Kingsley Flood: Battles
photo: David GreenBoston roots rock band Kingsley Flood are going for a tougher sound on some to the tracks on their new full-length Battles. Imagine the early Seventi...
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Where did punk begin? A cinema in Peru
Almost a decade before the Ramones or the Sex Pistols struck a chord in anger, los Saicos were screaming their way to notorietyIt's a question which has been long the sub...
→ 14 September 2012 1.05pm — Comment on this
New band of the day – Murray James (No 1,187)
He might look like a less cocky Cocozza, but Murray James's soul-inflected songs elevate him beyond X Factor posingHometown: Milford-on-Sea.The lineup: Murray James (voca...
→ 17 January 2012 4.50pm — Comment on this
NY Dolls subject of new DVD, playing end of year shows
New York Dolls at Bowery Ballroom in March (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) After releasing their fifth LP earlier this year, New York Dolls celebrated with two nights a...
→ 28 November 2011 9.03pm — Comment on this
Live music booking now
Joe Goddard-collaborating Big Dada artist Dels heads out on his first headlining tour next week (4-14 Oct, starting at Mine, Leeds) …Lana Del Ray reschedules her 5 ...
→ 24 September 2011 12.07am — Comment on this
Motley Crue - Motley Crue Suffer Sound Problems
Motley Crue's show in Mansfield, Massachusetts this week (beg18Jul11) was marred by sound problems, with critics labelling the concert "a mess". The rockers took their to...
→ 21 July 2011 12.06pm — Comment on this
The New York Dolls play 'mock rock' on British TV
November 1973: Number 6 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicThe Dolls' appearance on the Old Grey Whistle Test kickstarted the war between pun...
→ 14 June 2011 12.45am — Comment on this
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past by Simon Reynolds – review
Does it matter that pop music is stuck in the same old groove?Like many people of a certain age, the first thing I did upon going to university was to blow my entire stud...
→ 29 May 2011 3.30am — Comment on this
The Best 10 Videos Of The Week
These week we’ve got new videos from TV On The Radio, Cool Kids, Manchester Orchestra, Parts & Labor, and the New York Dolls, among many others. I put the Def Sound...
→ 15 April 2011 9.33pm — Comment on this
New York Dolls, Old Vic Tunnels, review
The Tunnels don't have the sound to support the New York rockers: what started as a racket remained a racket. Rating: * * *
→ 31 March 2011 6.34pm — Comment on this
New video from New York Dolls
Fool if you think they're over.
→ 20 March 2011 8.31am — Comment on this
New York Dolls
photos by Dana (DISTORTION) Yavin "While most of the music-loving world has descended upon the indie music mecca of SXSW in Austin, Tx., some of us poor souls are stuck t...
→ 19 March 2011 8.35am — Comment on this
Kevin Spacey welcomes New York Dolls to Old Vic
In March the Academy-Award winning actor, and artistic director of London's Old Vic Theatre will play host to the band in the theatre's historic underground tunnels.
→ 16 March 2011 4.51pm — Comment on this
