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Young Guns - All Our Kings Are Dead   Young Guns - All Our Kings Are Dead

On May 1st of this year when Young Guns Gustav Wood and Ben Joliffe told me all about their “ambitious” debut album, one with a sound far beyond the relatively foetal years of their music careers and one that was certainly not going to be Mirrors: The Sequel, I listened with an open mind. After all, isn’t that what every band thinks of their first? [ click for full review ]
Brain Drill — Quantum Catastrophe   Brain Drill — Quantum Catastrophe

Cue sampled screaming and impending sense of dread. Cue quick-fingered flickering bass playing. Continue to incredibly fast virtuoso playing for 41 minutes by all members of the band with intensely gore-rific vocals. And there you have it; Brain Drill has released another cacophony of sound designed to make both your ears bleed [ click for full review ]
The Empire Shall Fall - Awaken  

The Empire Shall Fall - Awaken

Let's face it, melodic metalcore is getting a little stale. Since it's explosion a good, good few years ago, it managed to consistently distract from other stagnant bands in the mainstream metal listeners ears. There is very little left to invent within this framework of melodic solos, breakdowns, laboroius duel lead guitars and [ click for full review ]

StringerBessant - Yard   StringerBessant - Yard

StringerBessant is the latest side project from Gary Stringer and Jack Bessant of Reef and Them Is Me fame and this time around the duo have gone right back to basics and come up with an fantastic album called ‘Yard’ which features 12 stripped down acoustic tracks where Gary Stringer and Jack Bessant share lead vocal duties. [ click for full review ]
 Latest Gig Reviews
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Blondie
Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
29 th June 2010

Okay, Blondie playing at the Cliffs Pavilion in my home town? Not what I was expecting! Blondie have always been an iconic band that everybody knows and the Cliffs Pavilion is a venue a couple of miles from my house that even I performed at as a kid, I never would have [ click for full review ]

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City And Colour
London, Garage
15th June 2010

Originally I wrote this review for my American friend as he is a massive fan of City and Colour (4) and has yet to see Dallas Green live. I thought it would be nice to make him drip with jealousy. So this is dedicated to my transatlantic comrade; Joe.
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