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Propped against the Band on the Wall balcony and surveying the growing crowd, I contemplate the aesthetic banality of narratives of redemption – with the honourable exception of the death of Jesus Christ, of course, because of the whole sadomasochistic porn shtick those kinky Christians have got going on … Read on
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When Idlewild took indefinite leave in 2010, it appeared guitarist Rod Jones would follow singer Roddy Woomble down the folk route. After all, 2009’s A Sentimental Education suggested a man at one with his acoustic guitar. When he sat down to write and record his next solo effort, however, something … Read on
Kathleen Edwards (born July 11, 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her blend of country, folk and pop music made her a favourite of music critics, and a rising star on radio in 2003 with her debut album, Failer, made popular by her hit singles “Six O’Clock News” … Read on
The Ocean Colour Scene story should already be the stuff of legends; a rip-roaring rock’n’folk odyssey set to a backdrop of 21 years of U.K pop culture at its very best.
In its 21 year existence Ocean Colour Scene have notched up nine albums, three of which went Top 5
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We Have Band mix disco, electro, a capella and breakcore. Debut single ‘OH!’ signaled their arrival, a bursting chunk of post-punk disco brilliance. The trio are also all former EMI employees, too.
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For the moment, Joe Pug has it figured out, career if not life: Just write the songs that have to be written, play them for anybody who will listen, tour as if you had no home. Oh, and give your music away. Which isn’t to say he won’t be selling … Read on
Canadian alt-country band The Deep Dark Woods caught critics’ ears across the country with the release of 2009′s Winter Hours. The album, a solemn ode to darker themes of seclusion and detachment, could yet warm even the bottomless, frozen nights of hometown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. With Winter Hours, The Deep
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Vanna is a band from Boston, MA with an extremely energetic live performance.. Taking major influence from bands such as Norma Jean, He Is Legend, Haste The Day, Underoath, Hopesfall, Everytime I Die, The Chariot, and many others… … Read on
Initially trained as a pianist, Tony MacAlpine graduated to the electric guitar with an ambition to fuse rock and classical influences into something that would have widespread appeal. Teaming up with ex-Journey drummer Steve Smith and ex-David Lee Roth bassist Billy Sheehan, he recorded Edge Of Insanity, an album which … Read on
Hailing from the Dutch city of Eindhoven, where they were first conceived in 2006 by guitarist Selim Lemouchi, the Devil’s Blood hark back to the earliest sightings of ’70s heavy metal (Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Leaf Hound) and the darker side of ’60s psychedelia and folk (Coven, Comus, Black … Read on
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