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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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Joy Zipper: Why You Should Love Them

by C J Davies

Hey. You there. Like ‘music’, do you? Would you like to hear the sound of a woozy summer’s day, burned onto a compact disc especially for your listening pleasure? Would you like to hear what The Carpenters would sound like if they fused with The Jesus And Mary Chain (and the chick in the band [...]

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Ladytron: Why You Should Love Them

by C J Davies

We don’t hate everything here at hecklerspray HQ, you know. Why, only the other day, one of our writers had a can of Lucozade which he referred to as "quite refreshing in an alright sort of way." See? There’s love to be had. You just need to deserve it. Ladytron (CDs), we’re pleased to report, [...]

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U2 Rock Croke Park, Dublin

by 586 MEDIA

It was raining, the audience were packed in like sardines, the band were all well into their forties and they opened and closed with the same song. U2 played the first of 3 hometown gigs in Croke Park in Dublin on Friday night, and they were excellent. Ten minutes from the ground and you could [...]

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CD Review: Moke, ‘Carnival’

by Stuart Heritage

Monday sees the belated release of Carnival, the second album by South Londoners Moke. The more elderly among you may remember Moke from six years ago. That’s when their first album – Superdrag – came out to critical acclaim. Since then, they recorded and released Carnival in 2001 in America. It all seemed to be [...]

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The Day We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Frog

by Chris Laverty

The Crazy Frog (CDs) is not that bad. There we said it. At a push the little guy’s actually kinda cute. He may have a big mouth and a little penis but, as anyone who has ever seen Shallow Grave (DVDs) can attest, that’s never stopped Keith Allen from getting ahead. It’s a second week [...]

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Legend of The Fall Mark E Smith aims Spinal Tap glove at Robert Plant

by 586 MEDIA

Friday night’s Later With Jools Holland show began in the usual fashion. An ‘impromptu’ jam occured. As ever it was dull affair involving blues-like noodling and no doubt a Boogie Woogie (TM, J.Holland) piano from Jools. The camera panned anti-clockwise, first revealing apparent Coldplay-enthusiasts Athlete (CDs), playing along. Jesus, God. But then appeared a strange [...]

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