Review: Our Time Down Here – Last Light (EP)

January 9, 2011

The new year marks a new release for Southampton outfit Our Time Down Here, in the form of EP Last Light. 2009′s Live, Love, Let Go was a record full of youthful exuberance, bounds of energy, and a really catchy stab in the side of the UK hardcore scene.

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Live Review: Lower Than Atlantis – Trillians, Newcastle, January 4th 2011

January 8, 2011

It’s ridiculous how packed tonight is for a Trillians gig. There’s an actual queue outside the doors, vitually unheard of.

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Review: Architects – The Here and Now

January 8, 2011

It’s a monumental task, bettering an album that was deemed seemingly perfect by almost all across the board of music, but Brighton mob Architects have given their best shot at forwarding from 2009′s Hollow Crown in the form of The Here And Now; ten tracks of something nobody really expected from the band, judging by recent reactions to radio play.

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Review: Heavy Lies The Crown – The Family Demise (EP)

January 3, 2011

It’s been a long time coming for a band that have been plugging away for around two years, but Darlington’s Heavy Lies The Crown have finally crafted their debut offering in the form of EP, The Family Demise.

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Review: Golden Tanks – Golden Tanks (EP)

November 28, 2010

It’s a glorious time for UK hardcore at present – there’s so many gems sprouting up all over the country in recent times, and Reading five-piece Golden Tanks are no exception. The name assumedly being a homage to the Cancer Bats song of the same name, they don’t sound too unlike the Canadian outfit. This self-titled debut offering oozes personality and physical presence from the get go.

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Live Review: Paramore – Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, November 18th 2010

November 23, 2010

What a strange set up we have here – a virtually unheard of opener, a chart-storming R’n'B artist, and arguably the biggest name in pop-rock currently doing the rounds. It’s incredible how far Paramore have come in just four years since visiting the UK for the first time, now playing to in excess of ten thousand people in Newcastle tonight – wonder if a certain Twitter picture has anything to do with it all?

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Live Review: The Menzingers – The Northumberland Arms, Newcastle, November 17th 2010

November 23, 2010

With ska-punk legends Less Than Jake playing down the road, there’s obviously a bit of uncertainty regarding how The Menzingers will fare, but the 50 or so that are gathered into the dingy Northumberland Arms plausibly manage to pack the venue out.

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Live Review: Minus the Bear – O2 Academy 2, Newcastle, November 16th 2010

November 23, 2010

Taking a break from supporting Jimmy Eat World on their UK tour, math-rock experimentalists Minus the Bear drop by in Newcastle as part of a handful of headlining dates.

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Live Review: Humanity Depraved – Trillians, Newcastle, October 25th 2010

October 27, 2010

The Boy Will Down are to be headlining at Trillians tonight, which makes this review a little different – it’s solely focused on three massive reasons why the North East’s music scene is very, very underestimated and why so many bands get overlooked. This focuses purely on the local openers for the tour, read on and find out why… It’s gartered a good crowd in the dingy rock bar, so someone’s doing something right…

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Live Review: Don Broco – Pumphrey’s Cellar Bar, Newcastle, October 18th 2010

October 26, 2010

Well, this sucks – Pumphrey’s Cellar Bar has fallen fate to new licensing restrictions disallowing them to have anyone under the age of 18 inside. It’s a hefty blow, but there’s still a decent enough turn out for Don Broco, halfway through their aptly named Dreamboy’s On Tour… tour.  Tasty!

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