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Dananananaykroyd, Die! Die! Die!, Future of the Left, Kasms and Rolo Tomassi at the one festival? Surely not. Infact, I almost don’t want to write anything about the East London artrockfest that is Offset, as my teeth are clenched together with jealous rage. I got a message through my last.fm account detailing who and what the fuss was all about, only to realise that it was taking place...
Today is an all-ages show, which means queues at two, but no doors until five. We’re at the 2008 Wolverhampton Summer Slam, and so what if it’s named like a regional Wrestlemania, or a stock car race? The kids are eager for this one. Clusters sit cross-legged on the pavement, or stretch themselves awkwardly across the Wulfrun’s grey and gum-pocked steps. Checkerboard belts,...
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[Photo Credit: Tom Barnes] Myspace // "Scabs" [Audio] I’ve spent a lot of time going back and forth on these guys and I’ve finally come to the conclusion that they’re good, although I have to be in the right frame of mind for them. It’s stuff that I went wild for when I was 17, but every now and then, the right band like this comes along that I can get down...
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Photo: Charlie Ingham Offset Festival: 2 days in Essex, plenty of bands to see from the unusual No Bra to the headliners The Horrors and everything in-between - Offset has to be the coolest festival this summer. It actually felt that this weekend was the last weekend of summer. Let’s get one thing out of the way first, there was no mud, no rain, no wellies, no rain coats. Although...
Band name: Rolo Tomassi Label: Holy Roar Teaser: Jonathan Falcone investigates this welcome re-release by the hyperactively creative Rolo Tolmassi… Pull quote 2: Rolo Tomassi are a band about ideas and musicianship: Frank Zappa and Mr Bungle instantly spring to mind as comparisons to their sense of creative insanity… First para: Rolo Tomassi are...
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  • Bully For You

    Gorgeous Bully From: Plymouth, United Kingdom The more sanitised, synthetic and computerised mainstream music becomes the more the discerning music lover yearns for something a little more...
  • Johan Reinhold - Shoot Me Down Remix EP

    Having already garnered quite a following in his native Sweden, Johan Reinhold is introducing himself to our ears with his indie-electro-pop sensibilities in the form of a remix EP. Music after the...
  • Corpse Lights: A Curdled Churn

    Woe betide any unfortunate soul who suddenly has a flash of inspiration and records one of the most brilliant songs of the year in mid-December: it simply won’t even get heard amongst all...
  • The King Khan Experience

    I Love The Way You Howl King Khan recently retired The Shrines and The BBQ Show and started a new project – The King Khan Experience. He’s been getting compared to Jimi Hendrix his...
  • Secret Diaries: Parcel Delivery

    Secret Diaries have one of those supremely satisfying band names that make you wonder why no-one has thought of it before. I love it when that happens. And speaking of ‘supremely...

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