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Absolutely tremendous stuff from The Sword , from the bastard offspring of Black Sabbath. Why has no-one ever called their band The Sword b...

To all the people who have been asking, I'm now working over at Angry Ape and (just recently) Grooves Mag . However, I am allowed to p...

Another day and another review for Angry Ape , this time it comes in the form of mysterious Californian quartet Softwar . I have to admit t...

Hi, sorry for the lack of updates, but this is the time of year when my work gets busy. On another note, I have started contributing to a v...

This week I spent most of my time listening to CD's rather than music uploaded onto Itunes, hence the low count on the charts below. Al...

On face value, signing to Anticon (home of underground hip-hop) was a strange decision for Thee More Shallows . But the more I think about...

It says a lot about the passion of Kling Klang , that they contributed one of the best performances of this year's Triptych Festival . ...

I'm off to see The Cinematic Orchestra tonight, as part of the Triptych Festival (Scotland's answer to SXSW?) and am hoping to see a...

Despite the universal critical accalim. Despite the fact that the album has been getting heavy rotation on my Ipod. And despite the fact t...

Another taster from Queens Of The Stone Age's forthcoming "Era Vulgaris" album.

I'm back on Last.FM after a 6 month hiatus, here's what I was listening to last week

Sound Devastation have a potentially fantastic band on their hands, in the shape of The Pirate Ship Quintet. There's a real sense of i...

Not really a 5 piece band, but more of a 14 legged army of musicians, The Pirate Ship Quintet are another young British band intent on creat...

Despite a seemingly succesful support slot on Arcade Fire's tour, Patrick Wolf has issued an online statement telling fans he is quitti...

Fulton Lights' self-titled debut is a magnificnet collection of songs that can effortlessly burrow their way into your conscious. The ...

The video above will explain my abscence over the last couple of days. Shunsuke "Genius" Nakamura secured yet another league cha...

Following on from last year's excellent " The Way The Wind Blows " album, A Hawk And A Hacksaw have again travelled to the he...

Work commitments have meant I am slightly delayed in posting the review of Fulton Lights ' self-titled album. But you can check out the...

Queens Of The Stone Age are set to return in June with new album " Era Vulgaris " and the video above gives an insight into the r...

Never one's to stay quiet for too long, those kind people at Herb Recordings have come up with another mix. This time it focuses on so...

Just came home from work to find out that both th Glasgow and Manchester Explosions In The Sky gigs have been cancelled, due to adverse wea...

Bizarre circumstances at the weekend, meant I recieved an e-mail from who I initially thought was Leslie Feist of Broken Social Scene . It ...

You can read a review I wrote for Italian webzine Rockit , on Milanese trio Verdena , here (it's in English too, for all you non-Italia...