Cloudspeakers

Drugs often play a large part in music. Depending on your views on narcotics, this is either a good thing or a bad thing; but it is most certainly a thing. Whole genres rely on drugs to keep them a... Read more

At some point in their ten-year history, Cave-In signed to a major label. It’s always interesting when a DIY band makes a move from the underground to the mainstream, always interesting to see ho... Read more

A couple of weeks ago I was flicking through television channels and happened upon an edition of WWE Raw. Upon spotting the oh so familiar mix of spandex, sweat and sports entertainment I lingered ... Read more

Show a man a football match and he will tell you how best to manage the team. Give a man a map and he will be able to navigate from A to B. Give a man a microphone and he will sing. Give him five m... Read more

Timing can be a real bitch sometimes. You spend four years crafting your first ‘proper’ solo record, pour your heart and soul into, only for your seminal former indie band’s prima donna lead ... Read more

Indie bands love to pretend that they’re something special, that they’re not just another plain old group of boys with guitars and a Smiths records. They like to claim that 'we’ve always had ... Read more

The humble split single - a mainstay of DIY, it provides a way for bands to split costs between themselves, a way of giving the listener twice the music for the same price. The only problem with th... Read more

Dawn Landes is from New York via Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to making solo records and performing as part of Hem, she also moonlights as an audio engineer. Whilst you may think these facts s... Read more

I have to be honest. I’ve not actually listened to this CD. I have a good reason though. It’s a 3” CD and I can’t get it to play on either my stereo or my computer. It’s a shame that it won’t play ... Read more

When I was seventeen I loved the shit out of Hundred Reasons; in my eyes, those five guys form Surrey were one of the best bands ever. They could do no wrong. The first time I saw them they were op... Read more