I have new records to listen to…

Just to recap – ‘Silverstrand’ by Over It is awesome; ‘Hello Good Friend’ by The Rocket Summer is oh-so unbelievably great, way better than I hoped for; ‘In Motion’ by Copeland isn’t quite as great as I wanted on first listen; the new

Silence broken

Hopeless Records’ awesome Break The Silence look set to visit the UK in April and May.

Drive Thru tour dates

The Drive Thru tour dates, featuring ALLISTER, HIDDEN IN PLAIN VIEW, HALIFAX, HELLOGOODBYE, are as follows: 10-May Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms 11-May Bristol, Fleece 12-May Birmingham, Academy 2 13-May Glasgow, Garage 14-May Manchester, Academy 3 15-May Oxford, Zodiac 16-May London, Garage

FireApple Shred

Toy Soldiers

Bravestar Records’ One Toy Soldier have dates this month at: Feb 25 Northampton – The Soundhaus Feb 26 Leeds – Carpe Diem Mar 16 Sheffield – The Grape Mar 18 London – ULU Mar 25 Leicester – The Shed The band are looking for more shows, if you want to put them on

Decibels

Submitted: “3dBs Down have put the full version of Kidnap and Ransom (or kidnapped) up for listening on myspace.com/3dbsdown “

They gave me a soap-box, now look.

I wrote a column about peer-to-peer file sharing and the effect it can have on the scene. Read it here

Zero alone

Submitted: “Zero Point Six and Better Left Alone hit the road end of March/Early April. If there are any promoters out there who can fill out March 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st or April 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th then email betterleftalone@hotmail.com “

Wayriders CD now in stores

Submitted by Andy of The Wayriders: “Our album that you reviewed last year is finally getting released today! Mon 21st Feb! It’s still completely DIY we just managed to get a distribution through Pinnacle. It’s all we ever wanted really, to keep control of our music and

Pedia-pop!

Submitted: “Yeovil electro pop duo Encyclopedia have a brand new website located at www.encyclopediamusic.com, a brand new demo on their myspace page located at www.myspace.com/encyclopedia, and a track on This Is Indie Rock: Volume 3 from Deep Elm Records