The Cloud is the long awaited debut single by Leeds based James Owen Fender after a lengthy and somewhat difficult and troubled gestation period since James first appeared back in 2008. Back in 2007 James decided to go solo after spending his teens fronting a number of different bands, he quickly recorded a demo that he landed up emailing to Atlantic Records, who a mere five minutes later contacted

What has the huge backlog of CDs got in store for me today? Well Mimi Soya are a Brighton based pop-punk four-piece, who have been busy wowing the audiences of Cobra Starship, Go: Audio, Newton Faulkner and Get Cape Wear Cape Fly among others, whilst finding favour with the likes of Big Cheese Magazine (teen punk bible).So what have Mimi Soya got that will appeal over the ever growing scene? well firstly

Anonymous Tips are a Twickenham based punk four-piece, who first formed back in 2002, since the bands inception they’ve performed up and down the country, creating a loyal following with their songs about politcs, social injustice, fascism, nymphomaina and deep rooted suspicion of the music industry. The band weld together spiky riffs, gritty menace and holler along vocals to create frantic and

If you like raw primitive scuzzy punk rock n roll full of snot, spit and swagger than you could do a whole lot worse than checking out the trashy sounds of West London's finest Limozine and their new single Mutiny Girl, the third to be taken from their recently released second full length album Evil Love.Take a jack hammer beat weld with a handful of rudimentary riffs lifted straight out of the "how

Back in March of this year Shabby Rogue unleashed a critically acclaimed gem of an album entitled By Hook And By Crook, their second to date welding a potent mix of country, blues, pop and punk finding favour from the likes of 6Music, Radio 2 and Artrocker among others.Old Man is the second single to be lifted from the aforementioned album and one of the highlights of a release littered with instant

The Black Acid Band are something of a new name to me, concurrently the Midlands based four-piece are playing tons of gigs, making new friends, writing new material, recording and preparing an all assault on the local music scene. On the evidence of the two tracks on here, we're about to be left tired, beaten, bruised and completely satisfied.The band play frantic, aggressive garage punk fuelled with

When you write a website like this and you receive so many CD's through the door it's really easy to misplace a few (or in my case a whole bloody big box full of them) and so a number of fantastic releases get lost in the mists of time like this bouncy ball of brilliance by The Buck Brothers.Now those of you who have regular readers of this site will have stumbled across reviews of the Buck brothers

Title: Stealing Is FlatteryArtwork: Type: SingleRecord Label: One-Off RecordsA good few years ago the airwaves were alive with the sounds of Blink-182, Bowling For Soup and Sum 41 among others, pop-punk was the flavour of the month and kids across the nation could be heard jumping up and down, singing-a-long in unison and generally having a good time.Years roll by and the line between pop and punk

Title: Be HumanArtwork: Type: AlbumRecord Label: Search And DestroySo here I am after only just getting over the shock of enjoying the recent Fightstar single, Mercury Summer, settling back to review the band's new full length release Be Human.On the first spin of the album I was impressed by the use of strings and a choir (yes you read that right and within the space of the first two tracks) and

Title: When I Look At You (All I Think About Is Sex)Artwork: Type: SingleRecord Label: Buck BrothersThe Buck Brothers are a London-based three-piece who first formed back in 2006, since their formation the band have played their infectious blend of punky new-wave indie rock across the UK, Europe and the US, as well as finding time for a quick jaunt to Russia (to support Primal Scream no less). The

Title: HonestyArtwork: Type: SingleRecord Label: Rock Ridge Music/ADA GlobalFollowing on from recent single You And Me (reviewed elsewhere on this very site), a triumphant appearance at SXSW Festival in Texas and forthcoming appearances on Guitar Hero and an episode of US show 90210, Welsh rockers Attack! Attack! are back with a brand new single, Honesty and a full UK Headline Tour.Honesty once

Title: EnemiesArtwork: Type: SingleRecord Label: Search And DestroyIn Case Of Fire are a three-piece band hailing from Portadown, Northern Ireland, the band combine punchy progressive post-hardcore riffs and infectious melodic hooks to create a contagious cacophony of noise that'll appeal to fans of the likes of Bring Me The Horizon, Biffy Clyro, 30 Seconds To Marrs and maybe even Muse.Enemies is

Title: Mercury SummerArtwork: Type: SingleRecord Label: Search And DestroyWhen I started writing this webzine and even before that, back in the dark and dank days of scrawling a paper zine, I never thought I'd be sitting here reviewing a single (or anything for that matter) by a former boy band member, but here I am doing just that.For those of you who have been on another planet recently Fightstar

Title: My Twin Brother's A Brother/BrrrrrArtwork: Type: SingleRecord Label: Buyyourself Records, DirtyThe wonderfully Ice, Sea Dead People are a noisy London based three-piece who thump, whack and generally abuse their instruments creating an unholy soundtrack that's perfect for hurling yourself at wall to.My Twin Brother's A Brother is the follow up single to the critically acclaimed debut Hence

Title: I Don't Navigate By YouArtwork: Type: SingleRecord Label: Small Town RecordsTelegraphs are a five-piece Brighton based alternative rock band that blend together spiky riffs, hitting hitting rhythms and infectious poppy melodies to create a contagious cacophony of noise.I Don't Navigate By You is the band's second single to be taken from their forthcoming debut album We Were Ghosts (the first

Title: The Doppler EffectArtwork: Type: EPRecord Label: Self ReleasedRifle Fire Rifle are an abrasive three-piece originally hailing from Dublin but now residing in the musical hotspot of Leeds as they bid to take on the world with loud angular guitars and jerky rhythmic patterns.The band first formed back in 2006 and since then they've been busy honing their craft and constantly playing live across

Title: 95 Charing Cross RoadArtwork: Type: SingleThe Penny Black Remedy a multi-national four-piece who currently reside in London, the band mix and match ska, rock, country and a whole dose of attitude to create bone rattling, genre straddling addictive noise that's more contagious than the common cold.The band have already wowed audiences across the UK and further afield to such places as Holland