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Late Night Fiction — Exits, Pursued By A Bear

Joe Innes — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:56:46 +0000

Late Night Fiction’s press release describe them as a “melodic post-hardcore quartet” — and it’s surprisingly accurate. The Hull band have chalked up a number of support spots, including for groups like Twin Atlantic, currently in rotation on Radio One with their single Free. EPBAB is taken from the EP “Medium” which ought to be [...]

The Dark Retreat — The Devil In Me (Butterfly Kiss)

Joe Innes — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:21:00 +0000

About four years ago, we ran a piece on a five-piece called Bi-Polar Baby. The band have since broken up, which was a shame, because they showed an awful lot of potential, and we were very much looking forward to seeing how their next effort would be an improvement on the last. However, had Bi-Polar [...]

New Found Glory — Radiosurgery

Joe Innes — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:12:26 +0000

New Found Glory occupy a place in my heart that doesn’t quite fit with history. I see them as the last of the great nineties pop-punk bands, alongside Green Day, blink-182 and the Offspring — but this is wrong. They were, in fact, one of the first of the next wave, the Drive-Thru bands. As [...]

blink-182 — Up All Night

Joe Innes — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:50:48 +0000

In 2005, I thought I’d missed the boat. As blink announced their indefinite hiatus, I cried into my Weetabix, being one of the few who hadn’t seen them live. So, in 2009, when they announced that they were getting back together, I was over the moon. Of course, I expected a bit of a wait [...]

Deportivo — Girl Next Door

Joe Innes — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:15:27 +0000

There are two Deportivos. The first, Déportivo, is an alt. rock band from Yvelines, France. The other is an indie-pop five piece from West London, and this second group have attracted a fair bit of industry attention recently (they’ve been featured on BBC Introducing; this single was mixed by Yoad Nevo, who’s worked with Sugababes, [...]

Owl City — Ocean Eyes

Tom Lawlor — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:26:40 +0000

Another one to keep and eye on for 2010 will be Minnesota-based Owl City, who will be dropping “Fireflies” the first single from their 2009 LP “Ocean Eyes” on 22nd February. The single had its first airplay this week and I’ve been driving people mad with it ever since. Adam Young has created a new [...]

Ellie Goulding — Under The Sheets

Joe Innes — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:30:03 +0000

Ellie Goulding, a 23 year old from Hertfordshire is a pretty hot tip for this year. Snapped up in September by Polydor, Critics’ choice at last year’s Brit Awards, top choice on BBC’s Sound of 2010, iTunes single of the week for Christmas 2009… you don’t really need me to tell you that when her [...]

Silversun Pickups — Panic Switch

Joe Innes — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:34:45 +0000

It would appear that I have missed out on the Silversun Pickups. They are, according to Wikipedia and AMG, pretty well known, shooting to fame with “Lazy Eye”, as part of the Guitar Hero franchise. They’ve been in heavy rotation on the music channels, and they toured intensively in 2006/7 with OK Go, Snow Patrol, [...]

Katy Perry — I Kissed A Girl

Joe Innes — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:59:59 +0000

Last night, I was driving home from Doncaster. As I got to Derby, I was getting a little bored of Radio 1, so I started flicking through — late night radio tends to be quite good, even if it is disproportionately chat shows over music. I stumbled upon Delerium’s Silence, one of my favourite songs [...]

Enter Shikari — Mothership

Joe Innes — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:03:41 +0000

One of the most original acts in the post-hardcore scene. I’ve heard them referred to as trance metal and thrashy-dance in the past, and neither description has been wrong. This single, although not as groundbreaking as Return to Energiser, still stands out against anything else you might have heard. Mothership is a well constructed record [...]