Live Review: These New Puritans, Duo Music Exchange, Tokyo, 4th June, 2010

There’s a bit of an anti-showbiz thing going on here tonight. Instead of the band taking the stage all guns blazing, the hunched and rather ...

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Album Review: Asia, "Omega"

Following on from 2008's celebrated comeback 'reunion' album Phoenix , legendary British Progressive Rock supergroup Asia ha...

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Live: Loud Park 2010, Day Two

DAY TWO As day two dawns, I realize that I have now used up most of my heavy metal clichés. But metal, if anything, is the willful...

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Live Review: Biffy Clyro, Daikanyama Unit, Tokyo, 1st March, 2010

The short route from Britain to America is via the Atlantic, but on their way to a thirty-gig stint pushing the Biffy brand in the States...

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Interview: Angus Young, AC/DC

AC/DC STILL DELIVERS NO-GIMMICK ROCK "If it ain't broke don't fix it," goes the old adage. And if it's a money-...

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Photos: The Cult, Studio Coast, Tokyo, 2010

On the 14th of May, 2010, the Cult played an extremely badly-lit gig at  Studio Coast, a cavernous and half-filled venue, built on reclaimed...

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Live Review: Japan Blues and Soul Carnival, Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall, May 30, 2010

Missing the first two support acts at this year's Japan Blues and Soul Carnival, I arrive at the Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall in ti...

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Album Review: Sofie Livebrant, "From Here to Here"

The cover art strongly hints at Swedish songbird Sofie Livebrant’s musical talent. Looking like death warmed up (and in dungarees!), she’s o...

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