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Dive Dive - Potential

89%

Xtra Mile Recordings

Despite a surprising amount of critical acclaim early on in their career, Dive Dive have been noticeably absent from the music scene for the past few years. They have not been resting on the

Georgian Skull - Mother Armageddon, Healing Apocalypse

86%

Scarlet Records

Georgian Skull are a Canadian band that rose from the ashes of Mister Bones. Their first release Mother Armageddon, Healing Apocalypse will melt your face off. It was originally released in 2008

A Skillz - Insane Banger Volume 2

90%

Finger Lickin' Records

The award for most confusing single title goes to A Skillz for this latest effort which by name alone, you would judge to be some sort of compilation album. In actual fact, it is just three songs b

My Chemical Romance w/ The Blackout and LostAlone in Manchester

97%

Manchester Evening News Arena 18/02/2011

I’m going to start by doing something I never do in one of my reviews. I’m going to cut to the chase. For those of you who suffer attention deficit or become bored after reading a paragraph or tw

Cloud Nothings w/ The Low Suns in London

89%

CAMP 24/2/11

Dylan Baldi, who at only 19 must find it rather strange, having all this attention being paid to him from tracks written and recorded in his Cleveland bedroom. With his collection of demos bei

Les Savy Fav, with Young Legionnaire and Truckers of Husk in Cardiff

89%

The Globe, April 23rd, 2011

Sometimes when you review a gig, you are left clutching at straws to think of something to write. Despite the best endeavours of some bands, it is occasionally the case that watching paint dry wou

Turisas - Stand Up And Fight

81%

Century Media Records

The fear of impending battle fills the frozen air. The stale smell of loathing lingers like rotting flesh. You’re marching alongside brethren and kin on a seemingly endless trail of destructio

The Vaccines + Crystal Castles at Brixton Academy London

94%

Brixton Academy 19th February

Last Saturday was the last date of the NME Awards Tour at the smashing Brixton Academy. The eclectic line up contained a fair amount of options, going from the very-much-hyped-as-the-new-best-thi

Shona Foster - Love And War

80%

Beach Hut Records

Scottish born, Yorkshire bred Shona Foster creates a truly unique sound in "Love and War," taken from her début album The Moon & You. Menacing, war-like drums open the song, creating a ten

Fabriclive 56 - Pearson Sound / Ramadanman

86%

Fabric

If I paid £9000 for a degree in something, I want the university to offer me more than just something I can put to my name on job interviews. I want things such as free notepads, free pieces

Beans - End It All

83%

Anticon Records

It seems the more you hear of hip-hop, and especially artists like Beans, the more you accept it exists in two different worlds. There is hip-hop for parties, gangs and kids who need to instant

Flogging Molly @ House of Blues, Boston

87%

House of Blues - 27/2/2011

Flogging Molly, an Celtic-punk band from Los Angeles, California recently graced the House of Blues in Boston with their presence. They were supported by Moneybrother, as well as The Drowning Men.

Ben Folds at HMV Institute, Birmingham

81%

HMV Institute - 19/02/11

As soon as Ben Folds strides onto stage with a big grin on his face, the packed crowd of mostly 30-somethings suddenly turn into teenagers again and start whooping and cheering. For all of h

What Have I Been Listening To? Step Inside My Music Crypt Issue 23

Dick Dale, Dead Horse, Charles Mingus, and Danzig!

Hello everyone, and welcome to Issue 23 of Step Inside My Crypt. It’s been another busy week, but the weather is so nice out. It feels like summer in February here in Mississippi - very strang

Ultimate Cheese #1 - Barbie Girl

You know you love it...

While we all sit here on Altsounds, feeling smug about our superior musical tastes and chuckling along to the conclusion to the BRIT Awards feature, let's spare a moment to remember those horrifi

Top Ten Iconic Film Soundtracks

With the world going movie mad in preparation for the Oscars this weekend, we take a look at films’ most iconic soundtracks

10: The Li

The Lowdown: Intronaut

"The kind of tour that just makes you feel like the most fortunate person on earth"

Intronaut are a heavy progressive metal/jazz fusion influenced band from Los Angeles, California that have released two EP's and three full length albums since 2006. Their latest release Valley

The Vault - Radiohead Issue Part II

Famous and Infamous Live Performances (of Radiohead)

Picking up from last week, this issue will be looking at OK Computer, Kid A and Amnesiac, tracing Radiohead's trajectory from Britpop gatecrashers to the most artistically adventurous stadium ro

The Lowdown: Delta Maid

"You don’t want to be pigeon holed do you? You want to be known as you"

There was once a girl from Liverpool who went by the name of Delta Maid. She once had a dream of singing the blues, walking along the busy streets of London to get to her next gig and strumming t

Sex Sells: Top 10 songs that are a lot steamier than Rihanna's 'S&M'

Quite frankly, I don't know what all the fuss is about myself

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have one question for you this evening, and that is: since when have we become such prudes? I am actually extremely shocked with the level of complaints a

The Lowdown: Wednesday 13 of Murderdolls

"We’re not the kind of band that are gonna start preaching to you"

The story of the now infamous Murderdolls horror punk supergroup begins almost ten years ago. It’s Hollywood, and it’s 2002. By this time in the millennium, it’s safe to say that American rock’n’ro

Win a copy of Matt & Kim's third album Sidewalks

In November 2010, Matt & Kim release their highly anticipated third full-length effort, Sidewalks, via FADER Label. Critical accolades have poured in from the likes of SPIN, Entertainment Weekl

UNKLE ticket competition

Win a pair of tickets to see UNKLE @ the O2 Academy Brixton

UNKLE are an incredible band on many levels; the textures, ambience, creativity etc. If you haven't check them out, do it. You are missing out. We are luck enough to let you guys win a pair