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From Monday 27 October 2003

T.S.O.L. – Divided We Stand

TSOL have been around the block a bit. Forming in the late seventies, the band went through various incarnations and style changes until the original line-up reformed in 1999. (Minus of course the sadly departed Todd Barnes.) In 2001 they released their first

3dBs Down – Bottom of the learning curve

One of the nicest aspects of this job is having the opportunity to discover a multitude of new bands. Even better is when you receive an album by an unknown band that turns out to be fantastic. It doesn’t happen often but this just happens

Monday 13 October 2003

Gregor Samsa – 27:36

Gregor Samsa do not easily fit in with most of the other bands contained within these pages. The Amercian outfit are best described as low-fi indie, and have much in common with the likes of Sigur Ros and Mogwai. ‘27:36′, their three song

Saturday 04 October 2003

November in motion

Motion City Soundtrack are releasing new single ‘The Future Freaks Me Out” on November 17th. You can catch the band live on the following dates: 09-Nov Glasgow Garage 10-Nov

Tuesday 23 September 2003

Dead Letter Dept – Anthology UK

Dead Letter Dept are a four-piece Canadian outfit who originally went under the moniker The Stiffs. They’ve been in existence for a number of years and had a number of releases. However, until now, none of those releases have landed on these shores.

Saturday 20 September 2003

Dashboard on tour

Dashboard Confessional are heading back to these shores in November. Here are the dates announced so far: Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall – Wed 5 Nov Manchester University – Fri 7 Nov London Shepherds Bush Empire – Sat 8 Nov

Friday 19 September 2003

Three Chords and the Truth!

In what has to be one of the biggest miracles of recent times, I’ve finally managed to write my first column in nearly two years. If you want to have a gander go here.

A Close Last – Bigger Than Rik Waller

A Close Last are a five-piece outfit from Glasgow who have been together since September 2001. The band have gained themselves a decent following in the area and have been playing regularly in the city‘s many venues, as well as making the odd trip

duffus dates

Nottingham Based Emo-punks DUFFUS are going on another UK tour in October check them out at the following dates: Oct 3rd-Royal squadron, isle of wight + my deaf audio 4th-Peggers, Nottingham + Fletcher 5th- The Attik, leicester 8th-The Jailhouse, Coventry 9th-The George, Andover 10th-The white horse, High Wycombe +

Wednesday 17 September 2003

We have a winner!

The lucky winner of the two Alkaline Trio guestpasses for this Saturday at the astoria is Kayleigh Morgan. Thanks to the hundreds of people who entered and better luck next time…