Taking to the stage, in the now sardine-tin-like Borderline, Kid British have the self assured stride of a band about to collect a lifetime achievement award, but the truth is these are no old hats & these boys have yet to even release a single. Perhaps it was the certainty that with an audience half-filled [...]
Having burst out of NYC at the start of the century to fill the role of punk icon, clothes horse and queen of attitude, it doesn’t take a genius to join up the dots between Karen O and Debbie Harry. ...
Kings of Leon’s ‘Sex On Fire’ has overtaken Leona Lewis’s ‘Bleeding Love’ to become the biggest-selling digital download single ever in the UK. The single has now racked up over 547,000 legal downloads.The band’s latest album, ‘Only By The Night’, ...
Klaxons and DJ Sasha have now been confirmed to headline the Hartera Festival; a 2 day music festival that takes place at a dis-used paper factory in Rijeka, Croatia, on June 12th and 13th.A limited number of ...
As far as mythology goes, the Black Lips have one of the greatest rock’n'roll tales of the modern era. A band that was brought together by circumstance, has been plagued by controversy and death, and still managed to produce five ...
They could be mistaken for a Hanson and IT crowd collaboration, but multi cultural, London inhabiting quintet, Red Light Company, are the latest band on the ever sullen UK indie scene to finally deliver an anticipated debut album.Already producing three ...
I give you Favours For Sailors - possibly one of the next year’s bright young things! The six tunes that fill this mini-album are a refreshingly churpy burst of new-wave that fuse together slacker indie with all out “Surfin’ USA” ...
Irish rockers, The Answer, will release their new album ‘Everyday Demons’ on Monday 2nd March. To celebrate the release, Choon is giving you lucky pups the chance to win free copies! All you need to do is e-mail us ‘the ...
This is clearly a night that has been highlighted in many diaries this year; and this isn’t just because cupid is coming to town. Mongrel are at Plug tonight, one of the first chances to see this new concoction of ...
Ad-supported music service, Spotify, has secured an exclusive pre-release of the new U2 album, ‘No Line On The Horizon,’ one week before the album officially goes on sale.To listen to the album, visit the Spotify site.
Will Brian Eno and/or Daniel Lanois be producing the next Kings Of Leon album, do you think? I know they’ve done good work as producers both together and apart, but they’re not the only ticket in town, surely? Coldplay are ...
‘The Libertines to reunite!’ The media whips itself into an instant frenzy. Fans rejoice. But why? Do they honestly want to see the band reunite? Or are they simply trying to recreate the past? I believe it is the latter. ...
Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos is the latest in a long list of purveyors to present that old musical dichotomy – do you dance ecstatically, or sob until your heart breaks? And as he forlornly half shrieks-half weeps, “Have you seen ...
It's not often that you see two grown men sporting jewelled head dresses, face paint, and crystal balls, whilst gazing intensely as if casting magic spells involving gelflings, giant flying dogs and talking trees. Well, not this side of Shoreditch ...
Hot off the back of a European tour supporting Shinedown, The Crave will now support Justin Hawkins’ Hot Leg for 13 dates across the UK. Sharing the same penchant as the headliners for heavy riffs, infectious melodies and soaring choruses, ...
The latest instalment in the War Child series runs with the theme of "placing faith in the next generation" and pretty much nails it. From a musical perspective alone any album that starts life with the backing of Sir Paul ...
The Morrissey comeback of 2004 - with the excellent 'You Are The Quarry' - saw a seven year stockpile of Morrissey lyrics and songs, written with the same key collaborators he's had since 1992, become arguably the most critically and ...
According to the majority of the printed and online media, 2009 is already sewn up. We can close the book, put wallets back in pockets and assure ourselves that Animal Collective's 20th January release is superior to anything that will ...
The work of an artistic genius is rarely purveyed in an instantly gratifying compositional experience. For the full flavour to be realized, one has to deliberately peel back the layers, and understand the rich complexities that lie at the core ...
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