Archive for May 2009

Ben Kicks You in Your Ass   29/05/09

Like many people I’ve been hanging out to hear the new album by Ben Harper not because I’m a massive fan of Ben, he’s got some good songs but some of his other stuff I found to be a little languid and a bit self indulgent, but because it was a new way musically for [...]

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Empire Yourself!   28/05/09

Click on the Empire Of The Sun widget below to hear tracks from the album, download EOTS masks and upload photos of yourself wearing them. Make yourself look like our glorious leaders Emperor Steele and Lord littlemore, become at one with the Army Of The Sun!

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Iggy New Album ‘Dangerously Near Jazz’ Shock!   26/05/09

To paraphrase the man himself Jesus, Is this Iggy? Hell yes it is and quite impressive it is too! The Iggster has taken a jazz turn on his new album Preliminaires.The album was inspired by French author Michel Houllebecq’s novel ‘The Possibility Of An Island’. Here’s Iggy talking about how the album came to be [...]

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Stop Dipping Your Toes In   23/05/09

I’ve never really been a huge fan of Smashing Pumpkins, although I do respect the musical stylings of anyone who is, as well as the success of their music, I like to think I’m still young enough for Cheap Trick to be before my time, I only know of one Fountains of Wayne song and [...]

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Placebo – New Single : Mind Blown!   21/05/09

I have been blown away by the new Placebo single For What It’s Worth. it’s been a while since we heard from them, but it’s been worth the wait. Apparently the album is a killer, although I hear the rest of the album sounds nothing like single..hmmmmm ? The album will be the first to [...]

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Here Comes the Big Man   19/05/09

Raised by wolves in the Alaskan tundra, the little Big Man relocated to New Zealand at the tender age of 147… The exact identity of the Big Man will remain a secret for the time being, but rest assured all will be revealed in the fullness of time. In the mean time, check out the [...]

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Jet Back with a Taster of Their New Album   19/05/09

Whoaaa………! Check out this video for a track from the new Jet album Shaka Rock, due in August. The track is K.I.A. [Killed In Action], is a riff fest with top sing along chorus Watch out for more Jet goodness here very soon. WARNING- It’s graphic kiddies!

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Rust Never Sleeps…   19/05/09

They say a day’s a long time in Rock N Roll, however it took Doves almost five years to complete their epic new album Kingdom Of Rust and that’s a lot of days. Doves are office favorites here, so we’re a bit biased, but you decide-check out the video for the first single Kingdom Of [...]

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Hockey – Your New Favourite Band   17/05/09

Our office was rocking to the genius sound of Hockey this week. From from Portland Oregon, Hockey are just about the best thing we have heard all year. Their debut single Too Fake will be hitting the airwaves like a pop tsunami very shortly…we guarantee it! Here’s the new single Too Fake and the accompanying [...]

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Flying with the Devil and Mr Ed   16/05/09

We’re not massive metal heads here in the office (well most of us aren’t anyway) but we were treated to a preview of the Iron Maiden Flight 666 doco a couple of months ago. What a revelation it was.  The band is so down to earth and so normal it’s unbelievable. Since they’ve been doing [...]

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