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Ioan is now playing with a full band for the 1st time live. When I asked about the new line up I must admit I was a little worried when told there would be a drum machine. This new line up is just what Ioan’s…
The Method/N.E.O.N – The Globe – Jan 6th Due to a PC crashing at the BeatReview office there has been a very long wait to get this review in online. The Method This band impressed me a lot, With Mod and Funk elements this band…
The Undivided – You & Me The Undivided release their first single ’You & Me’ from a new EP due to be released later in the year. Recorded with Tom Manning (Feeder, The Last Republic) the song is put together very well and greatly crafted….
Land of Bingo are a band from the mountains of North Wales. Though a relatively new creation, it’s members are no strangers to the Welsh music scene, having recorded previously in guises such as Y Pencadlys, Seindorff and Jakokoyak. They also share links to other…
Galleries describe their own sound as ‘epic pop’ and after first hearing ‘Darkness Coming’, it would be hard to argue with that statement. Their 2010 ‘Galleries’ EP, which is now available for free from their website, shows us that the new material is more of…
The Kabeedies are made up of people you would’ve hated at school. A talented foursome, their music is contagiously cheerful and often lyrically hilarious whilst retaining a level of musical maturity that seems to be lacking with so many other bands. They are picking up…
The Good Things Are a 5-piece rock band from Swansea, South Wales, who have been making waves since exploding on to the scene in 2008. With their force of slick, commercially minded rock music, they give the UK an answer to the arena rock bands…
These are dark days that we’re living in. Discontent with the government, economy and religion fill the papers. Bigots are taking to the streets. Commercial pop music hits an all time low… Meanwhile in a brightly painted bunker in Bristol, Brin Davies, Billy Fuller, Dan…
Eskrima began life in a small studio in the South Wales valleys. The young three-piece started out playing the progressive music they loved but quickly developed that passion into the unique writing style the band adopts today. The band have continually remained almost completely anonymous…
Jon Fazal’s music sounds like the type of song you expect to be playing in the background of a climactic, tear-jerking scene in a film. With a bashfulness which befits his music, Jon claims that ‘some people say they are sad songs’. Well. Not to…