Review: Bang! Bang! Eche! – ‘Sonic Death Cuntttt’

It’s finally here! The long wait for that Bang Bang Echeless void to be filled has at last come to an end! The New Zealand band’s gritty and fearless mix of synth dance, punk and indie is once again set to set the alternative music scene alight upon its self release on November 2^nd and fans will not be disappointed.

Review: Gliss – ‘Beauty’

‘Beauty’ takes intricate Gliss lyrics and floats them above a bed of hazy guitar, producing a reverb-filled comfort track, easy on the ears as well as the brain.

Review: Jack Peñate – ‘Everything Is New’

Well known for his single ‘Torn on the Platform’, (which features on his first album Matinée), Jack Peñate’s style echoes The Maccabees with lyrics touching on love and religion, and blended with acoustic, indie and culturally eclectic sounds.

Review: Fighting Fiction – ‘A Lesser Of Two Evils E.P.’

Fighting Fiction, the four-piece Bristol based band deliver in their debut EP, “A Lesser Of Two Evils”, a brand of indie rock that we have come to expect from upcoming English indie bands.

Review: Black Page Turns – ‘Simplest of Tools / Bang! Bang! Assassin!’

Well what can I say. I picked it up from the office noticing the blue gun on the cover, thinking “well I’ll give it a go”. I must say firstly that this type of metal-pop isn’t really my favourite kind of music, but believe I have kept an open mind whilst reviewing it.

Review: We Know Mason – “Wee Small Hours”

Wee Small Hours could certainly be an shouted-across-fields-at-festivals anthem, if only I could hear the lyrics. For “quick, dirty rock and roll”, it lives up to it’s name but left me wanting a more polished final product.

Review: The Kut (Untitled Debut)

Said to be the UK’s best girl band, The Kut are a mix of indie and pop/rock. Last month, lead vocalist and guitarist Maha became the first UK female to secure an endorsement with Marshall Amplification. Signed by the independent record label Criminal Records, the band originates from New Cross, London. Their debut Double A-side single is released on Monday the 19^th of October 2009.

Review: A Place to Bury Strangers – “In Your Heart”

To call A Place to Bury Strangers the emigrated bastard son of The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine; an initially jarring – or befitting, depending on which indie tap you drink from – proposition, implies only one thing. Lots of noise.  And feedback.  And distortion.

Review: Nerina Pallot – “Real Late Starter”

Real Late Starter is the first single to be released from Nerina Pallot’s long awaited new album, The Graduate. Long-standing fans may be expecting a more mature version of her usual chilled style given her three year break from recording, but instead receive a poppier, upbeat sound incorporating synthesisers somewhat incongruously alongside her usual piano.

Review: Fortune – “Highway E.P.”

Ok: so a Parisian four piece with a nice dreamy relaxed sounding piece of electro pop, plennnnty of synthesiser chucked in there and good use of a cowbell. Plus French accents.