bullet3 Grim Yet Thought Provoking Intercourse from Bikini Black Special

July 1st, 2009

Band – Bikini Black Special
Album – The Grim Mathematics Of Intercourse
Release date – now now NOW
Sounds like – The world can be bleak in a seductive kind of way
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Last year my ears were given the Royal Duke of Blessings in the form of Lancashire’s 5 piece Bikini Black Special.  Even then I hoped they would [...]

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bullet3 A warm welcome from Dananananaykroyd

June 26th, 2009

Band – Dananananaykroyd
Album – Hey Everyone
Label – Best Before Records
Release date – early April?
Sounds like – Rayayayayayay Stantz and the Busters of Ghosts.
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There’s a good chance you’re either dead, a humourless dullard or anti-Scottish if you can’t find anything to like about ‘Hey Everyone.’ Even the most tragically dejected, emotionally traumatized misanthrope will be able [...]

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bullet3 Origami Rats Attack, it’s Dead Spex!

June 20th, 2009

Band – Dead Spex
EP – Rats Together
Label – none (free download from website)
Sounds like – short, sharp stabs of punk rock/hardcore.
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It’s interesting how you go about discovering music. The internet is directly responsible for much of what I listen to nowadays, but so is Rock Sound and I suppose, word of mouth. This is one [...]

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bullet3 Gettin’ My Lean On With Shapes

June 16th, 2009

Band – Shapes
EP – Get Your Lean On
Label – Big Scary Monsters
Release date – Free download from BSM Friend site!
Sounds like – Circles, squares, triangles, pentagons, hexagons, etc.
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Newsflash: Big Scary Monsters are a brilliant record label. I’m surprised they haven’t gone under with the amount of free stuff they give away, but hey, I suppose [...]

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bullet3 One, Two, Three, Four…Sound Check Please!

June 9th, 2009

In the words of Staind, it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, mostly because a) I haven’t bought Rock Sound for a few months and b) I’ve devoted my allotted magazine reading time to Xbox 360 Gamer and Razzle.
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The Ghost of A Thousand - Running On Empty
This sounds a bit like The [...]

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