Rosemary - 40,40

These Kent boys with a girl’s name are a band worth watching. 40-40 is a great little tight jean swinging, Bez dancing little number with a cheeky grin on its face. Read more

The Ascent Of Everest - How Lonely Sits The City

Released in July of 2006, the debut album from The Ascent of Everest, How Lonely Sits the City, seems at first to be just another Godspeed You! Clone. But with closer listening, one can hear the extreme differences in sound and mood from most post-rock band today. Read more

The Mentalists - Don’t Know What To Do (With You)

With all of Kate Jackson and Karen O’s appeal, dulcet tones and gusto and the ‘now’ ness of New Young Pony Club (hopefully without the attitude of Alan Partridge - Ed) - London ladies of style and attitude The Mentalists are a ready made package for shipment to success. Read more

Panic! At The Disco @ Leeds Met University

The Vaudevillian affair that is a Panic! At The Disco show rolled up in Leeds in a somewhat simplistic manner. Anyone who’s witnessed their videos or seen their more recent live shows could be forgiven for thinking that the wrong band had turned up to perform. But that is how things were as Panic! embarked on their first headlining tour of England in Spring 2006.The band members’ fancily-embroidered waistcoats were the only things that stood out in an aesthetic sense. Luckily they had a multi-platinum-selling album under their belts from which their entire setlist was made up of, with each song being sang back at them word for word.

Fan favourite The Only Difference Between Martyrdom And Suicide Is Press Coverage kicked things off in spectacular style as the intricate musical work was brought to life with much more success than most people could’ve probably hoped for. More recent Panic! At The Disco shows see the band dressed up like Victorian showmen, with front man Brendon Urie as the ringleader, and they’re regularly joined on stage by dancers decked out in harlequin-patterned costumes. But last year they relied on the music alone to make the show. Read more

The Good Times: The Good Times

Like The Jam meeting The Rakes down in a tube station at midnight. Indie punk with plenty of charm. Never mind the bollocks, here’s The Goodtimes! And these boys mean business! Read more

The Enemy - Away From Here

The Enemy are seen by some as the next bunch of ‘lad rockers’ to sneak their way in to the limelight. But, this three-piece from Coventry tell stories of working-class Britain and youth culture of today. ‘Away From Here’, their upcoming single is a prime example of that. Read more

Introducing: Out Of The Gray

Hailed as one of the best live bands in Bolton, and with 2 E.P’s (with recordings made at the same studio that gave birth to Elbow’s ‘Leaders of the Free World’) under their belt and a full album on the way. Out of the Gray are a band really starting to make a name for them selves, both in their native town and further a field. Read more

Klaxons - Gravitys Rainbow

With ‘Atlantis to Interzone’, whether London’s Klaxons meant to or not, they connected with every teenager in the land who had experienced riotous music lessons pissing off their music teacher with the ‘DJ! DJ! UH UH! UH!’ demo. Read more

The Dykeenies - New Ideas

It’s a hell of a time for the Scottish music scene right now. DJ’s like Mylo and Calvin Harris are filling dance floors everywhere, and larger than life, quality new bands like The View and The Fratellis are making a massive impact on the UK indie scene. The conveyor belt of top new Scotch talent is running at full speed and the latest A-grade product to come off it are excellent Glaswegian five piece The Dykeenies. Read more

Klaxons - Gravity’s Rainbow

With ‘Atlantis to Interzone’, whether London’s Klaxons meant to or not, they connected with every teenager in the land who had experienced riotous music lessons pissing off their music teacher with the ‘DJ! DJ! UH UH! UH!’ demo. Read more

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