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Lou Rhodes

By Alex Botten • Oct 21st, 2007 • Category: short players

One of those artists that seems, like Fish ‘from Marillion’, to be doomed to be forever defined by her previous band, Lou Rhodes ‘from Lamb’ has been doing her thing solo for several years now.



Noiseland Arcade

By Alex Botten • Oct 21st, 2007 • Category: short players

I think it would be fair to say that Noiseland Arcade have been listening to a lot of Hard-Fi, and perhaps a little Franz Ferdinand, though it’s the Slough influence that’s most obvious on opener ‘Clap Your Hands!”.



Gang Gang Dance

By Alex Botten • Oct 21st, 2007 • Category: short players

Gang Gang Dance have a name that sounds like it was airlifted from the 80’s postpunk boom, and a sound that matches their name.



Kylie Minoise

By Alex Botten • Oct 21st, 2007 • Category: long players

20 Years ago Napalm Death released ‘You Suffer’, one second of blistered noise that got them into the Guiness Book of World Records.



McGazz

By Alex Botten • Aug 27th, 2007 • Category: long players

The first thing anyone familiar with the previous output of one-time My Legendary Girlfriend frontman, now solo artist, McGazz will notice when settling down with his latest (free!) album is the addition of a roughed up edge to his previously pristine electropop.