Month: February 2011

The Cribs Ready To Begin Work On New Album

After vowing to put their feet up for an extended spell on the sidelines following their UK festival shows last summer, The Cribs have revealed they will turn their backs on daytime TV shortly for a ‘handful’ of summer gigs, and will then begin work on their fifth studio album.…

Review: Dinosaur Pile-Up @ Birmingham O2 Academy

This year’s Rock Sound Magazine “Exposure Tour” intends to showcase three of the most promising new British bands in Dinosaur Pile Up, Japanese Voyeurs andThe Xcerts.  Two thirds of tonight’s line-up are more ’90s than a pog-slamming Chumbawumba track, yet it’s the lacklustre filler sandwiched between that sounds most dated.…

Review: Foo Fighters – ‘Rope’

“Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.”

– Keith Richards.

The pirate’s got a point. Band after band, song after song, the emphasis is too often on laying down a headbanging beat, on letting off a rip-roaring guitar solo, on getting the frontman’s …