I was a Cub Scout with Youth Movies @ Water Rats

I was a Cub Scout with Youth Movies @ Water Rats, London 31.08.07 Label: XL Recordings/Drowned in Sound Records Define your ideal Friday night? Getting sloshed in your local, decorating the toilet tiles with what were once the ominous contents of your intestinal region? Cuddling up with a loved one in the safe confines of

The Sounds – ‘Painted by Numbers’

[single] The Sounds – ‘Painted by Numbers’ Label: Warner Music (Sweden) Release Date: 27/08/2007 Rating: 4/5 Apparently The Sounds are an EMO band… There are some words that give the quivers; for this writer, it’s that word; perhaps less the word itself and more the undeniable fact that those who use it (usually Londonites and

Aiden – Conviction

Aiden – Conviction Released: 20th August 2007 Label: Victory Records Following in the footsteps of From First to Last and HIM, Aiden have the goth aesthetic down to a T, acquiring a cult following from their 2004 debut release. Conviction, their third attempt, is seemingly LostProphets inspired, one more notch for the bandwagon then; Emo

Sailplanes – A Second, or ten years later… [Album]

[album] Sailplanes – A Second, or ten years later… Label: Redheaded Stepchild Records Release Date: 06/06/2007 ‘We don’t release records, and we don’t put on shows’! Personally, we’d like Sailplanes’ label, Redheaded Stepchild, to come with the tagline ‘We do release records, but we don’t put on shoes’ but the world is a harsh place.

Asobi Seksu- Citrus

Asobi Seksu- Citrus Label: One Little Indian Release Date: 13/08/07   There are band who get famous fast despite a skeletal number of songs under their belts (Razorlight anyone?) others, like Asobi Seksu, boast an impressive back catalogue and have been veritable ignored by the music press for no good reason. Inhabiting some surreal dream