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Stealing Green: 'Stealing Green 1' EP
Stealing Green, an unsigned five piece from Hammersmith, profess to a shared love of rock music’s scragglier heritage; Aerosmith, AC/DC and Free are all sonically name checked in an EP that is entirely unabashed about its distance from the ‘cool’ centre that guitar music has recently gravitated toward.
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Twenty One Crows: 'Whatever Will Become Of Us' EP
Twenty One Crows’ debut EP comes packaged in a beautiful, hand pressed, limited edition sleeve, which very nearly makes the record worth purchasing on its own. The group’s bewitching, wintry songs present us with a very different view on Brighton’s music scene, one at a remove from the indie mischief of Clearlake or the hard rock, er, mischief of My Device.
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Built By Snow: 'Noise'
‘Noise‘, Built By Snow’s debut effort, is a sprightly and sparky power-pop number - seven tracks laden with hooks, catchy choruses, three-part harmonies and decidedly retro keyboard effects.
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Afterspark: 'Sometimes We Forget'
This Sussex two-piece, made up of Cate Ferris and Adam Staff, have slowly being accruing local acclaim performing as Ferris since early 2006. 'Sometimes We Forget' is the pair’s debut album, self funded, recorded and produced.
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Eight Man Down: 'City Limits' / 'Gabriel'
Unsigned band Eight Man Down purvey a classic rock sound that threads together its components well, despite production that leaves a great deal to be desired. 'City Limits' is a deceptively simple song, with more than a little of Bowie’s 'Man Who Sold The World' about it.
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Kiyomori: 'Uprising'
Lyrical goth-rock is a quantity in short supply. Kiyomori provide a loveable take on The Cure, with jolly indie lyrics. It doesn’t sound like it should work, but it does.
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Cassette Electrik: 'Electromagnetic'
Ever since Kylie started doing the electro boogaloo and Goldfrapp began to soundtrack phone adverts, every band and their dog has been citing the electro movement as a big influence.
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The Kuru Smile: 'Demo EP'
The Kuru Smile have been snowballing their way through the UK underground since their December ’05 inception, working their fingers to the bone in a fit of musical masochism in order that their self proclaimed “experi-metal-alt-rock” can be cherished by many - even going as far as setting up their own recording studio and record label.
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Damn Dirty Humans: 'Superstar' / 'The Dancehall'
It’s hard to say why Brighton's Damn Dirty Humans remain unsigned. Pushing electro-pop to a new level, they manage the feat of not only sounding like they’re straight off the Skins soundtrack, but also that they have miraculously appeared straight out of the eighties, and Blondie are looking jealous.
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Teaspoon: 'My UK Survival'
‘My UK Survival’ is a very pleasant listen, if a little rooted in its own gentle subtlety. It is surprising that 26 year old musician Teaspoon is based in Colne, Lancashire, as his music appears to span several continents.
