Music: Metal + Zombies = Multiple Awesomes
Friends of The Daily Scoundrel, crazy-alt-metal-nonsense group Chickenhawk, are releasing a single.
This, produced by Roach Productions and directed by NME’s resident photographer Danny North, is the video. It’s bloody brilliant.
Music: The Cubical
Our band are on tour at the moment (PLUG) and we have the wonderful fortune to be joined by the up-and-coming-up Scouse band known as The Cubical on several dates around the country. Not really having heard of their music I didn’t really know what to expect, but it only took their opening number to [...]
Read moreMusic: Get Your Hair Cut – Hair Traffic Control
James Clifford pointed us in this direction. This is a Norwich based band who seem to show a lot of promise, despite having an absolutely, teriffically awful name. Hair Traffic Control, which makes me shudder just writing it, showcase a neat variety of styles in a sort of semi-aggressive mashup of complex guitar work and [...]
Read moreMusic: Florence + The Faltering Vocal Performance. Hmm.
For the second year in a row, I’ve found myself sitting in my flat over the summer instead of bouncing off to a festival or two. Which is probably a good thing, really. I was fortunate enough to blag my way into Leeds for free in 2007, part of International Trust’s actually nonexistent “road crew”. [...]
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