Those moments when listening to a release for the first time and a knowing smile emerges, growing wider and wider as chord after chord emerges from the speaker are rare but when they come are extremely rewardingly enjoyable. Those are… Read More ›
Day: July 4, 2011
Strangers – EP2
London dark pop trio Strangers are one of the new bands igniting the genre of electronic pop with music that carries emotions which are impossible to ignore. Their music has deep rooted echoes of 80’s electronic pop fused with a… Read More ›
Great Imitation – The Tao of Polite Crunk (Making Rap Middle Class)/Bitter Sweet Heart Attacks (All About You)
Where do you start describing the style and music of Leicestershire band Great Imitation, a sound that has more elements than an industrial toaster. The quartet’s music blends rap poetry with singer/songwriter passion that lies within an Englishman’s soul, and… Read More ›
Unearth – Darkness In The Light
Whatever the view of the band’s previous album The March, which was mixed at best, Massachusetts metalers Unearth are back on form with their fifth album Darkness In The Light via Metal Blade Records. To say the band is fired… Read More ›
Mind Museum – Rat Race EP
From their formation in July 2010 Bristol band Mind Museum has intently been working on their sound and songwriting resulting in their debut release the Rat Race EP, a package of four songs that are varied, expressive and extremely impressive…. Read More ›