New Favourite Band

Your New Favourite Band is a collection by The Hives released in 2001, featuring tracks from their first two albums and the A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T EP. The decision to release such a compilation after only two albums was made with the intention of achieving mainstream success in the UK and the US. The album was featured on the list 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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1,2,3
1,2,3 play the kind of Lennony psyche pop that Supergrass strayed into before calling it a day. 1,2,3’s single ‘Confetti’ is a good example - very Gaz Coombes on the vocals, but with more noise and punchiness going on in the track. Download confetti from the Harmon Drive website The more discerning music fans among you may like to buy the limited edition coloured...
Win tix to The Good The Bad EP launch @Whoreditch
The Good The Bad are launching their nut-clenchingly fantastic debut EP on 13 November at new club Whoreditch.  They play amazing ‘new surf flamenco’ with tonnes of rock n roll balls - surely destined to be everyone’s party band / soundtrack composers of choice. Also playing are Bears from Labrador and there’s DJ’ing from Akira the Don, among others...
Thee Uncomfortables - new single
An Uncomfortable, pic by T Rose New single from Thee Uncomfortables in a natty mix of Horrors/Munsters style spook rock on the a-side, and David Devant harmony music hall doo wop on the flipside. There’s a certain vaudevillian campness gumming the styles together, making for some refreshing hooky pop with more thought and substance than most. I’ve not seen them live, but...
The Drab Doo Riffs
The Drab Doo Riffs play hot wired garage rock that doesn’t rely on fuzzy tones to pack a punch.  New EP Bury Me in Drab is slinky and taut rather than sludgy - with Make Up/Copter style beats and Gories girl/boy call and response. We have an excellent tune from the EP to download as a sample.  Drives Me Crazy shows off the Doo Riffs at their best, all frazzled...
Lovvers - OCD GO GO Girls
New vid from the Lovvers. It’s like David Lynch directing the Blair Witch Project, with a soundtrack by The Exploding Hearts. Their debut album is due out soon. Should be a corker.
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Surfer Blood - Swim (to reach the end)
Florida band Surfer Blood seem to be getting a lot of hype at the moment - but from what I’ve heard, it’s well deserved. They make classic American pop - a kind of shimmery wall of sound Beach Boys or Big Star, but with added punchiness. If Glasvegas had grown up in sunnier climes, they may have sounded a bit like this. The band are touring in the US of A with...
Montage Populaire
Montage Populaire’s demo is an inventive, eclectic affair. A DIY gem, swinging from frisky indie pop (Break up the band) to the Super Furries / Roxy Musicisms of the track we have for you to download. It’s all good though - really excellent mish-mash songwriting a la Fiery Furnaces with no irritating bits.   Download Sorrow’s Well Rehearsed Listen to the demo on...
Download Red Drapes - Reflection
Here’s a great bit of classic 80s indie pop from Red Drapes. It’s very Psychedelic Furs - but unlike a lot bands that plough this particular furrow, the tunes don’t get lost in histrionics. Red Drapes don’t try too hard, and get everything just right as a consequence. They’re doing a couple of shows with the Delays in October, and playing at the 40 Watt...
Vienna Ditto - Long Way Down
Vienna Ditto have already got attention from the likes of Huw Stevens, Tom Robinson and er.. the makers of Hollyoaks. Listening to their debut single ‘Long way down’ it’s easy to see why. It’s a slinky electro chanteuse kind of number - as hooky as the hand the famous pirate captain couldn’t play the piano with. Singer Hatty has a very lovely rude voice and...
Greg Whalen - The Councellor Song
This is a great bit of lo-fi folk from Greg Whalen. Greg is mates with Furhood and Lewis Irvine - both excellent - there must be a cool scene going on up there in Glasgow, where they all reside. The Councellor Song is a choice ditty about indulging in the things we all indulge in, and being diagnosed with mental issues. Nice. Greg’s voice reminds me of Langhorne Slim - high praise...
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Album review: Dan Sartain: Dan Sartain Lives!
Low down? Dan Sartain wisely chose Liam Watson’s Toerag studio to record his new LP - Dan Sartain Lives. Dan’s rumbling, voo doo shaking rockabilly suits Toerag’s special line in reverb heavy retrorama, resulting in his best LP to date. Stand out tracks are Bohemian Grove - a stomping garage rock tune with perfect fuzz and cynicism, and Ruby Carol with heavy slapping on the...
The Zookeepers - Good Looking Out
Not content with sitting on their laurels after we awarded them our number 1 record of 2009 for Ballin Outrageous, the Zookeepers have returned to the studio and biffed out another LP. Holy shit. I guess when you’re on a roll… I must admit, part of me wanted to find something to dislike with their new LP - Good Looking Out. If I wrote another glowing review, perhaps people...
Fresh Legs - Julian EP
Fresh Legs are an art pop band from Portsmouth who by all accounts set alight the Red Bull stage at this year’s Bestival with their twisty riffs and gold spandex. They’ve just released a new EP - Julian - and it’s a delight. Singer Ella is a real star in the making - there’s proper attitude to her vocals, sounding like a cross between Ladyfuzz’s Liz Neumayr...
Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts - review
Male Bonding pic by Steve Gullick Low down? Male Bonding find the perfect home in Sub Pop records and release a blinding debut album. It sucks up all the best 80s hardcore influences - extracting those genius parts of Minutemen and Husker Du that make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end - and blending them with their own punk sensibilities and occasional shoe gaze /psyche ...
Nice Nice - One Hit
Nice Nice are currently giving away downloads of their new EP, before its physical release on 26 November. It’s a fantastic single. The A-side ‘One Hit’ sounds like a kind of amped up electro psych Black Sabbath- all crunchy guitars, Ozzy style harmonies and sound explosions. When it really kicks off, it’s the aural equivalent of someone chucking a lit cigar into a...
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  • Behind the Scenes with: YER BEAUTIES

    After 3 hours sleep I found myself in Glasgow Airport buying an overpriced tuna cheese melt and iced coffee combo for breakfast, after being given a ticking off for bringing a half-empty deodorant...

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    The Jim Jones Revue From: London, United Kingdom London rockers The Jim Jones Revue have risen from the ashes of legendary UK garage rockers Thee Hypnotics to deliver the world from the computer...

  • The Choice Is Yours

    Freedom or Death From: Toronto, Canada With a name like Freedom or Death, the war cry for the people of Greece during the 1820’s Greek War of Independence, I was expecting a cacophonous,...

  • Transmitten Vamps

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  • Wild Nothing : Gemini

    I’ve really grown to love the album ‘Gemini’ by Wild Nothing over the past few weeks. Jack Tatum’s home recorded dream pop draws from lineage of sounds stretching back to...
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