-Raz- has written the following articles:
Meeting Room 2 of the Manchester University Union has not very much space in it at all. The band are currently right in the middle of an eight-day tour of the UK with American metal superstars Clutch and hardcore act Candiria in support. There are plenty of stacks of chairs in our way, but w»
This again was a dappled quartet being made to tour the UK, with jock rocker Andrew WK being supported by hard working Welsh rockers LostProphets and US ‘saviours’ BRMC hurting the crowd prior to his own efforts. The perennial openers of the tour are The Coral. They seem to be some so»
When the first band at a show sound like Candiria you just know that tonight, the music cannot fail you. This New York ‘math-core’ band have crossed the Atlantic determined not to disappoint anyone so they carry on jumping and grinding away with plenty, if not too much, energetic start-stop m»
Think of a subtle blend of Green Day’s classic riffs and Blink 182’s, erm, classic riffs. Remove an element of puerile flippancy from this music and add a touch of emotion akin to the current batch of post-hardcore bands, á la Rival Schools. Alkaline Trio are what you might make from this co»
Silverchair have returned for their fourth bite of the musical apple with the ensuing LP 'Diorama' and have arrived with their fourth musical direction. Almost. It has been argued that none of their previous sounds have actually been their own, but had been borrowed from previous artists. It»
Feeder's drummer, Jon Lee, has taken his own life in his Florida home on Monday, January 7th, aged 33. Feeder have recently enjoyed their most successful period, following their latest release, 'Echo Park', winning several awards for it and the singles taken from it. Frontman Grant tol»
This record is to be found in the Progressive Icelandic Hardcore section of your local record shop. Couldn't find it? Yes, I see why. Iceland has been famed in recent years for their experimental-natured, and often rather avant-garde, attitude toward music with such big names as Björk and »
Incubus are one of the few credible universally appealing bands to seep from American shores. Indeed, they are even slapped down with the, all too often derogatory, label of nu-metallers. Let this deter you not as Brandon Boyd and co. will rock your socks off in a slightly funkier fashion than most.»
LostProphets have cancelled their appointment at the New Year's bash at Nottingham Rock City to the severe nature of the illness of their drummer. They were due to play alongside [spunge] but their drummer's a bit screwed. The date is not expected to be rescheduled.»
Aereogramme provide us with a full-length record after over a year of taunting us with glorious glimpses of their magic with EP releases such as 'White Paw', and 'Glam Cripple' before it. 'A Story In White' was quite what was expected of the Glaswegian contras»
It’s really bloody cold outside but Glaswegian Stink-core pioneers Aereogramme are surely used to weather far worse than this in Scotland so I shall complain no further. Signed to notorious Scotch label Chemikal Underground , Aereogramme have recently completed their first American tour and are back in t»
Hundred Reasons have just reached the, dizzier than usual, heights of #37 in the National Singles Charts. They have surpassed the media's expectations of them and this is strange in the trend of hype that has seen Andrew WK, LostProphets 'fail' and the likes of The Strokes and Sum 41 rise f»
Hundred Reasons have been recording expensively in New York. They still sound exactly the same as before, luckily. ‘Remmus’, from their ‘Two EP’, really did grow on me and so I gave this one a few extra days, but alas I fear it never wi»
Thirst have been described as both young and excellent. It would seem that only one of these descriptions is true. They release their new single having been hyped up by a rock-oriented magazine or two and must surely have been reviewed by very good friends of theirs. ‘Kissing Mr. Easy»
Now then, if Deftones, Soulfly, and the mighty Limp Bizkit all lay claim to being influenced by the notorious noisecore demons that are Will Haven, then I must be listening to an album that has been written by true genius. Again, as usual, I began to wonder what in the blue hell I wa»
This is The Czars’ follow-up to last years ‘Before…But Longer’. It’s as good as you can get without fully amplifying your guitars. “Listen to it again…” was the gentle advice given to me one day several years ago. I did. It was good. The first listen gave me the impression that this was»
Ah, is this that post-hardcore super-band from New York comprising ex-members of the big names from that very scene, including the mighty Quicksand and CIV. Yes, it is. They are in fact quite easily put into that whole emo bracket and on the listening of this are also living up to the afore»
Queen Adreena played with passion and vigour as the first support. The fact that they are not an incredibly young, brand new band shows how far My Vitriol has come in the way of being able to acquire quality support acts. Indeed, My Vitriol are a younger band than Queen Adreena are. Mixing her soaring »
This is a book written by a man who is said to have defined the term ‘Grunge’ in the rock scene. He said it himself. Everett True was this man. He was a journalist for Melody Maker in the early Nineties and he had a seemingly unrivalled passion for the music if we are to believe this book»
LA-based rockers System of a Down have cancelled their entire European tour including the 5 British dates pencilled in for the end of November. The band have cited "political unrest" as the reason. The fact that they were understandably scared to fly over here during the war would be the obvious tr»
System of a Down are creating crazy, gothic rock, which is astoundingly heavy. Hearing this on the radio is truly refreshing after all the crap that is floating around our waves at the moment. This tune could probably be stuck in the nu-metal pocket somehow - as most things are these days – but it is mi»
The Cooper Temple Clause are taking their brand of experimental rock imagery around the country in support of their 3rd single 'Let's Kill Music'. Yet to release a full-length album, The Coopers headlining set is limited to 35 minutes. Th»
US rock act Foo Fighters are to play a one-off live show at London's Kentish Town Forum on Monday, August 27th. This follows their 2 performances at this year's V2001 festivals alongside Muse, Atomic Kitten and Idlewild among others, last weekend. Tickets cost £15 + booking fee. To bu»
Hundred Reasons are one of the few new British bands to be touted by the press as well as the fans as being one of the next big things in the international music scene. Along with Raging Speedhorn and Lost Prophets, they are expected to do well in the UK as well as in America. Hundred Reasons hav»
A band who appreciates their fans will give them free stuff. Tonight, Hundred Reasons are playing their fans a free gig at The Underworld, Camden. My expectations for tonight were low as I have been largely disappointed by the new recorded material with the shift away from the heavier metallic side of t»
The FREE Hundred Reasons show, being held exclusively for official fans, happening this Thursday 9th August has moved venue and is now at THE UNDERWORLD, Camden, London. The reasons given are: "Tons of people wanted to come and we didn't want to have to say no to anyone, so we moved somewhere big»
My, my, this is all rather chipper. And a little bit bleepy. It is quite a nice little tune to hum along to when it comes on the radio but I find it hard to imagine that there are people who really love this band. I can imagine the nice lady singing this to be glancing up towards the ceiling<»
This is a piece of media hype posing almost as propaganda. It is a compilation of the file and events which would have taken place had the Blair Witch Project been a real project. It was, of course, not. This book, however, is impressive. I found it in my local bookshop in the bargain bin for the gran»
This is quite definitely American. This is quite definitely MOR. This definitely reminds me of Sheryl Crow. This is not bad! Sorry, I'm lying again. Err, it hurts my ears a bit. The soaring choruses and rhythmic verses occur regularly. Almost, in every single bloody song. Diverse is »
Strangely-monickered new indie-types The Cooper Temple Clause are to release new single "Let's Kill Music" on September 9th. The new single will not be nearly as limited as the previous 2 EPs to the delight of many of you still scrabbling around looking for an extortionately priced copy. This follo»
