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When it comes to unadulterated pure rock ‘n’ roll, you need to have the swagger of course, but the tunes also shouldn’t go a miss. Midlands own Century Man tick all the boxes for a classic and forward thinking rock band.

The Patio Set caught the attention of our writer Peter at ‘Adults night’ at The Macbeth the other night. Read on to see if the quartet left behind a good impression :

Michael, Gareth, Sean & James make up The Patio Set and this band of awkward noiseniks made me salivate from my ears. They’re brought together by their love of all things slightly angular and their shared joy of making an intelligent racket. With their frenetic guitar work and pummeling drum sounds, these guys do not shy away from challenging the norm to an ear-bashing, and they are always triumphant too. Describing their sound is tough, try to imagine Fugazi having a threesome with The Foals and Talking Heads. It’s mind-bending and frustrating at times, but what may seem like a heart-wrenching display, is in fact an example of something quite brilliant.  Lead singer, Gareth also demonstrates the more emotional and harrowing side to The Patio Set, as at times, the lyric’s dark undertones seemingly guide their constantly growing sound into another dimension.

I get a message the other day asking me politely to review a band. This is a common occurrence as a reviewer and most of the time the bands/artist are quite good. Only a tiny minority blow me away and this time I’ll go as far as to proclaim: ‘Sweet Jane are fucking awesome!‘

Getting together back in 2007, Danda, Lydia Des Dolles and Ruairi Paxton formed Dublin’s answer to Velvet Underground. Since then they have toured extensively and have released an amazing EP in the shape of ‘Blackboots & Blackhearts‘. Great critical acclaim has lead them to be signed to Reekus Records and will release their debut LP ‘Sugar For My Soul’ in April this year.

As another year ends, we start to look forward to the future stars of 2010. Some great bands have crossed our paths in 2009, some outstanding debuts have been released. I start to wonder now then, what does next year have to offer in the way of great bands!?

So without further ado I give you my tips for 2010 and ones to definitely watch over the next 12 months.

Have you ever been to a gig and discovered a great new act that take you by surprise? Well Oli Rose & Jamie Wallace who form ‘I Am One’ did exactly that.

I saw these guys perform at a charity event at the 333 Motherbar on Old Street, London. I was there reviewing Pint Shot Riot for our feature story of the week, and the second band on was ‘I Am One’ and these guys totally blew me away. With Jamie’s frank lyricism and hard hitting verse combined with Oli’s powerful voice and honest musicianship, you practically get a new genre with these guys. Mixing up Grime/Hip Hop with Folk/Indie sensibilities you get what I like to call Folk-Hop.

Its not enough that I give you two great bands that deserve your love and attention, but this week both Lost Knives & Egyptian Hip Hop hail from the great city of Manchester. I will start off by giving you a band who not only breaks convention but seems to have created their own genre called Doss Pop.

Well Live4ever Presents is back with a new instalment, and trust me it was well worth the wait. I have two great bands for you this week. First up is a band from London who go by the name of ‘Fiction’

Fiction are so close to the cusp of getting signed its ridiculous. Enigmatic, disjointed & wonky pop riffs in epic proportions are what make this band what they are. A haunting blend of 60s pop and 80s new wave are what make this Art Rock band ones to watch over the next year. Just listen to those stabbing riffs in ‘Tooth Fairy’, how they blend beautifully to the front and into the background. Subtle but complex beats mixed with dark harrowing vocals, but all done with an educated pop sensibility.

Little Glitches and Chapter 24

Welcome to what is the start of a new series we like to call Live4ever Presents… Each week we will introduce you to two new up and coming bands that we feel are definitely worth mentioning to the masses. So without further ado let me commence with my first latest find for you. These four guys from Sheffield go by the name of ‘Little Glitches’.

This band were a very lucky find for me, they have a sound that I thoroughly enjoy in bands of late. They stem from a classic background of psychedelic, folky sounds such as Buffalo Springfield, Incredible String Band and now quite close to Fleet Foxes. When I first heard their last EP ’123′ I was amazed by how wonderful and jubilant there music was. Its a dreamy slice of harmonic psychedelic folk music that makes you feel like your walking through a field and discovering something that is a secret to the world. I don’t usually get this with a lot of new music, but with these guys I genuinely got the ‘spine tingling’ feeling when I first heard them, a definite sign of something special in my eyes.