Monthly Archives: April 2011
Review: Marbled – Electric Sleep EP / Pocket Search EP
Occasionally, artists seek to shatter their audience’s perception of who they are and the type of music they make. This is, perhaps, what Marbled wishes to do with his Electric Sleep EP, which sees him temporarily hanging up his acoustic … Continue reading
30 Years Late: Discovering The Durutti Column
It’s rare to go into a gig without some idea of what to expect from the headline band, especially in this internet age – but that’s exactly what I did tonight when I popped into The Duchess to see The … Continue reading
Shit Just Got Real: Nintendo Announces New Console Release For 2012
After days of speculation and information trickling through to the gaming press, Nintendo have made it official – the successor to the Wii will be launched in 2012. According to various sources the new console is code-named ’Project Cafe’, and is rumoured … Continue reading
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Let’s Get Chainsawing: Gears Of War 3 Beta Impressions, pt. I
Even if you’re a fan of the series, you could be forgiven for approaching the Gears Of War 3 multiplayer beta with some trepidation. The original Gears Of War’s multiplayer was a fast-paced, unforgiving shotgun-fest where only the most hardcore … Continue reading
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Things I’ll Be Missing While I’m At Work #1: Mazes
To the uninitiated, working in a live music venue seems like a great way to get paid to see gigs, but the problems with this happy thought are twofold. If you do happen to be working when a band you … Continue reading
Pioneering Physical Format #1: JoFo’s ‘Frisbeep’
Johnny Foreigner have never been the kind of band who forsake physical formats, but their most recent release takes their love for the tangible in an unexpected and entertaining new direction. Behold Certain Songs Are Cursed, the first ever ‘Frisbee … Continue reading
These New Puritans Release Hidden Live Footage
I hate snow. If it wasn’t for snow, I would have actually been in Berlin to watch These New Puritans playing this: If, like me, you managed to miss the band’s Hidden Live shows, then this video gives you a … Continue reading
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(Not) A Chore: New Tom Vek Video Surfaces.
The return of Tom Vek has been the cause of much OMGing over the past few days, but I’ll be honest with you here – back in 2005 I was nowhere near cool enough to know who he was, so … Continue reading
Let’s Get Overambitious: Return Of The Blog
Did you forget I did this? I forgot I did this. Therefore I decided that I must write more regularly – or, y’know, at all. So, time to set myself an overambitious goal that I’ll probably fail to achieve within … Continue reading
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