The New Regime – Tour and Single
Rarely is so much noise generated by one individual, but Ilan Rubin has been creating, arranging and performing for years. With The New Regime, the one-man outfit he created in 2007, Rubin has unleashed an authentic rock opus and a cheat-sheet to modern living. Rubin’s conscious efforts to explore a myriad of musical styles has resulted in a confident range of songs encompassing searing guitars, hard driving drums, piano and acoustics all showcasing his musical prowess to great effect. A free download of the single “State Of Possession”, taken from the debut album Speak Through the White Noise is available on ...
Post Romantics – Sarah Tonin and the Later Lack of Lust for Life
This is a dual review of the latest EP of the band who first caught my attention back in October last year. Also, of the launch party on 22nd May. For those of you who haven't read my first review, or not heard of the band, they are a four piece comprising of Ali Horn - Lead Vocals/Guitar, Louis Bransgrove - Lead Guitar/Backing vocals, Ellis Bo Fellis - Bass/ Backing Vocals and Tom Grant - Drums/ Backing vocals. My first reaction when I got the venue was 'Your having a launch party for an Indie band in a tea room?' I was worried, ...
The Devil Wears Prada UK tour starts on Friday
The Devil Wears Prada to tour UK and play the main stage at Download. The Devil Wears Prada’s third studio album “With Roots Above and Branches Below” debuted at No 11 on the Billboard Top 200 album charts. For most bands, going the concept record route can be a tricky proposition. There’s always the potential you’ll get bogged down by that one idea and end up taking the whole thing way too seriously. You risk coming across as trite when you churn out epic full-lengths with a dozen tracks about unicorns and minotaurs. But leave it to a band like The ...
The Young Veins UK album release + FREE Track
The Young Veins ‘Take a Vacation!’ Debut album to be released in the UK 5th July, 2010 Free album track ‘Change’ below. [audio:external/001.mp3] Ryan Ross - vocals and guitar | Jon Walker - vocals and guitar | Andy Soukal – bass | Nick White - keyboards | Nick Murray – drums On The Young Veins’ debut album, Take a Vacation!, you will hear an outfit with both intellect and ambition – a band that knows exactly who they are and where they are going. As 23 year old frontman, Ryan Ross, re-imagines 60's ...
Funeral For A Friend to play 'Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation' in it's entirety
Funeral For A Friend will be playing 2 shows in July as an explosive celebration of outgoing guitarist Darran Smith's time with the band. The welsh quintet intend to play breakthrough album 'Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation' in it's entirety - plus a few extra little surprises to keep the audiences on their toes. As drummer Ryan Richards explains - 'As sad as we are to see Darran leave, these shows will be guaranteed to give him a great sendoff. We played 'Casually Dressed..' in it's entirety when we toured it back in 2003/4 and never really planned to do that again, but obviously ...
