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DANANANANAYKROYD Splits Up!
Got this new 3 days ago, sad times. DANANANANAYKROYD has announced that they will split up after their upcoming (and last) tour. The Glaswegian band will also digitally release a single for the last time on 7th November. It’s called Think & Feel taken from their 2nd album, There Is A Way, produced by Ross Robinson in LA. You can hear it here. Was it the extensive promotion, touring and...
INTERVIEW WITH GRAMMATICS
  I spoke to Rory from Leeds’ finest indie band, Grammatics, about what’s in store for us fans in the coming year. You played Reading and Leeds – how did that go? As you’d expect. Lots of fun. Got to see The XX and Radiohead twice. You’ve just completed your tour with Bloc Party too, any funny stories? I stayed out with Matt in Brighton after the gig...
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Rapturefest 3 Review
On 15th August, Rapture Promotions put on an awesome gig in Reading for the 3rd year in a row. This is the review. Dig it. After getting off a completely packed out train to Reading, we wandered around following an obviously outdated map, which told us that The Face Bar was right in the middle of a block of flats. It wasn’t. Then we spotted a girl in a Beatcast shirt so followed her hoping...
Pizza Taste: An Interview With Tubelord
On Tuesday 16th June 2009, Tubelord played a gig at a venue called The Cellars - a lovely little pub in Eastney, Portsmouth. Ed, Tom and their counterpart/assistant Leam had the pleasure of interviewing Tubelord before their epic gig. The meeting was arranged for 6, however both parties were late due to us getting lost and Tubelord fixing their bank payments, which set everything back a bit....
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WILLIAM + MUNROE EFFECT + MINDS GONE BLANK
Venue: Eastney Cellars, Portsmouth  Teaser: Matt Merritt gives us the view from the sea-side, as he reports on the Portsmouth leg of William’s tour… Pull quote 2: but still the band pushed harder, thrashing and leaping about the tiny stage… First para: The young ladies of MINDS GONE BLANK start proceedings a shy brand of power-pop. Giggling and...
OUTL4W + HARDLY HEROES + THE STATIONS
Venue: Eastney Cellars, Portsmouth Teaser: Matt Merritt braves the cold seas of Portsmouth to bring us this report, featuring punk rock mayhem from Outl4w and a variety of local heroes… Pull quote 2: cheers from the floor are drowned out by guitars that roar like lions… First para: It’s hard to describe the reaction I had to Outl4w’s sound check when I...
SON OF DAVE
Venue: Eastney Cellars, Portsmouth  Teaser: He may look like William Burroughs, but Son Of Dave is also a ranting bluesman who’ll rattle your soul like an old school pro. Matt Merritt caught his act as it rolled into Portsmouth… Pull quote 2: he even has a small group of idiotic hecklers engaged throughout… First para: Son of Dave is more than...
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  • In Pictures: FOE

    Photos from a recent FOE gig - a friend of our friends Hold Your Horse Is - she’s gonna be big!!! Read the gig review after the jump.

  • In Pictures: Avett Brothers

    Shots of North Carolina’s folk-rocking Avett Brothers’ stop in Glasgow - 22.08.11 Read the review of the gig here.

  • In Pictures: Latitude Festival 2011

    Take a look at the acts and art on offer at this year’s Latitude Festival in Suffolk. Included are the likes of Fight Like Apes, Lykke Li, Sea of Bees and Seasick Steve. Photos from our own...

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