Category Archives: MP3
A Brave New World?
As the dust slowly settles after last year’s excitement, the success and viability of offering music on the internet with a choice to pay or not is now under close scrutiny. Radiohead’s effort with In Rainbows is, of course, the … Continue reading
Goodbye 2007
When the new history books are written, 2007 will go down as the year that the stuffier quarters of the music industry finally started to catch up with the idea that the world was changing and that those old business … Continue reading
PRE Conceptions
One of a growing number of bands making hardcore fun again, PRE are a London five-piece (vocals, guitar, bass, drums and bass). They released their debut album Epic Fits, fourteen tracks recorded straight to tape in two days, back in … Continue reading
The Secrets Of Cuckundoo
Cuckundoo is a new record label based in Leeds, specialising in the more experimental side of music. Their first two signings, Escalade and Vessels have set a high benchmark and, less than nine months since their first release, are ensuring … Continue reading
Off message
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for hardcore, but it does have a tendency to get a bit preachy at times. I’m a fairly socially conscious kinda guy, so usually they’re just preaching to the converted (unless it’s NYHC, in … Continue reading
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
As “the kids” become increasingly disillusioned with the music record companies have decided they should like, they’re getting online and finding something else. Something else, in this case, is a collision of indie, punk, electro and techno in various measures; … Continue reading
Osymyso: Return Of The Palindrome
Osymyso is back. Not that he ever really went away; live Djing, mixing Radio 1 comedy/music show The Milk Run took up a large part of 2006 and mix album The Art Of Flipping Channels, while more recently he has … Continue reading
Marnie Stern Broke My Arm
Over the last week I have become obsessed with Marnie Stern, a guitarist from New York City. Well, “guitarist” doesn’t really do it. She’s some kind of superhuman guitarist with lightning fast fingers and skills that surpass pretty much every … Continue reading
Uncle John & Whitelock
I always intended my first proper post on here to be about Uncle John & Whitelock. However, I also planned to have it up before the band split. On the latter I have failed, as the band played their final … Continue reading
