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A picture of the Von Hertzen Brothers by Tim Hall

Loitered Lens : Von Hertzen Brothers

19/01/2014

Photos of The Von Hertzen Brothers, live at The Garage, Islington. ...

The Quireboys : Acoustic Tour

14/01/2014

The Quireboys are pleased to announce a very intimate string of evenings early 2014....

Loitered Lens : Mostly Autumn

12/01/2014

A year of ups and downs for Mostly Autumn ends on a high note. Photos of Mostly Autumn at the Bilston Robin 2....

A picture of Night Sins album To London or the Lake

Night Sins : To London or The Lake

06/01/2014

Some riffs threaten to have hooks, some abstract intimation of catchiness seeps into the choruses. Tiny hints of distinctiveness begin to echo through like squeaks from a hamster in an aircraft....

A picture of Toseland by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered lens : Toseland

05/01/2014

Initially I thought Tom Cruise was doing a bit of moonlighting (Bruce Willis stylee) when I saw the band's frontman stroking his little organ (it was dark in there). But it was just double world...

The Manic Shine : Let Go Or Be Dragged

17/12/2013

The guitar interplay is way above average fantastic, riffing off each other, pushing the music into stratospheric trippy heights and reminiscent of some tasty prog, it’s deliciousness itself....

A icture of the Fierce and the Dead album Spooky Action

The Fierce and the Dead : Spooky Action

11/12/2013

There are elements of progressive rock, post-punk, indie/alternative and metal in the music, resulting in a record that is both all of those things and none of them. ...

Pitch black, brutal, noisy, cinematic, psychedelic (OvO)

11/12/2013

I have to say Ronin is a big effort, but Abisso was one of biggest efforts I've ever made. There's a lot of work behind this loose sound. Ovo...

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Loitered Lens : The Pixies

08/12/2013

The Pixies, taking the Lady Bracknell approach to band relations. Nick Henderson catches the band (and a glimpse of a Kim) at the Hammersmith Apollo....

The Dead Daisies/Black Star Riders UK/Ireland Gigs

06/12/2013

See those tail lights way in the distance? That’ll be The Dead Daisies....

Jon Stevens & Richard Fortus [Dead Daisies]

04/12/2013

Interview with INXS and GNR Alumni Jon Stevens and Richard Fortus on their REAL band The Dead Daisies...

OvO : Abisso

29/11/2013

Abisso is not a happy place, it’s an amoral rather than immoral landscape of survival and death. It also sounds a bit like glam rock and Goblin. ...

I think it sounds a bit commercial but that wasn’t done on purpose (Phil Collen)

28/11/2013

'In Def Leppard, I’m a guitar player and here I’m a singer. I’m playing a completely different instrument.' Phil Collen of Man Raze (and Def Leppard) explains his most recent project....

Loitered Lens : Reef

24/11/2013

'like Rival Sons with a tad more originality and minus the bullshit. Oh and they packed out Koko on a school night' Photos of Reef at KOKO....

Pelican : Forever Becoming

19/11/2013

Huge yetis pound and penis dragons as Vikings traverse heavy seas towards dimension holes guarded by bong-sucking Freudian anachronisms. Pelican deliver the music, you add the narrative....

A picture of Spritwo , Primitive Twinship

Spiritwo release Primitive Twinship

18/11/2013

'a pop infused dance-hall groove in a hard rock framework' Spiritwo release Primitive Twinship ...

Manraze Release EP

14/11/2013

Manraze release their EP: I Surrender...

Weekend Nachos : Still

11/11/2013

Weekend Nachos are pretty sick people, perhaps even dangerous...

Loitered Lens : Touchstone

10/11/2013

Oceans of Time ought to cement Touchstone’s growing reputation as one of the most exciting bands in the scene....

Palms [Album]

06/11/2013

The emphasis on tight contrapuntal instrumentation elevates Palms as one of THE records of 2013....

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Loitered Lens : The Presence LDN

03/11/2013

Do it out in the street and they’d lock you up. Do it up on a stage and everybody gets into it. I guess that’s the weird magic of the thing – going nuts in a public place. The Presence LDN,...

A picture of the Jesu Album Every Day I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came

Jesu : Every Day I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came

30/10/2013

Is the success of 'The Great Leveller' enough to elevate this release? More of an EP with filler than an album, so arguably not....

The Presence LDN : Interview

23/10/2013

I won’t use a computer to make music ever again. Those things lead to a shiny but soulless place in the heart....

A picture of The Temperance Movement by Tim Hall

The Temperance Movement [Live]

10/10/2013

'Understated bluesy soloing rather than pyrotechnic shredding'. Trebuchet catches The Temperance Movement live....

The Presence, Savage Nomads, Jon Byrne [Free]

10/10/2013

The Presence, about whom Trebuchet has been whispering for some months now, launch themselves on London’s discerning publique....

Video: Wildhearts and Napalm Death in Mutation

05/10/2013

Video: Mutation, the collective helmed by Ginger Wildheart, is streaming “Relentless Confliction,” from the band’s forthcoming debut Error 500 (released via Ipecac, Oct. 28)...