives for. Go, please do go, to one, some, or all of the following shows. 22.08.12 Joiners, Southampton 23.08.12 Cavern, Exeter 24.08.12 Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham 25.08.12 Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham 26.08.12 Manchester 27.08.12 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 28.08.12 Sanctuary, Basingstoke […]
Read moreDespite announcing their split sometime last year, ace Illinois outfit Joie De Vivre have announced UK tour dates for summer 2012. They’ll be playing material from their new album (seriously, they suck at breaking up) and be bringing the excellent Football, etc. along for the ride. 30.06.12 Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes (Matinee Show) 30.06.12 Tye Die Tapes HQ, Sheffield (Late […]
Read moreWord is out. Lostprophets and Bring Me The Horizon will headline the first Warped Tour stop on the UK for over a decade. The festival organisers didn’t stop there though. Also announced, playing across four stages at the November 10th event at London’s Alexandra Palace, are New Found Glory, Less Than Jake, Architects, The Acacia Strain, Awolnation, Bowling For Soup, […]
Read moreThis seems like a complete tour. The sort of package they don’t put together anymore. Four bands, a common sound, all rare visitors to the UK, it should be great. But tonight is far from perfect. Canadian quintet Structures have some truly classy elements to their sound, a genuine progressive edge, but they opt for all out war tonight. Whatever […]
Read moreThis is a big day. That’s clear before the Forum doors even open tonight. There are people in the queue from as far afield as Portugal, Poland, and… er, Putney, and they’re swapping stories about a band that changed their lives. Over the past decade see, Thrice have gone from skate-punk upstarts to a leading light in their scene, scratch […]
Read moreExpectations will never be met. Surely it’s impossible. But, for now, get psyched. Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and Aaron Harris, Clifford Meyer and Jeff Caxide, all formerly of Isis, have formed Palms. “Clifford, Jeff and I started Palms a little over a year ago out of a desire to continue making music together after ISIS ended,” explained Harris. “Chino joined […]
Read moreIt looks like stellar tech-metal outfit Animals As Leaders have taken to the UK. They’ll top off a year spent touring with names like Meshuggah and Thrice by returning to headline the following shows. 23.10.12 Scala, London 24.10.12 Moho Live, Manchester 25.10.12 Cat House, Glasgow 26.10.12 Academy 3, Birmingham 27.10.12 Corporation, Sheffield 28.10.12 Clwb Ifor Bach 29.10.12 Bristol Fleece, Cardiff […]
Read morePraise be. If the first Narrows album was a warning shot, proof positive that combining former Botch, Unbroken, Some Girls and These Arms Are Snakes members didn’t make for a part-time supergroup but a vitally exciting prospect, then ‘Painted’ is a perfectly planned total assault. Like, some tactical nuke shit. Everything is better here than it was before. Tempestuous lead […]
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