Fresh from tearing the rafters off every word-of-mouth gig venue known to man and with their debut album ‘X marks destination’, already causing a stir, THE WHIP have been selling out gigs across the nation, with tickets for their hometown show all snapped-up with 7 weeks to spare. We caught up guitarist and vocalist Bruce from Manchester's most exciting electro-indie rock outfit.

 

Other Features

 

 Preview: ATP Vs Pitchfork Preview: Live At Leeds Interview: Kick Box Riot
 

 

Here’s 10 of our choices on who to see at ‘ATP vs. Pitchfork’. Here is our preview of Live at Leeds 2008. South Wales based Kick Box Riot want a tour bus with a pirate-themed bouncy castle on it..
 

 

 

Singles
The Shortwave Set: No Social

 

 

"No Social certainly appears to be a departure from The Shortwave Set’s 2005 debut The Debt Collection, swapping a spacey Beta Band-esque style for straight up pop sensibilities; while glimpses of the inventiveness of their debut are pushed to the background."

 

Shout Out Louds: Tonight I Have To Leave

iLiKETRAINS: We Go Hunting

The Long Blondes: Century

i Concur: Lucky Jack/Build Around Me

 

Albums

The Postelles: The Postelles EP

 

 

"They’ve got the hooks and head-nodding base lines, as well as informed explanations of teenage romance gone wrong that make up so much of the Arctic’s canon."

 

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: Town Topic EP

OIB Split Series Volume I

The Rosie Taylor Project: This City Draws Maps

Destroyer: Trouble In Dreams

Kevin Kane: How To Build A Lighthouse

Neon Neon: Stainless Style

 

Live

Her Name Is Calla/Glissando: The Charlotte, Leicester

 

 

"The closing moments of the gig being a possibly serendipitous but certainly spectacular unifying of the music and a scene from the film of birds flooding into a living room through the chimney."

 

Whiskycats: TJ's Woodhouse Club

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone/Lonely Ghosts/Kopek: Brighton Pressure Point

This Et Al: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

Panic At The Disco: Leeds University

 

Demos

Awordlike.Attack: Ships Hung In The Sky

 

 

"This is a band who will fully deserve our attention, and if they can just form a more cohesive unit in their minds to match their technical skill and broad ideas, we could see something really special."

 

One Day In Our Garden: Small Steps

The Gravity Crisis: Spitfires

What Would Jesus Drive?: We Made This

Autocolt: Demo 1

Hyena: Itchy Legacy

The Good Natured: Our Very Last

 

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