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The Jakpot 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Genre: Indie / Alternative /Nu ModFrom: Manchester, United KingdomWith songs about not leaving a girl because you haven't got a job or borrowing money of "yer mam" (your mother for those who have yet to take the Manchester dialect Linguiphone course) to take a girl out to see your favourite band, the Jakpot (not going to win best bandname of the year guys!) are risking comparison with a popular northern band from the other side of the Pennines. It is very difficult to shake the term "Manchester's answer to the Arctic Monkeys "(there I've said it) from any review. But, my loyal friends, dig a little deeper and you will see that in addition to those obvious, and probably annoying to the band, references there's more to this band than crap name and similarities to the Monkeys (there it's that name again). Granted the lyrical subject matter is very similar to that of the Monkeys (that's the last time they will be mentioned in this review, honest) but it's littered with the typical n
Kill The Young 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Genre: Alternative / Rock / PunkFrom: Manchester, United Kingdom Now this is the dogs b*******. This band are going to be huge, they are going to be so big that you'll have to buy a high rise condo in Central Manchester and live on the roof just to see the soles of their Converse. Based in Manchester, Kill the Young are three hardworking brothers in their early twenties who are already veterans of over 450 gigs. This hard work has clearly paid off because their track Addiction is already marked down as one of the Devil's tracks of the year. Unless there is something out there so arse weldingly amazing that it should wear a hat and call itself God, Kill The Young are on target for The Devil's track of the month and we've still got a third of the month left. If you're looking for choruses that crash like trees in a hurricane and anthems so arresting they are wearing Policemans Helmets (stop giggling in the corner) then check out Kill The Poor. They have all the right ingredients for
News Just In 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This is the last post from the old Devil for a few days as I'm off to Chicago and Atlanta. Back on line Wednesday next week so I'll leave you with some news from the world of the Devil's favourite bands...The MonolatorsGenre: Punk / Psychedelic / IndieFrom: California, United StatesThe purveyors of the Devil's favourite track from 2006 the Monolators have a show in Vegas this Saturday which I am sure will be awesome. They are following this with a gig on Tuesday 30th January at The Prospector in Long Beach with the yet to be covered by the Devil Friends Of Dennis Wilson . They are following this up with another gig at Mr. T's Bowl in Highland Park with I Make This Sound , The Break Ups and their by now good friends Friends Of Dennis Wilson . If you are within 100 miles of either venue then make the effort you won't be disappointed and that's a promise. If you do go tell Eli and Mary that the Devil sent you.The Monolators - Myspace // Websitep.s. when will someone give this excel
The Devil Returns 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Hey The Devil
is back from his trips to Chicago and Atlanta, a little older, a little wiser and a little poorer!! Stayed at the coolest hotel in Chicago, The Hard Rock, in the Elvis Presley suite no less. I was offered the Elton John and the Prince suite but only the King's suite was good enough for this Devil!Wow there is such a lot to catch up on so on with the news...The Low Edges Again Yes I know I go on about this band but Christ they deserve to be massive and it's my blogsite and I'll post what I want to! Anyway great news of three gigs in Berlin for the fabulous Low Edges. Even better one of the Devil's other favourite bands, Gifthorse, are appearing on the same bill!. If you haven't heard Happy Daggers by Gifthorse then where have you been. It's still the best song that Morrissey never wrote and it's still brilliant. The dates are: 13 Feb 2007 - RAW tempel, Berlin with the brilliant Gifthorse and the exciting German band La Manie .16 Feb 2007 - Enzian, Berlin with the od Read more:Returns
The Girl With The Thorn In Her Name 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Tracey Thorn
Goes SoloRight tonight a little pop quiz to check that you have been listening in school. Right you can turn your papers over now. Which band was Tracey Thorn the lead singer with? No copying off your neighbour. Got it yet? Top marks for those of you who answered Everything But The Girl . Those of you who have been paying attention in class may vaguely recall their electro dance track Missing, the swots amongst you may even recall that Tracey was the voice on Massive Attack's amazing Protection. Well news is slowly filtering out that Tracey, whose voice turns me to liquid, is about to release her first solo album since she quit the The Marine Girls and released A Distant Shore in 1982. The first single from the album is now available on iTunes in the US, and in the IK from iTunes, hmv and 7Digital. On the album Traceyhas joined up with a few different producers/collaborators including , Martin Wheeler (Vector Lovers), Alex Santos, Charles Webster and cagedbaby (Tom Gandey
Jemo & Whos Army 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The time approximately a little after 9:00pm, the date 25th January 2007, the place Lees Palace in Toronto, the band Jemo. Less than 12 hours before I was flying to Chicago and with packing still to be done I found myself in a Lees Palace with a chance to breathe in some genuine Toronto talent live and in the flesh. Although each band had little more than half an hour to impress the small but perfectly formed and attentive crowd, two in particular caught the Devil's attention. The first were...JemoGenre: Alternative / Acoustic / IndieFrom: Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJemo are lead by multi-instrumentalist, multi talented songwriter and all round nice guy, Jeff Dantowitz. Jeff leads the double life of a Marvel superhero. Mild mannered educator of young and impressionable minds by day, budding rock god by night. Sounds like a erfect plot for a future blockbuster. For about 15 seconds of the set I was toying with the idea of who would play Jeff, finally plumping for Jake Gyllenhaal, then I w
Their Hearts Are Full Of Generosity 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Their Hearts
Are Full Of SpringGenre : Indie / Pop / AlternativeFrom: London and South East United KingdomRegular readers of the Devil's blog will know that I have a special place in my heart of this band. Now in addition to spreading their life affirming magical indie pop they have been hit be an unprecedented fit of generosity. The band have just recorded a new version of New Favourite Band with the full THWFOS line-up (Vicky and Alex weren't around when they made the demo, hence the lack of beautiful female voices on the version you can hear here on their myspace site now) so what better time to remind the world of how good the demo was? It's only available for a limited time so you better get your downloading skates on and hot foot it over to the Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring site to download yourself a little piece of heavenly postcardesque jangly crooning. If you like what you see then the band have an album out on another of the Devil's friends, Northern Star Records.Pur Read more:Generosity
News & New Bands 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Well it's almost Valentines day and I did think of theming todays post on the subject of love and romance and then thought f*** it every other site will be doing this. So for the Devil it's business as usual.Warm in the WakeGenre: Indie / Pop / Southern RockFrom: Decatur, United StatesWarm in the Wake are another band from the Livewire Recordings roster. Christopher Rowel (guitar & vocals), James Taylor Jr (drums), and twins Andy (bass) and Daniel Barker (keyboards) (I made that bit up I don't even know if they are related) make a rather pleasant soft indie din akin to Crowded House jamming with Flaming Lips (oddly neither mentioned as influences, could be they are trying to test us mere bloggers or maybe I'm losing my touch but you know I didn't have it anyway!) have just recently released an EP called Gold Dust Trail which you can order from the link below. BuyWarm in the Wake - Gold Dust Trail hereGigs15 Feb 2007, 21:00, W.C.Don's w/The Weeks, Jackson, Mississippi;16 Feb 2007 Read more:Bands
The Sharp Tongues At The Smiling Buddha 1970-01-01 00:59:59 iThe Sharp Tongues
Genre: Rock / Rock / RockFrom Toronto, Ontario CanadaEarlier this week I got an email from a band informing me of a gig at The Smiling Buddha
in Toronto and asking me if I'd be interested in going along to check them out. Having an uneventful evening all mapped out I immediately said "yeah ok". Am I glad I did this band blew the Devil away completely. The Sharp Tongues is a new band comprised of the mulit-talented and utterly unforgettable Marcus Quin (The Silt ) and the unstoppable, completely captivating, incredibly alluring and talented, Julia Muth ( The Creeping Nobodies (featured on the Devil's site on 20th September 2006), The Piney Wolves and Celestino) on skin shredding guitar and icicle sharp vocals. Together they are a match made in heaven and, on the basis of this gig, one of the best, and most promising, new bands in Toronto at the moment. They were the final band on the night following the open-ended improvisational psych-rock band (think no-one you've
Bunnygrunt and Wrong Animal 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Tonight some news of a couple of bands featured on The Devil's site over the past few months starting with ...BunnygruntGenre: IndieFrom: Saint Louis, Missouri, United StatesFirst featured on the Devil's site on 26th September 2006, Bunnygrunt are embarking on an epic tour of the US and have plans to release a couple of split 7" singles (oh how I miss vinyl!). The first with The Poison Control Centre is planned for April with the Bunnygrunt tracks being "Tonight You Belong To Me" and "1000% Not Creepy". The second with The Sex Robots is planned for May with the Bunnygrunt tracks being a cover of the Dinosaur's track "Frankie Is A Killer" and a cover of Ultraman's "Egg Boy". As if that wasn't enough there are plans for a split 7" with the legendary June Brides to be released sometime in the summer and The Maybellines later this year. A busy year for Binnygrunt. If there are any bands out there who would like to join in Bunnygrunt's split 7" revolution then go to their myspace site Read more:Animal
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London's Calling 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls"There are just so many brilliant bands in London at the moment that I could turn this blog into a fanzine for London bands. Tonight a couple of bands that are currently rocking the Devil's world... Tortoise Shout!Genre: Indie / Alternative / Pop PunkFrom: London and South East United KingdomTortoise Shout! are a London based four piece who are veterans (I'm sure they won't like me saying that!) of the London scene. I'm told that they orginally formed in 1988, either there's been some mistake or they have managed to somehow reverse the ageing process, and that they have been off the scene for some time. Well whenever they were formed and however long they have been gone, they are back now with a new drummer and new material. They stormed back like long lost prodigal daughters with a well received gig at the Bar Academy and are about to release a double a-side single, "Shanti". With influences that range from The Smiths (these guys and g Read more:Calling
Situations Vacant 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Tonight the Devil has decided to turn tonoghts post into a recruitment fair for some of the most promising bands around at the moment, starting with...Past Mistress Genre: Indie / Experimental / GarageFrom: NYC, New York United States Past Mistress are looking for a new drummer. If you play the drums (apparently that is one of the key requirements!) and are a creative creature, open minded, have The Spirit and a love based personality, are very humble with no ego or temper or hard drug problems, prepared to tour, healthym responsible and fun and are looking for an exciting opportunity with an up and coming New York band then contact Past Mistress. Past Mistress have recently recorded at Tv On the Radio's Stay Gold studios in Brooklyn with Alan Labiner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs,TV On The Radio) producing and John Egnelo (Sonic Youth) mastering their album at the Magic Shop in NYC. The album will be out this June, so this could be your opportunity to get on the cover of what could be a multi pl
Division Day 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Division
DayGenre: Indie Pop / ShoegazeFrom: Los Angeles, California, United StatesIn the summer of 2001, Division Day
moved into a house in the Santa Cruz woods without ever having played a note together as a foursome. They turned the master bedroom into a makeshift recording studio that would see the birth of their first EP. Featuring Rohner Segnitz (vocals, keyboards), Ryan Wilson (guitar), Seb Bailey (bass, guitar, vocals), and Kevin Lenhart (drums), Division Day swings freely between precise arrangement and reckless abandon, crafting spirited, infectious anthems of loss and heartache that, like deja vu all over again, sound familiar the first time you hear them and leave you grasping for comparisons. Match the lyrical darkness of a more imagistic Leonard Cohen with the furious drumming of Brendan Canty (Fugazi), the elegant basslines of John Stirratt (Wilco), and the supple, atmospheric guitar shards of Nick McCabe (The Verve), and you might come close to approximating the band'
Shoegazing - Airiel 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Let's all indulge in a spot of shoegazing AirielGenre: Shoegaze / Experimental / AmbientFrom: Chicago, Illinois, United StatesThe Devil has it on good authority that this is a true story. On January 15th, 1919, a huge storage tank of molasses ruptured and sent 2.3 million gallons of the stuff rushing through downtown Boston at 35 miles per hour. If you don't believe me click here. Imagine walking along, minding your own business, and being violently swept up in a wave of beautiful sweetness, enveloping you, tumbling your body end over end until you were dizzy from the motion. Well that sums up how the Devil felt when he first heard Airiel. They are not a new band having been formed in 1997 by Jeremy Wren as a solo project in his bedroom with only his drum machines for company but fashion could just catch them up with Shoegazing long overdue a revival. Combining the starry eyed, dreamy melodic janglings of Ride with the vivid experiments in sonic energy of My Bloody Valentine, Airiel
Odds and Sods and Bits and Bobs 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The Devil is on his travels again, off to Denver for a couple of days, and therefore there may be a slight lull in postings. So, as a special going away treat a bumper harvest of odds, sods and nice to haves starting with ...Little Man TateGenre: Indie / RockFrom: Yorkshire, United KingdomThey have been described by Mojo as the new Arctic Monkeys, are they having a laugh or what? Little Man Tate eschew (saw that word in a book I read in a bookshop and have been waiting for a chance to use it!) such comparison with their fellow tykes. Ok there is liberal use of a northern accent (what do you expect they're from Yorkshire and people in Yorkshire have Yorkshire accents!) and a lyrical obsession with ordinary life in a hum drum town, but LMT could equally be called the new Pulp, Blur, Jam or even Smiths. They have amassed a sizeable, fanatical following and have scraped the lower fringes of the British charts with their last single ‘House party at Boothys’ so this is a band circling
Back To Life Back To Reality 2007-03-04 05:51:00 Take me back to dear old blighty.Yes the Devil is returning home. Two more days in Toronto and then it's back to dear old blighty, back to life back to reality back to the here and now and then. Yes I'm UK bound after a 5 month stint in Toronto. I'm looking forward to catching up on the last few months copies of NME, Uncut & Mojo, listening to all the CDs that bands have sent me and seeing my wife, son, daughter and dog! So to celebrate my return todays post is a band that evokes all that is good about Great Britain...Butcher BoyGenre: Proper PopFrom: Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom As a vegetarian I'd have preferred for to be reviewing Organic Farmer Boy but hey you can't have everything in life. Glasgow has long been a hotbed of left of centre maverick pop groups, think Orange Juice, Revolving Paint Dream, Aztec Camera, The Pastels, BMX Bandits , Arab Strap, Belle & Sebastian, I could go on but you get the picture. Well add another to that ever lengthening list. Butcher Bo Read more:Life Back
Back Home - Jetlagged & Jittery 2007-03-10 20:13:00 Back home in dear old blighty.Well after an incident packed journey the Devil, and his luggage, made it back home. With a complete breakdown of the computer system at Toronto airport, delays at Heathrow while another plane was towed away to allow us to disembark (why is it only planes and boats that you disembark from? Can you disembark from a bus or a car?), delays on the train from Terminal 4 to Terminal 1 (why do they call them terminals at airports, it doesn't inspire confidence!), it was as if someone somewhere didn't want the Devil to get back! But back I am after a long sleep and a night out refreshed and raring to blog! So onto todays band... SilvertopGenre: Indie / Alternative / RockFrom: Leeds/London, United KingdomSilvertop are three guys from Leeds and one from Italy, who have been based in London for the last 7 years. Describing their sound is, well, a little difficult. 'I Cry You Cry' for example starts like the Red Hot Chili Peppers then it moves on to sound like Ha
News, Reviews & Blood Red Shoes 2007-03-11 19:54:00 A mixed bag of news, reviews, oldies and newbies on todays post. First up a band first featured on the site in January 2007... Kill The YoungGenre: Alternative / Rock / PunkFrom : Manchester, United KingdomOne of the Devil's favourite new UK group Kill The Young will have 3 brand new tracks up on their Myspace site from Tuesday 13th March. The 3 tracks are promos and are a taster for their forthcoming 2nd studio album. The tracks that you can listen to are: 1.Saturday Soldiers2. She's Got It All3.We Are The Birds & The Bees We Are The Telephone Trees !!!!So put Tuesday 13th March in your diary to make a trip to their site and be prepared to have your life changed for ever.Kill The Young - Myspace // WebsiteGigs6 Apr 2007, 20:00, Live & Loud @ The Cygnet Club, Congleton, Northwest;11 Apr 2007 , 20:00, Curious Generation @ Night And Day Cafe, Manchester;and next another band featured on the blog over the past couple of weeks...The Sharp TonguesGenre: Rock / Rock / Rock From: Toront Read more:Blood
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Dirtblonde Polemic 2007-03-16 21:06:00 I want nothing this societys got. Im going underground.In a slight departure from the norm tonights post is dedicated to a debate started by a Liverpool band called Dirtblonde who featured on the Devil's site last year. Earlier this week Ivan from Dirtblonde issued a bulletin on Myspace that made me think, which is more than most Myspace bulletins do. In a world where the NME claims that Lily Allen is indie we need bands with intelligence and integrity, like Dirtblonde, more than ever. I'm posting the full bulletin unedited for you to make your own mind up. All I say is read it, digest it, send it on to your friends just don't ignore it, and, if you agree, email Dirtblonde and tell them that they are not alone... Yeah!We're going underground, out of Myspace and into the dark. Pretty soon we'll delete our Myspace account.If everyone else is on Myspace, if every band is on Myspace, then it's enough reason for us NOT to be there. Stopping following stupid trends like sheep. Whats th
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