• Albums of the Year- 2025

    Music is amazing. Music is powerful, beautiful, myriad, a marvel, my favourite thing, and, genuinely, life-saving. And there’s so much of it, so much music to fall in love with, […]

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  • MILDRED- ‘Mildred’

    While a lot of new records arrive on cue, fresh and clean, at the end of an extensive promotional campaign to an expectant and prepared public, others seem to appear […]

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  • EMPTY COUNTRY- ‘Empty Country’

    Joseph D’Agostino has been through hell. And of course that doesn’t just mean the injustice of his former band, the terrific but terribly-named Cymbals Eat Guitars, never getting the credit […]

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FRIENDLY FIRES book UK tour

Fresh from celebrating their chart success with second record ‘Pala’, Friendly Fires have announced a UK tour. And there’s some pretty big venues there too. O2 Academy, Bristol. 10.11.11 O2 Academy, Birmingham. 11.11.11 Guildhall, Southampton. 12.11.11 Rock City, Nottingham. 14.11.11 O2 Academy, Newcastle. 15.11.11 O2 Apollo, Manchester. 17.11.11 Barrowlands, Glasgow. 18.11.11 O2 Academy, Leeds. 19.11.11 Corn Exchange, Cambridge. 21.11.11 Engine […]

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MAYBESHEWILL. Garage, London. 22.05.11

Music can move walls. And you need look no further than Maybeshewill for proof of that power. For an all too brief half hour tonight the Leicester lads transform the sterile confines of the Garage into a grand arena, a gig for everyone, an almost-Nirvana. Big words, sure, but that’s all that’s left after you run out of superlatives and […]

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KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES offer huge update

Holy balls. In an apparent bid to knock Ryan Giggs out of the Twitter trending tree, Kids In Glass Houses have spilled the beans about their new website, album and tour. The Cardiff quintet will release album number three, ‘Gold Blood’, on August 15th. Frontman Aled Phillips has told Moderate Rock that the effort will be a riffy affair and […]

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BURY YOUR DEAD book UK shows

Ronseal. Although these stops do feature the return of former frontman Mat Bruso to the band. And the dude will be singing new material too as Bury Your Dead’s sixth album, ‘Mosh ‘n’ Roll’, is due out this Autumn. HMV Institute, Birmingham. 15.08.11 Academy 3, Manchester. 16.08.11 Ivory Blacks, Glasgow. 17.08.11 Underworld, Camden. 18.08.11

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READING & LEEDS festival rounds out bill

So, this was all true- the first time a Reading & Leeds line-up has leaked in such fashion. But now a lot more names have emerged, 100% confirmed, for the 26-28 August festivals, including the Lock Up Stage. Reading Saturday/Leeds Sunday The Mighty Mighty Bosstones King Blues The Bronx Capdown Leftover Crack Comeback Kid Boysetsfire Street Dogs Teenage Bottlerocket Title […]

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ENTER SHIKARI announce Euro tour

After filling this summer with writing and recording sessions for album number three, Enter Shikari have started organising their autumn too. The band have announced a run of European dates with Your Demise and the fantastic letlive supporting. Go. Stodola, Warsaw. 12.09.11 Budapest, A38. 13.09.11 The Roxy, Prague. 14.09.11 Grunspan, Hamburg. 16.09.11 Vega, Copenhagen. 17.09.11 Brewhouse, Gothenburg. 18.09.11 Debaser, Stockholm. […]

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GALLOWS warm-up shows announced

To shake off the rust and get ready for their set at Sonisphere, Gallows have booked a mini UK tour. And it goes a little something like this.  I-Bar, Bournemouth. 06.07.11 Quarterhouse, Folkestone. 07.07.11 Chinnery’s, Southend. 08.07.11 Sin City, Swansea. 10.07.11 Guildhall, Gloucester. 11.07.11 Tickets on sale this Friday, the 15th April.

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