Drift Effect Blog: The Altsounds Concentrate 8 Pints In | Issue #60

8 Pints In | Issue #60 - So was it the worst week for music?

Pretty much every man and his dog heard the absolute tragedy to the Music industry going my the name Miss Rebecca Black. You can't knock it for the absolutely unreal amount of plays within a silly time, but, really? Luckily one of our wonderful writers decided to share her views on the disgusting song and gave a thoughtful outlook on it. Link is below and you can read it here. We want your thoughts on it, there is a voting poll at the top of the feature. We want to know if there are sane people left reading music news and features, so please help out!

Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX - We’re New Here

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XL Recordings/Young Turks

Gil Scott-Heron is an artist who tips his hat to numerous categories, including street poet, Black revolutionary, social activist and commentator, soul singer, urban troubadour, author and musicia

Amon Amarth - War Of The Gods

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Metal Blade

When you are searching for a metal band to really grind your gears (in a good way - Family Guy anyone?), think no further than Amon Amarth. This Swedish Death Metal band have roots going as far ba

a Jigsaw - Like the Wolf, Uncut

84%

Rewind Music

Dark as a folk spell, tender as the raging sea and tormented like the blues - the band’s description of their own music is - like their music - romantic, passionate, full of pain and rich of legen

Prussia - Four For Attention

91%

Self Released

Few quotations can describe Prussia and Four For Attention. Radio Free Chicago put it the best: "This kind of music impresses the hell out of me ." Even Prussia's guitarist/bassist/back-up vocali

Rahe - Out Of The Box

90%

Outward Visions Music

People love hearing success stories of child prodigies and Rahe is no exception. By the age of three she was reading novels. By five she was slipping out in the streets of Spain to participate in t

In Pictures: Thomas Tantrum at The Old Queen's Head London

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The Old Queen's Head March 10th

There seems to be an exciting band playing every week at The Old Queen's Head and last Thursday was no exception. The quartet fr

File-O-Facts: Raphael Mura from Underground Railroad

"Write a song, go to the pub, go to the park, go to Barcelona."

Underground Railroad return this Spring with a brand new single ‘Russian Doll’ on 28th March, a dazzling precursor to third album ‘White Night Stand’, to be released in the early summer. This

File-O-Facts: Seth Hecox (aka Count Seth) of Becoming The Archetype

"I'm not sure what to believe anymore. Who am I?"

In the mood for some brutal ass-kicking death metal? Then look no-further that Atlanta's Becoming The Archetype. In about two weeks time their new album Celestial Completion will be available in t

File-O-Facts: Kevin Childs of Oliver Trolley

"I want this band to be the most successful band in the world. After that, I want to write and produce songs for the best singers in the business"

With a starting point of Whiskey and acoustic guitars, the Californian 5-piece have set their sights for the big time in 2011. By writing friendly pop songs that are easy to understand, Oliv

Is This Really The Worst Song Ever? - Rebecca Black "Friday" - Issue #1

Young Rebecca Black has hit the headlines this week. She’s trending on Twitter, she’s rocketed up the You Tube video charts and she’s in the iTunes chart. Her song Friday has been deemed by some

... And another thing! | Issue #2

A weekly rant is cheaper than a psychiatrist

I’ve mentioned the BBC before and this column isn’t going to be just a rant about what we pay the TV licence for, but stick with me through this. Radio 1 and 2 have this thing called a ‘playlist

The Lowdown: Max Cavalera of Cavalera Conspiracy/Soulfly/Sepultura

"We hit the stage and from the first note the crowd went crazy! It was a really special night."

The iconic thrash metal movement of the 1980’s saw an elite selection of artists take the boundaries of music and twist them, push them and ultimately destroy them. The roster of the met

Motorhead "The World Is Yours" Vinyl Giveaway

Legendary metal group Motörhead have just released their 20th studio album titled, The Wörld Is Yours, which is the follow-up to the band's 2008 album, Motörizer. Lemmy and Co. also recently releas