The Sound The Faint have been placed in many genres, including electroclash, discopunk, rock, pop, dance and many others in between. None of this really means anything though. A more satisfying description is, “80s-influenced electronic music with the urgency of punk and the dynamics of rock.” […]

Who they?
After signing to Household Name Records, they released their debut album in 2003 and were nominated for Indigo Flow album of the year.
And they sound like?
Oh gawd, what a horrible question. Slightly eccentric and quite schizophrenic. The official word is apparently that they are a post punk, indie, ska-core, violin/folk […]

The latest release from the highly prolific Mighty Atom Records is the debut EP from Adzuki, a band whose average age is just 17. despite their youth they have recorded 5 songs here that match up to or exceed pretty much everything similar at the moment.
Taking in emo, post-hardcore, metal and hardcore influences and spitting […]

Pete Doherty of The Libertines and Babyshambles was warned yesterday at Thames Magistrates Court in London that he faces a possible jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges of carrying an offensive weapon.
Doherty will find out early next month what his sentence will be, which could pose problems for the planned Babyshambles tour in September. […]

Limp Bizkit have fired their guitarist, Mike Smith, apparently to make room for original guitarist Wes Borland, with whom the band split far from pleasantly in 2001.
Speaking to reporters this week, Bizkit frontman Fred Durst said, “We are very content with Mike being gone. We are the type of people that stay true to our […]

The New York Dolls have confirmed that they will fulfil all their live commitments, despite the recent death of bassist Arthur Kane. These date include the Reading and Leeds festivals at the end of this month.
The band reformed in Jun for Morrissey’s Meltdown festival to the joy of critics and fans alike. Kane died of […]

Agent Blue sound like a British Stellarstarr. With the same kind of retro influences but more aggressive, Something Else sounds on the edge throughout the 2 minutes and 20 seconds it takes to say its piece.
Already picking up speed this new single from the band will certainly give them a good hard push on their way.
Label: […]

The Beta Band have announced they are to split in a statement on their official website. They will, however, embark on a farewell tour in the autumn and release a compilation of videos later this year.
The statement reads: “All good things must come to an end. And so it is that after eight years of […]