In my recent live review of The Enemy I concluded that they are a band of youth playing for the youth, and what impact they will have on the wider audience is debatable. After spending some time with their debut album I would like to say what a load of bollocks those comments were, and [...]

Lamb of God: Wrath: Roadrunner Records

Thursday have been around now for over a decade and carry a ‘post-hardcore’ label or even ‘screamo’ if that sounds more palatable for you.  Their direction has wavered a tad over the last couple of albums and the most recent of those, “A City By The Light Divided”, got a rather sceptical reception, even by [...]

What is it about Lily Allan that makes her the darling of the print and broadcast media? And what is it about this free and substantial publicity (that has made her financially) which she seems to criticise so much in this album? In the past two days she has featured on BBC2’s Friday cultural review [...]

SET LIST - Recorded Live In Dublin November, 2002

Palmstruck – “The Spoiler” EP

I’ve been following this lot for a few years now and remain perturbed and disappointed that too few others have! They recently signed to Liverpool based Project Records and this five-track EP is their first official release.
Harking from Manchester places a responsibility on bands to perform, albeit too often in mimicry [...]