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Single Review: Milk Kan, ‘Bling Bling Baby’

by 586 MEDIA

A cheeky little shuffling intro and Scrappy Hood’s opening lines, then the bass and drums drop in like a big boot up the arse and it’s impossible not to start tapping your toes. Milk Kan’s debut single Bling Bling Baby has already had radio play and big-ups from Steve Lamacq, Chris Moyles and Jonathan Ross [...]

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hecklergigs: Kid Carpet, The Holloways, Betchadupa – Camden Barfly, 28/11

by 586 MEDIA

Monday nights have never been so good. We’ve had many a good start to the week checking out new bands at the Barfly, but tonight we were treated to two recent favourites and a New Zealand band who have never failed to impress. So tonight we’re in the mood for giving out prizes. Monday nights [...]

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CD Review: Motorhead ‘Inferno (30th Anniversary)’

by Stuart Heritage

On Monday, Motorhead re-release their latest album, the storming Inferno, on Monday. What can we tell you about it? Not a lot, really. If you like Motorhead, you’ll like Inferno. If you don’t like Motorhead, you probably won’t. So why are we banging on about it? Because it’s being re-released wrapped in special Motorhead Christmas [...]

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hecklergigs: Foreign Born

by C J Davies

Camden Barfly – Last Friday (Nov 18th) Hecklerspray likes live music. So much so that we occasionally venture out of our cramped darkened bedrooms to mingle with the great unwashed masses and catch a live band or two. And occasionally – very occasionally – we actually stumble across one who we think are actually quite [...]

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CD Review: Nicci Cheeks Presents… Hip Hop Love Jazz

by 586 MEDIA

The pointless thought of the day can only be: "Is there a porn star called Nikki Cheeks?" That question aside, some of you may fear that Nicci Cheeks Presents… Hip Hop Love Jazz is connected to Smooth (formerly Jazz) FM. You’ll be relieved to find that it’s safely removed from that. And this is not [...]

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CD Review: Diamond Dogs, ‘Bound To Ravage’

by Stuart Heritage

Human beings are genetically programmed to think of a set of preset ideals when they think of Sweden. Affordable wooden furniture? Yes. Being a bit cold? Yes. Fat naked businessmen rolling around in some snow beating themselves with twigs? Yes. Bands that sound exactly like a turbocharged version of The Faces, only a million times [...]

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CD Review – Joya, ‘Get Me On A Road’

by 586 MEDIA

Welsh artists seem to come on top and then suddenly lose it in some way.  Take the mid-90s critical and commercial rise and fall of the Manics. The Stereophonics started off with some decent tunes, but now believe they’re Californian rock stars. After phenomenal success, Catatonia messily imploded years ago. Now Charlotte Church thinks by [...]

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hecklergigs – Electrelane/The Early Years

by C J Davies

ULU – October 26 Note to aspiring drummers – if you suffer from a lack of self-confidence, you may find it within your interests to avoid watching The Early Years in concert. Because if you’re in any doubt about your abilities, the manic stick-pounding of young Mr. Phil Raines will only result in fits of [...]

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CD Review: Levy – ‘Rotten Love’

by Stuart Heritage

One of the basic rules of life is that you should never, ever agree with Phil Jupitus. Ever. It’s up there with not running with scissors and not ramming wet forks into toasters. From that rubbish caveman sitcom he did a few years ago on ITV to his awful facial hair, Phil Jupitus is clearly [...]

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CD Review – Mother And The Addicts ‘Take The Lovers Home Tonight’

by Stuart Heritage

Yesterday you may have read a spiffy little Q&A with Mother And The Addicts – a discourse which included the soon-to-be-legendary chat-up line, "darling, you’re really lovely, I think I want to be your hur, hurr, hus, hur". The debut album by Mother And The Addicts, entitled Take The Lovers Home Tonight, is released on [...]

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