Michael' s Thoughts:
Resident philosopher Micheal Caine (a completely different one) lays his shit down...
"You are beautiful; but learn to work. for you cannot eat your beauty." Awww, cheers Mike.
Up-dates:
Latest Reviews: The Charlatans- Forvever: The Singles (07/11/06)
- The Levellers- Chaos Theory DVD (30/10/06)
- The Hedrons- I Need You (04/10/06)
- Zeeb- The Battle For Zeeb Beta (04/10/06)
News!
Send to iwasblacklisted'at'hotmail'dot'com that way I don't have to do any actual subjective writing
- 07/11/06 The ridiculously successful
and annoyingly quite good collection of haircuts known as Underoath have just hit our UK shores for
a tour in support of their mahoosive new album 'Define The Great Line'. You can find the dates here and a video of their new single 'In Regards To Myself' here. Crack out mum's eye-liner kids!
- 15/08/06 I always said Dirty
Pretty Things are well safe, but now they're really living up to it by playing a
special gig at The Coronet, in South London on September 13th in support of Make Roads Safe. This is part of an international campaign calling for the G8 to take action on road traffic injuries, which
kill more than 1.2 million people around the world, the majority in developing countries. Two
hundred pairs of tickets to the concert will be given away free by Make Roads Safe and Dirty Pretty Things to supporters in a prize draw. See the respective sites for details of how to enter and please sign their petition.
- 04/08/06 If you're anything like me
and like free CDs, but can't be arsed to run a website (also pretty much like me) then you'll be very glad to hear that you
can obtain a free 2 track sampler of hot young punk-muffins Protest The Hero simply by sending your
postal address to vagrantuk@vagrant.com and saying pretty please.
- 05/05/06 The notorious Gay
For Johnny Depp have been added to the Snickers stage at this years Download festival (9th, 10th and 11th of June at Donnington Park). Elsewhere on the line-up are Enter Shikari who
also deserve a mention, just for fucking with my friends heads when I play them 'Return To Energiser'. Choooon.
- 06/04/06 Austrian punkers Redlightsflash
have got a fresh batch of UK tour dates with Phinius Gage coming up and to celebrate (woo!) they've posted
a video for their song 'Saving My Time' here and here, but not here. They've also landed themselves a spot on Anti-Flag's European tour in May. Go see them, they rock live.
- 28/02/06 Those kooky chaps at Crossfire
are running a rather special competition to win a slot supporting The Paddingtons at a launch party! All you need is
a link to a website that hosts your mp3s... so it's open to pretty much anyone then. Click here for more info. EDIT: this competition has closed to submissions now, but you can still vote...
- 06/01/06 Soon to be massive Chicago-ians
(yes that's a word) Fall Out Boy will be releasing the first single from their new album 'From Under The Cork Tree’ on 07/02/06. The single's
titled 'Sugar, We're Goin' Down' and you can catch them on tour in the UK from the 20th. Those of you with jobs at desks
or without them at home should also enjoy the Fall Out Boy game, there's a chance to win free pizza!!! Yessss! Oh yeh, you eat it with the band or something...
- 18/08/05 Riff-stealing New York post-punkers
We Are Scientists have a mammoth 21 date UK tour set up, click here for dates and whilst you're there check out the rest of the site, it's entertaining.
- 27/06/05 Our Spannish buddy Alvaro
(Villo)'s band, My Left Foot, have sorted themselves some mp3s! Check 'em out at http://www.purevolume.com/myleftfoot
- 27/06/05 Those crazy undeaders Send
More Paramedics have landed themselves a sweet spot supporting The Offspring on 12/09/05 at
Glasgow, SECC, 13/09/05 - Manchester at The Apollo and 16/09/05 - London at Brixton Academy
- 08/06/05 Rimbaud Records & Plastic
Donkey have just released the Burn My Eye DVD in Europe. It was released in the USA two years ago and sold out within
3 months. Bands featured include The Locust, Crack:War, Numbers, Deerhoof, Coachwhips, Mai She, Plot to
Blow Up The Eiffel Tower and Pink and Brown
- 08/06/05 From the Hypertension mailout:
"After 15 years of hushed whispers, infrequent live gigs, and a stubborn single minded adherence to their hardcore ethics,
Starkweather are embarking on their first tour ever! From August 25th till September 4th they will be
hitting the Ieperfest in Belgium on August 26th, followed by maniacal shows in the UK, Germany, France, The Netherlands with
other dates to be announced soon. The tour will feature songs from their upcoming album "Croatoan", We're pulling out all
the goods on this one: deluxe gatefold, Paul Romano artwork (Mastadon, Earth, Godflesh), coloured vinyl and
with the tentative release date of the 2xLP set for August 15th, nothing will stop you from getting the collector's gem."
- 29/03/05 Electro-punkers Sunshine
will be strutting their synthesised stuff with The Bellrays on the following dates: 25th April Glasgow Barfly,
26th Liverpool Barfly, 27th York Barfly, 28th Cardiff Barfly and finishing on the 29th at London Barfly. Yay, monopolised promoting!!!
- 12/03/05 Seminal '90s punk band Snuff
are releasing a double CD greatest hits compilation. Released worldwide on Fat Wreck Chords and UK release on
Snuff's own 10 past 12 Records. Disc one's set to be a career highlights greatest hits and disc two does the ever
so fashionable b-sides and unreleased thing. Whilst we're on the subject of 10 past 12 Records, Snuff drummer Duncan's Billy
No Mates have their first release 'We Are Legion' and The Fat Cats' (described as "A core love of
rockabilly swing, dirty 50’s R&B, and cricket") release 'Deadbeat' later this month. Reviews will depend on how
much they spend advertising with Blacklisted... smirk.
Thanks list:
- All the labels who have sent us promos to review- we wouldn't be here without you
man...sniff.
- All the excellent bands we've interviewed
- Laura Sanchez and Jamie for helping with reviews
- Anyone who's given advice or contributed
- Tom for help with interview questions
Apologies for the stupidly large amount of extra windows trying to sell
you crap, entice to you casinos and pretending you've won something. They are arses and I have no control over them.
But rest assured when the time comes I will reap my most terrible vengeance upon them.
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