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Written by Johnny H
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 05:30 |
  The name of The DeRellas has been hanging around URHQ like the smell of teen spirit for over a year now, so with our glowing review of the band's debut album 'Hollywood Monsters' you'd have thought that perhaps more than just one or two of us would be singing their punk 'n' roll praises. We ask is this all about to change with the release of single number two, as Johnny H picks up their crusade to 'Stick It To The Man'?
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Written by Dom Daley
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Monday, 02 April 2012 05:30 |
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 Yippie ki-yay muthatruckas, Bob Wayne is in the house (shack, possibly) and he's gonna rock this joint 'til the wheels fall off. Dom Daley goes to the lowdown hoedown courtesy of People Like You Records and this is his outlaw country file......
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Written by Johnny H
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Monday, 02 April 2012 05:15 |
 Proclaiming the year 2012 to be the "end of the world as we know it", are Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth and Paul Ferguson about to provide the perfect soundtrack to such an event with their latest album, 'MMXII'? Johnny H steps inside the weird world of Killing Joke to find out, whilst contemplating if everything as we know it today really is about to come to an end in some mayan style ascension?
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Written by Johnny H
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Saturday, 30 April 2011 05:00 |
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 Reformed UK rockers Stampede are back after a 28 year gap with their second album, 'A Sudden Impulse' and the Archers are ready to rock your world once more. Johnny H turns back the clock to his days spent in 'Hurricane Town' to review the album, but don't called them NWOBHM right.... You have been warned.
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Written by Ross Welford
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Friday, 29 April 2011 05:00 |
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 It took longer to check if this new album from Beautiful Beast was a serious record than it did to work out which reviewer to gift it to. Ross Welford, both beautiful and beastly, accepted our cock rock present into the belly of his stereo and loved it. Tonight he's gonna party like it's 1989 - do you wanna join him?
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Written by Ben Hughes
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Thursday, 28 April 2011 05:30 |
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 Mysterious Australian mofos 180 Proof describe themselves as "dirty fucken loud cunts" - they should feel right at home here. Ben Hughes checks out their brand of "nasty, catchy, sleazy riff & roll" on their new EP and discovers a band well worth introducing yourself to....
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Written by Johnny H
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011 05:46 |
 Huge stoner riffs, glass shattering bottom end and an ability to write catchy tunes, this all sounds too good to be true for our resident desert rock specialist Johnny H to believe, especially when talking about a band coming from the UK. But damn it if Goat Leaf aren't about to deliver all of this and more as the H Bomb discovers their debut album 'Colorscene'.
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Written by Russ P
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011 05:00 |
  Album number two for experimental rockers Vessels and Russ P is certainly one happy chappy at the prospect of taking his new 'Helioscope' out for a spin. As potentially hazardous to your health as staring at the sun yet fresh and vibrant in their song construction Vessels really are a band to look out for in 2011, as Russ explains.
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Written by Russ P
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Monday, 25 April 2011 05:02 |
 You want something to brighten up your otherwise dull existence? What about a UK band that manages to bring together Tom Waits, The Doors and early Alice Cooper in one nice handy sized EP of mind expanding sound? Russ P welcomes you all to the wild and wondrous world of The Slytones.
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Written by Dom Daley
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Monday, 25 April 2011 05:00 |
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 It's official - Uber Rock loves Eureka Machines. The band's debut album was so glorious that its follow-up, 'Champion The Underdog', would have to sound like Reckless Love getting bummed by Nickelback for us not to fall arse over tit for it. Thankfully, we are spared the brown love and instead offer the white flag as we surrender to the charm of this uber-approved sophomore release from a band that you really should love. Dom Daley is the man armed with words as he tries to defend himself against a swarm of high quality tunes......
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Written by Ross Welford
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 05:00 |
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 Swedish sleazesters Crazy Lixx return with 'Riot Avenue', the band's third studio album, released by Frontiers Records. Ross Welford was the hair metal hero chosen to review this hot long player, but would this avenue turn into a boulevard of broken dreams? A cul-de-sac of shit? Read on to find out.......
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Written by Matt Blakout
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Monday, 02 April 2012 05:25 |
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 Fallen angels of the melodic rock apocalypse Tyketto return with their original line-up and their first album for eighteen years, courtesy of those fine folk at Frontiers Records. AORgonaut Matt Blakout went in search of the golden fleece o' rock as he got his teeth into 'Dig In Deep'......
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Written by Ross Welford
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Saturday, 30 April 2011 05:00 |
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 Federal Black Forty are a young band based in Cambridgeshire who have supported the likes of Soulfly and Slaves To Gravity already in their short career. Ross Welford checks out their 'Hooked Up 'N' Loaded' EP and finds yet another cool UK band worth keeping an eye on......
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Written by Ben Hughes
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Friday, 29 April 2011 05:30 |
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 Manchester-based three piece Black Market Serotonin claim to ply their trade in 'alternative progressive noise synth rock' so who better than our resident alt prog noisy synth rocker Ben Hughes to check out their new five track EP?
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Written by Gaz E
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Thursday, 28 April 2011 06:00 |
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 Five years ago, UK rock eccentrics The Scaramanga Six began work with Cardiacs mainman Tim Smith on a new album, shelved when the famed producer succumbed to ill health. Rather than have a 'lost album' on their discography the band have rerecorded the entire record from scratch and have now released it as 'Cursed'. Gaz E discovers that the album is anything but.....
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Written by Rob Lane
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Thursday, 28 April 2011 05:00 |
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 Eleven albums in and Texan power popmasters Bowling For Soup release 'Fishin' For Woos'. Looking for a fair, unbiased critique we made the fatal error of asking Rob Lane to review this new album. Why? Because Rob L-U-Vs BFS and, y'know what, maybe we all should too?......
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Written by Russ P
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011 05:00 |
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 Coming out of Croydon faster than a N109 night bus, Bad Exit are a trio of rockers with their hearts set on making an 'Exit'. Russ P is our man in the driver's seat and in control of the 8 track, as he unravels a sound that is part stadium rock and part melancholic, but don't take that as a bad sign, right....
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Written by John Oakley
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011 05:00 |
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 Pagan metal and John Oakley really do sit together like two peas in a pod, so why is our battle hungry Thames Valley warrior not howling at the moon with the prospect of reviewing album number six from Finland's finest exponents of the genre? Read on to find out....
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Monday, 25 April 2011 05:01 |
 Having just toured the country with the recently reformed Kyuss Lives! this album from German rockers Burden has been given another push here in the UK and Jim Roland is issuing a call to arms for fans of Down, Soundgarden and Neurosis to take note as there's some new kids in town, and they are pretty bloody awesome at what they do.
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Sunday, 24 April 2011 05:00 |
 Year Of The Goat were a new name to us at URHQ, and a simple Googling of their name revealed....not a lot really. That's why we thought we'd give Jim Rowland the task of doing all the legwork on them including some basic Latin lessons. Thankfully all his hard work was worth it as 'Lucem Ferre' really is a bit of a special release as you're all about to find out.
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With the names of powerpop scene legends such as XTC, Ben Folds and...umm...Neil Hannon all over this latest album from Irish quartet Pugwash, how could Russ P fail not to be impressed? Okay we may be musically walking on the milder side of the scene here but when Lojinx put their name to something you can normally expect quality, so is 'The Olympus Sound' really that good? Read on to find out.