High On Fire: Snakes For The Divine

Millions of years ago, the rules of evolution were simple: the biggest, angriest dinosaur wins.And with  Snakes For The Divine, High On Fire have evolved into Godzilla. Read more

The Courteeners - Falcon

The Courteeners are back with their highly anticipated second effort but is this the album that will save the genre of indie in 2010? Read more

HIM- “Sceamworks: Love In Theory And Practise”

HIM have had it hard over the years, when they released good albums and found success they were blasted by diehard metalheads (wrongly) for getting famous only due Bam Magera sported Heartagram tattoos, and when they faltered they were thrown to lions.

Despite this and the fact the last couple of albums have been below par they have become one of the biggest goth rock bands around, and with new L.P ‘Screamworks’ this looks like a good year to come. Read more

Marina and the Diamonds at The Other Rooms

Marina Diamandis is the latest in the current trend of quirky female pop singers in the UK. Marina is a Welsh singer with Greek heritage and ‘the Diamonds’ comes from her surname and does not refer to her support group, causing another comparison to Florence and the Machine. Read more

Good Evening New York City, From Paul McCartney

A solo career after a big band break up can be an Albatross around the neck of any musician. Ozzy is still the ex-Black Sabbath frontman even after 40 years, and more amazing still, Victoria Beckham is still Posh spice. Read more

NME Shockwaves Awards Tour at Newcastle Academy

Thursday saw the first date of the latest NME showcase come to the O2 Academy in Newcastle. The line up consisted of three up and coming bands who are looking to build on successful 2009s going into this year, with veritable granddads of the scene (by comparison to the others) The Maccabees as headliners. Read more

Dimebag Darrell Tribute CD

Rock ‘N’ Roll is full of tragic rock stories; Hendrix, Bonham, Rhoads, Lynott, all stars cut down before their time. The latest was Dimebag Darrell, Pantera’s guitarist and one of the most influential Metal guitarists ever. Whole sub genres exist because of the music he created. Read more

Them Crooked Vultures

Hype is a powerful thing. It can make people like Susan Boyle become one of the best selling artists ever overnight and Cheryl Cole a superstar. It is a thing to be skeptical of as quality usually fails to follow. And there is much hype indeed behind Them Crooked Vultures. There’s just the issue of whether there’s the substance or not to address. Read more

Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions

This isn’t ‘Humbug.’ This isn’t ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum.’ This isn’t ‘Resistance.’ This is the only album which you truly need this year. Not the way you need that you need that bar of chocolate of the pint after a long day but the way you need to eat and drink to live. This is ‘Only Revolutions.’ Read more

Foo Fighters Greatest Hits

The Foo Fighters’ frontman and all round rock god Dave Grohl isn’t happy. His band are releasing a greatest hits he didn’t want, and even though it’s guaranteed to sell by the bucket load he said in a recent interview he sees it as an ‘Obituary’; a gravestone on a band he feels has so much still to give. Read more

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