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Album Reviews - X Is Loaded - Raw Nerve (album/ Music For Nations) By Steve Rudd
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This Bath-based band is one of the hottest and most exciting rock bands to really
step-out in the past couple of years, blasting out with sky-scraping Emo-rock guitars,
beguilingly soulful vocals (delivered by photogenic frontman Jake) and plenty of
on-stage energy necessary to enthrall anyone who has ever had
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Music Reviews- Bryan Adams, Proud Mary and Sketcher at the KC Stadium, Hull Saturday 26th June 04 By Steve Rudd
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St. Helens-based quartet Sketcher were something of a bizarre choice for the first support act
of the night, playing a damn fine brand of pop-punk music.
Still, they did what they were in a sense expected to do, and warmed-up the crowd to a
fantastic degree, with audience participation paramount (even if the extent of
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Music Reviews- The Levellers at Beverley Leisure Centre, Friday 18th June By Steve Rudd
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Spearheading the 21st celebrations of Beverley's mighty Folk Festival, I'll be honest - it took
me a while to grasp the fact that The Levellers were actually in the centre and
ready to play out their hearts, all-acoustically and in high spirits.
In support, a couple of Australian guys by the names
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Music Reviews- The Levellers at Beverley Leisure Centre, Friday 18th June By Steve Rudd
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Spearheading the 21st celebrations of Beverley's mighty Folk Festival, I'll be honest - it took
me a while to grasp the fact that The Levellers were actually in the centre and
ready to play out their hearts, all-acoustically and in high spirits.
In support, a couple of Australian guys by the names
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Music Reviews -
The Bluetones, The Bonnitts, Bluesand at The Adelphi, Hull Thursday 17th June By Steve Rudd
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This was surely one of the greatest nights in the history of the Adelphi.
Over the past 20 years, almost every band that has been worth its weight in talent has
played here, and plenty have since gone on, in subsequent years, to become very
successful and well known indeed.. bands such as, for example, Oasis,
the Manic Street Preachers
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Articles - The Oscars 2004 By Steve Rudd
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The highlight of Hollywood's calendar, The Oscars seem to come around faster every year.
Our man in LA to report back to Britain on proceedings was Film 2004 face Jonathan Ross who didn't do a bad job at all, but seemed hampered by his panel of three accompanying guests in the form of Welsh (supposed) funnyman
Rob Brydon, and the impersonating duo of Ronni
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Music Reviews-
Electric Eel Shock & Antiproduct at The Kazbah, Scarborough 25th March 04 By Steve Rudd
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Antiproduct is the coolest and most exhilarating punk band since The Sex Pistols.
Stopping at nothing to put on the most entertaining show possible at every gig they play, this wacky quintet might be based in London, but they make it known loud-and-clear that they prefer
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Music Reviews - Jet Plane Landing , Drive Like You Stole It & Delta Volts at Fibbers, York Friday 7th May 04 By Steve Rudd
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Progressive rock 'n' roll is the order of the day where the Delta Volts are concerned, their
intoxicatingly complex and mesmerising music bulldozing the foundations of all rock music that has been
and gone before.
Relying heavily and heartily on epic soundscapes and mighty guitar
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Music Reviews- The Levellers, The Mutts & 59 Violets at Hull City Hall - 29th March 04 By Steve Rudd
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The Levellers have to be applauded for consistently inviting some brilliant bands to support them on tour.
Back in December 2003, Brighton rockabilly outfit She Said did the honours brilliantly, and this time around - for their 14-date, Anti-Apathy UK Spring 2004 tour
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Music Reviews-York 21st April 04
Million Dead, X is Loaded, yourcodenameis:milo at Fibbers By Steve Rudd
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As the April rains raged outside, so did Newcastle quintet yourcodenameis:milo on the inside.
Strange name, you might think.. and they're an even stranger band, proudly presenting the sound of sheer carnage as three guitarists manhandle all manner of destructive and
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Music Band News - This is Your New Home - Superscape
(3 track single) By Steve Rudd
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Yet another of the seemingly never-ending line of genuinely brilliant bands emanating from the grand city of Hull, tucked to the East of the mighty proud county of Yorkshire, Superscape are a quintet with much to offer anybody who's sick and tired of rock bands who are obsessed with supporting the more hardcore and Emo slants..
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Music Reviews -
The Alarm at The Kazbah, Scarborough -
Friday 6th February 04 By Steve Rudd
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Gigs do not, I repeat, DO NOT get any better than this. Ever.
Even though The Alarm haven't actually stayed together as a band since their inception back when punk-rock gripped the UK in the late 70's, the charismatic singing-&-songwriting Mike Peters has been over-actively involved
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Album Reviews - CD Reviews - Emma Rugg - When I Looked at You (single)
By Steve Rudd
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Still riding high on the uber-successful crest of her astounding debut album Isolated Impression, Emma's first glimmer of new work comes in the form of this exceptional song.
On the back of her album, Emma ventured Stateside to record a couple of songs with Michigan songwriter
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Album Reviews - The Alarm - In The Poppyfields
(12-track album - Snapper Music - 2004) By Steve Rudd
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25 years down the punk-rock 'n' roll line and The Alarm - assembled around the ever-photogenic mainman Mike Peters - is still going strong.
In fact, the Cardiff-based Alarm's ringing louder than ever on the back of some fabulous media exposure that vaulted right around the world and back because of the fact that Mike craftily decided
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Album Reviews - Cracktown - Songs in the Key of Fuck Off
(Pure West) By Steve Rudd - With the Knighthood Video!
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This gloriously outspoken Hull-based outfit revolves around the musical and lyrical talents of, err.. Silver Fox and King Rat?!?!!!!!
Mmm - so says the CD cover!
I don't honestly know why the two guys who shield their identities under the murky guise of Cracktown don't want their
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Album Reviews - The Trailers - From The Top - 7 track EP - By the Sea By Steve Rudd
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The DIY punk ethic is still alive and kicking, even down the East Coast of England in the semi-sunny seaside town of Bridlington.
While there aren't many great bands kicking-out of Bridlington at the moment (save for the mighty Goth-Rock spectacular that is Torso Horse)
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Poetry - When You're Ready and Resolve By Steve Rudd
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We made a pact
At the last filling station
Interstate M62..
I was so proud of you
You'd never normally say boo..
Who drove you to rebel?
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