Elliot Minor often boast that their roots are in Classical music before being turned on to punk by Green Day and Busted. Sadly, this pallid single betrays none of the complexity of classical music, preferring to canter through a soft version of Busted’s already timid rock. more… “Elliot Minor”
The lead track ‘Early Evening’ is a bit dull and dream-like without ever being gorgeous but the B-side on the release is well worth checking out. more… “It Hugs Back”
Although not entirely representative of their general output, ‘Templeton’ is nonetheless a brilliant debut release from Glasgow’s Desolation Yes! The fusion of light ‘industrial’ music, eighties electro and celtic harmonies / vocals give it a highly infectious sound more… “Desolation Yes!”
Old-school punk fans will love this. Fans of what passes as ‘punk’ today will love this. Fans of pub-rock will love this. Hell – in a recent Sunday Newspaper supplement, even Kate Nash cited The Zips as one of her influences! more… “The Zips”
America has Shiny Toy Guns. UK has Dead Kids.
That’ll be one – nil to the UK, then! more… “Dead Kids”
A strange one here from Hamster Dragster – as you’d expect In The Year 2525 is a cover of the Zager and Evans tune, although recorded using an electronic voice backed by various musical samples. more… “Hamster Dragster”
Fans of nu-metals slightly more intelligent mainstays will appreciate this effort from Montreal’s Sign of One more… “Sign of One”
If there’s anything the world doesn’t need, it’s Feeder adding synths to their already bland pop-rock. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Bauer sound like. more… “Bauer”
As a member of the Fence Collective’s extended family, you know Rachael Dadd must have something going for her, and she does. more… “Rachael Dadd”
A nice blast of electronica from LA’s Liars here, the single House Clouds taken from their self-titled album. As a stand alone single it doesn’t really work more… “Liars”