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Nov 15, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Iam Burn |Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry
Less Than Jake have been around for over 30 years. Their brand of ska-punk has kept them popular, especially on the live circuit and at various festivals around the globe. They have a healthy back catalogue of studio and live albums and numerous EP releases. If my sums are correct, Uncharted will be the Florida-based band’s tenth extended-play release.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Iam Burn |Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry
Bands performing with orchestral accompaniment are nothing new. Deep Purple, Pink Floyd and Metallica are just a few of those who have blended these musical styles previously. Ferocious Dog has also done this once before, at the O2 Academy in Leeds back in 2022. Following the success of that show, they are at it again at the O2 City Hall in Newcastle. Is performing with orchestral support simply a gimmick?
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Iam Burn |Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry
I first encountered They Might Be Giants in 1989. Their track ‘Ana Ng’ was featured on the compilation album Indie Top 20 Volume 7. It grabbed my attention, and before I knew it, I was buying their second album, Lincoln, on imported vinyl, which featured the aforementioned song. From that point on, I was a fan. Roll on 35 years, and I am entering Boiler Shop in Newcastle upon Tyne to see the duo of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, aka They Might Be Giants, supported by their trusty band.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Iam Burn |Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry
Honest – perhaps the best way to define this Melbourne four-piece, which grew from the city’s pub-rock scene. There’s no flannel, no pretences, just good old-fashioned, down-to-earth music and attitude. In this overly antiseptic world, Amyl and The Sniffers bring the spit and the filth to create a much-needed societal balance. If you are looking for fluffy nonsense or bags of bullshit, look elsewhere, you flamin’ drongo!They have certainly made their mark on the live circuit.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Iam Burn |Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry
I have always had a very keen and slightly morbid interest in the nuclear apocalypse. Growing up in the 1980s Cold War era, when Reagan, Brezhnev, and Thatcher all seemed ready to set the world on fire, and being traumatized by the amazing BBC drama Threads in 1984, it is not surprising. So, when I saw a band with a bassist called Oppenheimer, and that band was releasing a new album, I was drawn to investigate further. I’d not crossed paths with Hello Mary before this.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Iam Burn |Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry
Skinty Fia gave Fontaines D.C. their first Irish and UK Number 1 album in 2022 and further elevated their status as a band to sit up and take notice of. And many people did. With this accomplishment tucked safely in their back pocket, they once more enter the collective musical consciousness with their fourth studio album, Romance, on their new record label, XL Recordings. When following on from a successful album, it can be tempting for bands not to mess with a winning formula.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
wfmu.org | Billy Bragg
9:00pm→Daniel from PEI.:First. 🎸♥9:01pm→Karl:Therese rhymes with yes🎸♥9:01pm→Karl:If you say yes right♥9:01pm↑→Dan S:↳Karl @9:01Yez. 9:05pm→Daniel from PEI.:Good to know. Sometimes I feel like all the other commenters know each other. I know none of you. ♥9:06pm↑→Dan S:↳Song:"Yesterday Once More" by "Redd Kross"So was this album all Carpenter covers? The album title suggests it. 9:06pm→Eric the Hat:Hi Daniel. I don’t think we’ve met. But I’d love to visit PEI someday.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Iam Burn |Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry
It is 30 years since the current lineup of Travis came together in Glasgow, ready to take on the world and possibly the universe if the opportunity came their way. They have had their ups and downs as you would expect, with drummer Neil Primrose’s dramatic near-death experience in a French swimming pool in 2002 possibly the most incredible of downs – and his following full recovery an almighty up.
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May 14, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
“It’s a bit of a ‘wilderness years’ album,” states Holly Ross, one half of Lancastrian DIY psychedelic punk outfit, The Lovely Eggs. Without a new album in four years, you would be excused for thinking this was due to the pandemic. While it undoubtedly contributed to some degree, it is not the main reason the egg people have been quiet on the recording front. As you would expect from this duo, they’ve been busy on the road, distributing their infectious energy across the UK.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
It is well documented that Merseyside has produced many great musical artists over the years. From The Beatles to Cast, Echo & The Bunnymen to Ken Dodd, the music scene would look very different today without their influences. We would never have seen the joyous phenomenon that is Rickrolling either!One more from the Mersey production line is The Zutons.
