An industrial estate in suburban Hong Kong (as suburban as HK gets anyway) might be the setting for the capitalist interlude in The Ocean‘s tour of China but being on the sixth floor of a secluded warehouse, Hidden Agenda isn’t the easiest of places to find. The temporary bar, dangerously low levels of lighting, and casual separation between said bar […]
Read moreSkills. Norma Jean have added The Chariot (and therefore a Josh Scogin guest appearance on ‘Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste’), Stray From The Path, and Admiral’s Arms to their UK tour plans. Remember when every single band on a tour was top dollar? It’s making a comeback. 26.02.12. CF10, Cardiff 27.02.12. O2 Academy 2, Birmingham 28.02.12. ABC 2, Glasgow […]
Read moreSome people complain when US bands tour the UK and only play three dates. Those people conveniently forget or are completely ignorant of the miles those bands sometimes have to cover just to play one show in their home country of course, but no one can have any gripes about this schedule. 11.01.12 London, Underworld 12.01.12 London, Underworld 13.01.12 Colchester, […]
Read moreListener are incredible. So good that the US duo had to invent a whole new genre just to try and describe the marvellous music they make. If you’ve heard their latest album- the wonderful ‘Wooden Heart’- any of their further-back back-catalogue, or even frontman Dan Smith’s guest spot on the last Chariot record then you know this. But it turns […]
Read moreAlmost 200 bands will play just across the road from the Face Bar this weekend. But the best band for 200 miles is right here. Ok, so most ticket holders for this year’s Reading Festival might not know the name Animals As Leaders but the Washington DC trio (or one-man mastermind Tobin Abasi and his friends if you prefer) are […]
Read moreA few years ago this would have been just another hardcore show. But tonight marks the return of Mat Bruso to London, and so tonight is special. Sure, the Underworld isn’t exactly full but the buzz inside is all about the best Bury Your Dead vocalist returning to the band after a four-year absence. The excitement is understandable- while he […]
Read moreFollowing on from speculation here, Gallows have announced that Wade MacNeil is their new singer. The band apparently courted the now-former Alexisonfire guitarist/singer for the role only a few weeks ago but they have already rehearsed, written and recorded together, including cutting a song MacNeil describes as “the most brutal thing the band has ever written. The harshest, heaviest song […]
Read moreAlexisonfire are no more. Frontman George Pettit revealed the news yesterday in an open and honest statement over at the band’s website. While the success of guitarist Dallas Green’s City And Colour project seems to have been the beginning of the end, it’s guitarist Wade MacNeil’s decision to “join another band” that’s put the nail in the coffin. MacNeil’s departure […]
Read moreCrosses (or ††† as they prefer) have put a new EP online for free download. No care? Then you probably don’t know that this is the new project from Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and Far guitarist Shaun Lopez. Uh huh, get stoked. You can download the five-track affair free, or pay a little more for a high-quality version, from the […]
Read moreShhh… quiet down. No, quieter than that. Quieter still. Yeah, there you go. That’s how silent you need to be to listen to ‘We Are Lonely Animals’. That’s not to say this is a record with no power or weight- there’s actually an unstoppable, titanic might behind this thing -but there’s no screaming voices, shrieking guitars or pounding drums to […]
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