Not a new band by any stretch of the imagination but definitely one under the radar of mainstream music. Mates Of State are comprised of Kori Gardner on keyboards and vocals whilst Jason Hammel provides the drum beats. They’re from Kansas and their forthcoming effort, Re-Arrange Us, will be their fifth studio album since forming [...]

Posted on April 26th, 2008 by Max
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It’s been a long time since Portishead released any music. It’s also taken an equally bloody long time for me to finally recognise that they actually are just as good as fellow Bristol musical masterminds Massive Attack. Machine Gun, the lead single off their third album (Third – what originality!), is quite a disturbing piece [...]

Posted on April 25th, 2008 by Max
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Honestly, it is a serious question. In a couple of weeks time, Coldplay will be issueing a vinyl, in conjuction with hipster publication NME, of their first single from their upcoming fourth album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends (Chris Martin isn’t good at naming things is he?) called Violet Hill. A [...]

Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Max
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Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is encouraging all of us to take our shirts off and dance to his new free-for-download single, Discipline. Sadly, it just doesn’t have the desired effect on me. The trouble is, despite the cool heavy-bass riff and twinkling piano sounds over a rave-like beat, it doesn’t really go anywhere. [...]

Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Max
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It is now just over six months since Radiohead threw a curveball at the industry fat cats and released In Rainbows through their own site for download, inviting the customer to value their purchase. Since then, releasing music hasn’t been the same. Many bands have tried their take on distributing their own work. So, what [...]

Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by Max
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