“…the band and their sound is maturing in real time, but holding onto what made them great in the first place.” With their debut album, Funtitled, Spraynard – an American trio who can be best described as fusing the careful intricacies and passion of 90′s emo with all that is carefree and great about traditional [...]
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EP Review :: Spraynard – Exton Square
Interview :: Dave Hause
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“I’m feeling tired, but blessed…” – Dave Hause After an awesome run of shows in the UK last year on The Revival Tour, Dave Hause has been back in the UK with Dear & Departed and Alkaline Trio. I met with the singer/songwriter/Loved Ones frontman in London during the Trio’s set at their, sold out, [...]
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Album Review :: Matt Skiba & The Sekrets – Babylon
“…it’s standard Matt Skiba fare with an emphasis on the emotional, the morose and the morbid.” Having already got one new side-project under his belt for 2012, it was surprising to see Matt Skiba announce that he’d be releasing a full length with, new band, The Sekrets. Though considered a “solo-ish” outing from the Alkaline [...]
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Moon & Back Session :: Joe McCorriston
“Are we going?” – Joe McCorriston It’s not only Mark McBabe McCabe that can do songs in lifts ya know? On the very same night, Morcambe-based singer/songwriter, Joe McCorriston performed two songs in a Manchester Piccadilly lift, including a cover of Hot Water Music’s ‘Trusty Chords (accompanied by Dog Coffee). The other track, ‘Dismantled Chord’ [...]
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Songs to Cure Depression :: Tom Jones – Treat Her Right
“I’ve never kissed two sisters” Having very little recollection, but still feeling the effects, of an evening over 72 hours ago and trying over that 72 hour period to dull down the anxiety, depression, and head aches by, no surprise, drinking more it seemed as good a time as any to give up the booze [...]
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Album Review :: Hot Water Music – Exister
“…although it feels weird to say, it sounds like a more mature Hot Water Music” Six years ago, it was announced that Hot Water Music “as we knew it” was over. Though Chuck Ragan never officially drew a line under the band with his statement, many thought they wouldn’t see Hot Water Music again. Sure [...]
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Advanced Album Preview :: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Its a Corporate World
“A living detachment exists between the music and listener” It seems there is a renaissance afoot. Amongst the musical community, the resurgence of indie infused psychedelic, electro pop has never been more popular. As much of a mouthful as that seems, the oncoming summer months seem to bring out such bands like midges from a [...]
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Songs to Cure Depression :: Ween – Bananas and Blow
“Stuck in my Cabana…” This has been lifted straight from my blog so what does that tell us exactly? Either I’m getting terribly lazy or the words already wrote were a perfect fit. In all honesty I think it’s both but the latter being more of a fluke then any kind of premeditated scheme. Anyway, [...]
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Moon & Back Session :: Mark McCabe
“She’s not thick, she’s from Austria” – Mark McCabe Back in March, Scottish singer/songwriter, Mark McShit McCabe went on a tour around the UK with Oxygen Thief. Rather than hang around Manchester all day doing nothing, we took the pair of them under an old railway bridge (you know the one, it’s been in a [...]
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Album Review :: OFF! – OFF!
“It just feels like they tried too hard to recreate that iconic 80′s hardcore sound.” The First Four EPs saw, punk supergroup, OFF! come out with a bang. The songs were hard, fast, and over before you could get your mind around them. A fantastic throwback to the likes of Black Flag (of whom Keith [...]
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Album Review :: Tim Barry – 40 Miler
“Is Tim Barry the Larry David of the punk scene?” When the punks go ‘acoustic’, it seems they head down one pre-defined path – they play punk music with an acoustic guitar. Now I’ve no problem with that, but they really stand out when they do something a little more unexpected. For me, Tim Barry [...]
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Feature :: Against Me! Is…Reinventing Awesome Fans
I wrote this article before Tom announced that he suffers from Gender Dysphoria and will now become female – Laura Grace. This event, and the response to it, has put Against Me! fans and the punk community in an interesting light. You’ll notice the title of this article is “Against Me! is Reinventing Awesome Fans,” [...]
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Feature :: Bottles, Rocks and Bird Poo: Top 5 Funniest Incidents of Audiences Pelting Musicians
“Grow the bloody hell up, Chad. It’s not Portugal’s fault that you suck.” During 1988’s Reading Festival, cheese-rock crooner Meat Loaf and country-pop charter Bonnie Tyler both suffered torrential storms of plastic bottles, launched at them by audience members unhappy these artists were included on the event’s traditionally more-alternative bill. Bottling artists which “do not [...]
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Songs to Cure Depression :: The Muppets – Manamana
—–Original Message—– From: Critchley, Ian Sent: Fri 04/05/2012 8:12 PM To: XXXXX, XXXX Subject: Thank You Dear XXXX, First of all I promise you haven’t subscribed to the weekly “Ian’s depressing life in 60 seconds” newsletter (I have a blog for THAT!) but I just thought I’d say thank you for the kind words the [...]
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News :: Moon & Back To Release Menzingers Benefit Compilation
The other night in Manchester, The Menzingers played an absolutely awesome show with Leagues Apart, Red City Radio and The Bouncing Souls. After the show, the guys came to hang out with everyone at a bar. During this time, their van was broken into and a whole lot of stuff was stolen. Last night, Greg [...]
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Don’t Panic :: Two Days with Daddy
“Drinking it down tasted like sucking off an angel and, finally, the world seemed right.” It was the fourth day I hadn’t drank after an almost day to day two (or maybe three?) month binge, so insomnia was in full force. Yesterday the shakes had set in and I’d spent the past, at least 72 [...]
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Album Review :: Fighting Fiction – Fighting Fiction
“…I found myself relieved that the words “Flip your desk and trash the fucking place” never appeared in this album, if they had then I might well be out of a job by now.” I first came across Fighting Fiction at Reading Festival in 2011, they played at midday on The Lockup Stage on the [...]
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Moon & Back Session :: Joe Tilston (Random Hand)
“Makeup!” – Joe Tilston During his tour with Mike Scott way back in January (woah, this has been a long time coming. Sorry Joe!) Joe Tilston was kind enough to play us a song for a ‘Moon & Back Session’. The Random Hand bassist/vocalist delighted us with one of his solo tunes, showing that, not [...]
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Songs to Cure Depression :: Danny Small – My Girl
“Sweeter than warm Cherry Pie.” Okay, so we’ve entered into a situation where nothing has been wrote on the site since the last “Songs to Cure Depression” and it makes me think one of three things. 1. This should be bi-weekly and I’m writing far too much for one writer to write on one site. [...]
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Songs To Cure Depression :: Eels – ‘I Like the Way This is Going’
“…whatever seeds that you’re sowing, I like the way this is going.” Okay, so last week was a real bummer and this week’s is a day late, but, we’re here and now I’m feeling a little better. I haven’t drank in two days (I even sat in a goddamn pub and didn’t touch a drop. [...]
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