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This month, from Manchester’s soil springs Brit Rock band The Words’ debut album, Truth and Faith.
The album is a surprising one, and by that I mean surprising in a good way, it’s a good solid fashioned rock music release. Honest lyrics, homely imagery and understated but mature guitar work.
On the cd you will find none of the kind of disjointed […]

The Biggest Roar in a Long Time

The Joy Formidable are a three piece band from North Wales, I suppose if you had to attach an all encompassing word to their music, it would be panoramic. I don’t know about you, but ‘panoramic’ isn’t a word that I use very often to describe a band’s output. But in this case, yes, panoramic is exactly it. The music rises, […]

Laura Thompson : Promised Nothing

Laura Thompson is a singer songwriter from Worcester. Having had an excellent reception from musicians and the local club scene in that area, Promised Nothing is her first studio album, recorded with musician and producer Dave Draper. The album, released in late 2009, most definitely sets out the prospective musical path that Thompson is set to […]

Burn Down the Charade and the Infinite...

Burn Down the Charade are a progressive indie band hailing from Phoenix, Arizona. At first contact with the myspace page, i found myself faced with a black, down to earth no frills kind of interface. Having written that however and now you having read it, it is not a beneficial habit to get caught up in superficial matters.
This is […]

Author Bio - James Hobson

Name: James Antony Hobson
Age: 22
Occupation: Artist/Writer
Degree: BA Fine Art (hons) at UWIC in Cardiff.

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