April 2008 Archives

Take one Liverpool bar, one music legend and the popular past-time of chess and you have a recipe for quite possibly the oddest story of the year.

Vintage synths? Space-rock shamanism? Cosmonautical epics? Yes please, says Getintothis' Matthew Gordon...

Everyone into position. It's Britain's best live band. And they're better than ever before.

According to NME Crystal Castles are the 10th most important people shaping the future of music. They're not.

Hold on to your hats, the Liverpool music event of 2008 is on its way.

Yeah, so what if Bluekipper forum heads are talking about Sigur Rós and DiS are writing off the most overused adjective in music since 1999? Good music is good music. Well here's two instrumental call-em-what-you-wills going head to head, proving there's life in the post-rock tag yet.

Frustrating, frequently exhilarating and steadfastly himself, Shakey plies his ragged glory at Manchester Apollo.

Fancy being in the next Series of Skins? Fancy winning tickets to the Skins live party in Liverpool on Friday? Course you do...

Matt Eland reacquaints himself with old buddy Frank Turner but finds his protégé, Chris T-T in greater voice. Meanwhile Saviours, Blood Red Shoes, Les Savy Fav and Does It Offend You Yeah? also get the treatment as the reviewascope reaches meltdown.

Greg O'Keeffe finds fun in an Japanese Cop Shop. Or summink.