Live
Shiny Toy Guns @ Islington Academy
As soon as the lights dim and a wall of sound hits the audience, you know that the people here tonight are in for something special.
Pete And The Pirates @ White Heat
Even though their name suggests otherwise, Pete and The Pirates are actually Pete-less.
Howling Bells @ Camden Barfly
There is no escaping the bare fact that Australian-born Howling Bells have all the ingredients of a truly special band, but have seemingly no idea how to make people sit up and take note.
BYOP/Good Shoes @ Bush Hall
They’re frenzied, immediate and barely in control but most importantly they’re BYOP and they’re here to enjoy themselves.
Mystery Jets & Les Incompetents @ Southend Chinnery’s
Loads goes on in Southend nowadays. There’s street fights. football fights, play fights (that amount to real fights) scuffles, scraps, flicks and slaps.
The Breeders @ The Scala
“Cannonball!” heckles an anonymous face in The Scala crowd. The short, smiling figure of Kim Deal has yet to even pick up her guitar and yet the requests come. But while we were kept in prolonged agony, you needn’t be.
The Maccabees @ Water Rats Club
With a Lamacq endorsement ringing in their ears, Brighton five piece The Maccabees waste no time in setting their stall as a band to watch out for in 2006.
British Sea Power @ The Bristol Forum
Bringing their eccentrically endearing Wicker Man charm to the Forum, British Sea Power come as close to legal vandalism as you're likely to get.
The Roger Sisters @ The Garage
After the endless combinations of red and black lights flashing and endless smoke puffing from the stage left, there is a sudden stampede of the public from one side of the venue to the next.
The Woodin Shades @ The Water Rats
Britain's grunge-rock landscape has been smouldering for a good few years now, and there are still some hot embers in the fire.
