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Photos: Simple Minds, Cannock Chase, 2011

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Simple Minds had something to prove in 2011. They weren't just 80s has-beens who recorded the oh-so-ironic "Don't You Forget ...
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Interview: Esie

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THE FORMER MODEL IS EQUAL PARTS PIXIE AND OPERATIC HOWLER The career of a fashion model-turned-singer usually lasts about one album—just lon...
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Album Review: Duff McKagan's Loaded, "The Taking"

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The world is much better disposed towards Duff McKagan than it is to his old, megalomaniac mucker Axl Rose. The no-holds-barred, rough n...
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Album Review: YES, "Fly From Here"

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Virtuoso prog-rock legends YES are back with their first studio offering in 10 years. Produced by former frontman Trevor Horn, Fly From ...
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Album Review: Kaiser Chiefs, "The Future is Medieval"

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Bloody typical! KAISER CHIEFS best album is their poorest selling. 2011’s Future Is Medieval was the band’s fourth album. Behind the ...
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Album Review: Chickenfoot, "III"

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This, their second album, is jokingly titled III , but don't think Chickenfoot are taking their music lightly. Contained within the g...
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Live Review: Buck-Tick, Akasaka Blitz, 23rd-24th November, 2011

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Two consecutive concerts at Blitz were meant to make up for BUCK-TICK's respective Razzle Dazzle tour dates missed due to the devasta...
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Photos: The Drums After the Earthquake

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On 18th May, 2011, The Drums played a gig at Shibuya Quattro. This was a couple of months after the Great Tohoku Earthquake that rocked mos...
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Album Review: The Kills, "Blood Pressures"

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Best get it out of the way: Jamie Hince, the guitar-toting half of this male-female duo (shades of WHITE STRIPES) is getting hitched...
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Live Review: Monster Magnet, Koko's London, 25th November, 2011

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The atmosphere is positively jovial tonight; I keep bumping into smiling strangers saying 'hallo!' a lot. How lovely. This kind of ...
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Preview: Children of Bodom

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Death metal band with some unlikely covers Taking their moniker from the lakeside location of an infamous murder in their native Finl...
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Album: Anna Calvi, "Anna Calvi"

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With her torch-singer-meets-gypsy-flamenco-guitarist persona and her keening, quavering, retro songs of passion, Anna Calvi is like some...
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Revenge Recommends: "Winter In The Blood" by The Waterboys

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This is a demo version of a song written for The Waterboys' classic 1985 album, This Is The Sea . In spite of its quality, the so...
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Album Review: Foo Fighters, "Wasting Light"

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It's been a while since we've heard something from the Foo Fighters that shook us from head to toe, but with this their 7th studio ...
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Album Review: Saxon, "Call To Arms"

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Call To Arms is the sum of the 30 years Saxon have been riding the proverbial wheels of steel.  Amidst the galloping, anthemic heavy m...
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Album review: The Head Cat, "Walk the Walk...Talk the Talk"

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The Head Cat is Lemmy's rock n' roll sideline with Stray Cats' drummer Slim Jim Phantom and Lonesome Spur/Rockats guitarist D...
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Interview: Janick Gers, Iron Maiden

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THE METAL MONSTER PLOUGHS AHEAD BY PUTTING EGOS ON HOLD With Iron Maiden, what you see is what you get — a reassuring thought for the ...
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