Bloc Party - One More Chance

Think you know Bloc Party? Think again! Read more

Passion Pit - Manners

Three months ago I reviewed Passion Pit’s EP, “Chunk of Change”; it was the best EP I’d heard in a while and cemented the band as one of my firm favourites. Read more

Sonic Youth - The Eternal

Durability is not always applauded in music.  When a band’s career passes the decade mark they begin to get stale; when they pass twenty years they begin to get old, and when they near thirty years in existence they become institutions. Read more

We are the Theatre; They are the People

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Passion Pit - Chunk of Change

Valentine’s Day can be seen as a very special day to some or a corporate money making scheme to others. Read more

Joy Division - The Best Of

Now in its first full year of release, this ‘Best of’ CD brings together a collection of Manchester illuminaries Joy Division’s best- known songs, as well as live sessions from one of the most influential bands of our time. Read more

Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Deluxe Edition)

I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that reissues are a fairly important feature of the record industry as it exists today. Read more

Fucked Up - Year of the Rat

11 minute single? That’ll be Fucked Up, then Read more

Casio Kids @ The Farmhouse, Canterbury 06/03/09

Casiokids are a fun band. They are almost certainly the most fun band to come out of Norway, a country noted more for its contributions to the world of black metal than colourful, light footed dance pop. Read more

The Bronx/Fucked Up/Rolo Tomassi @ Nottingham Rescue Room. 03/03/09

Nottingham Rock City, alongside the conjoined Rescue Rooms, has two live acts to offer tonight. It’s the nice, but not particularly thrilling ‘Billy Bragg for today’s generation’ Frank Turner, versus three of the most exciting bands punk rock and hardcore has to offer today. There’s only really one option isn’t there? You bet. Read more

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