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More Acts Join Reading & Leeds Line Up

John Williams - Wednesday 21.05.08, 13:42pm

Some new names have been added to the Reading & Leeds Festival line up for August 22/24.
Chicago Pop Rock band Plain White Tees and Electronic Punk act Mindless Self Indulgence will perform on the Main Stage.
Henry Rollins will play on the Alternative Stage, as will Jeffrey Lewis.
On the Radio One/NME Stage, Pete And The Pirates [...]

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Tags: Live Music

Album Review: The Black Angels – Directions To See A Ghost

Madison Everett - Tuesday 20.05.08, 11:50am

The Black Angels – Directions To See A Ghost (Light in the Attic Records)
Picking up right from where their last album ‘Passover’ left off , The Black Angels manage to combine Mass’ haunting singing, depressive lyrics and the bands experimental style to make something quite beautiful.
The four piece from Austin, Texas, certainly have talent when [...]

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Tags: Album · Alternative · Rock

The Black Angels – Live at the ICA, London

Madison Everett - Monday 19.05.08, 21:30pm

The Black Angels – ICA, London- 15/05/2008
With a name taken from the Velvet Underground song, The Black Angels certainly took us back to the 60’s with their own brand of psychedelic rock.
For the fifth date of their UK, tour The Black Angels played in a small room at the back of London’s ICA. Certainly a [...]

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Tags: Alternative · Live Music · Rock

Album Review – The Boxing Lesson – Wild Streaks & Windy Days

John Williams - Monday 19.05.08, 14:05pm

The Boxing Lesson are a three piece band from Austin in Texas comprising Paul Waclawsky, Jaylinn Davidson and Jake Mitchell.
The album is a diverse collection of indie tracks fused with electronics and psychedelic guitar patterns with excellent songwriting and mature vocals.
The guitar is what does it for me, full of reverb and feedback, crashing power [...]

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Tags: Album · Indie Rock

Album Review – Scarlett Johansson – Wherever I Lay My Head

John Williams - Saturday 17.05.08, 22:52pm

Wherever I Lay My Head is a collection of ten Tom Waits songs recorded by actress Scarlett Johansson, with the help of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s guitarist Nick Zinner and producer David Sitek.
David Bowie has famously given his blessing to the album after adding backing tracks and even Tom Waits has given the album the seal [...]

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Tags: Album · Alternative · Review · Rock

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