Fresh from the new band pages to a south coast stage for some of the hottest new acts around. Led by an 80s icon for the naughties.LA ROUXHEARTBREAKMAGISTRATESTHE CHAPMAN...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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IN PICTURES // NME RADAR TOUR: LA ROUX + HEARTBREAK + MAGISTRATES + THE CHAPMAN FAMILY
REVIEW // THE LOVELY EGGS - IF YOU WERE FRUIT
The fantastically titled ‘If You Were Fruit’ is an utterly incredible and surprisingly diverse album. The Lovely Eggs have a real gritty, raw feel to them, and are a picture of beautiful simplicity...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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NEW NOIZE MAKERS INTERVIEW // THE AVALON
The Avalon are a five piece South West technical alt-rock band with underlying hints of post hardcore. Coming across as something like a cross between Thursday and Yourcodenameis:milo, the band throw...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // THE PENNY BLACK REMEDY – NO FAULT BUT YOUR OWN
The Penny Black Remedy are the only Balkan infused country and western semi punk outfit named after a stamp that I’m aware of, and I hope nobody else does it, because they do it so well and it’d just...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // SCOTT MATTHEWS - ELSEWHERE
Wolverhampton has had a mixed bag of famous sons. On the one hand you have Robert Plant (more on him later). On the other you have Enoch (“Rivers of Blood”) Powell. Now, the good people of...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // TRIP - SHORTCUTS
Some music is hard to pigeon hole. It is often just this kind of music that is the often the best - although it does pose problems for a reviewer condemned to find a whole new pallet of language in...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON – MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON
With lashings of Grizzly Bear here and a dosage of TV On The Radio there, it is obvious that Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson is highly thought-of amongst his contemporaries. With help from the...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // BADDIES – HOLLER FOR MY HOLIDAY
Working well with contradictions and contrasts, Baddies link two different musical styles, evidently trying to resolve a personal schizoid attitude. Hard to believe that this band can be a tardy...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS - THESE FOUR WALLS
Thankfully everyone under the sun has been raving over these guys, so my less positive review will leave merely a poisonous drop in the sea of praise. They’re not bad...they’re alright...which, let’s...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // THE SOUNDCARRIERS - HARMONIUM
Given the cinema success of ‘The Boat That Rocked’ and the fact that high street fashion is taking a step towards hippie-style, sixties-inspired creations thus far as we head towards summertime, it’s...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // EVERYTHING EVERYTHING - PHOTOSHOP HANDSOME
While the boybands and balladeers of this world can be safely relied upon to fill our radios with songs of love, requited or otherwise, bands from other genres often provide us with completely...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // COLOUR - UNICORNS
Unicorns freak me out. A horse with a horn? It’s just not...natural. So why anyone would potentially mar a perfectly good song by singing about this mythical beast is beyond me.Once I’d got over...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // SPECK MOUNTAIN - SOME SWEET RELIEF
Pigeon-holing itself as “ambient soul”, Speck Mountain consists of Karl Briedrick and Marie-Claire Balabanian, who have also enlisted the help of an array of other musicians for their second...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // PEACHES – TALK TO ME / MORE
Peaches has been away for a while, 3 years infact, and is now following up the awesomely titled ‘Impeach My Bush’ with ‘I Feel Cream’ possibly because there are less Obama puns to be had.Let me get...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // EG – ADVENTURE MAN
Songwriter of the stars, Eg has written hits for Will Young, Pink, James Morrison, Kylie Minogue, Sam Sparrow and many, many more. He has finally got round to writing an album for himself called...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // FANFARLO - DROWNING ME
London-based, Fanfarlo, are as charming as they are musically creative. A combination that is impossible not to melt for, as their musical delights alleviate any previous priorities.The quirky...... READ MORE @ www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk
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REVIEW // THIEVES LIKE US - PLAY MUSIC
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‘Thieves Like Us’ was originally a single by Factory records wonder-boys New Order – a sound that epitomizes alternative 80’s electro-pop music, and one that defined an era as well as sparking the beginnings of many that came after it.And so here is a group, obviously so much enamoured by the band in question that they name themselves after them, where that influence is particularly appare
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REVIEW // BIKE FOR THREE! - MORE HEART THAN BRAINS
If it was ever possible to be simultaneously impressed and disappointed by an album, Bike for Three!’s More Heart Than Brains may well fit the bill.The unique selling point of the act is the fusion of Canadian indie rap with European electronica. It’s an interesting proposition with much room for potential. Imagine a hip hop act stripped of the samples of “Tiny Dancer” or “The Gambler”
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REVIEW // TELEGRAPHS - WE WERE GHOSTS
Telegraphs are a five-piece from Brighton. Yes, another one. But despite emerging from the sea-side town that appears to distribute an inordinate amount of music scene hopefuls from its Lanes, Telegraphs are dead-set on making a different noise. And a very loud one.The band formed in late 2005, with their album ‘We Were Ghosts’ out later this month. The Rock / Emo style hybrid laces the bands
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REVIEW // HOT GOSSIP – YOU LOOK FASTER WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG
I’d like to say I hate giving bad reviews, it would make me seem a nicer person, but I just can’t do it, I enjoy it, I like insulting things, be it ugly children or bad tattoos, I just can’t help it, bad luck for Hot Gossip, but fun for me.Okay, so maybe that was a bit of a harsh start, the album isn’t THAT bad and I’ve heard a lot worse, I’ve heard albums where they use the same effec
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