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Vivian Girls

Although only a band for a little more than a year, the Vivian Girls charms have already worked their magic on their short road to “out of nowhere” status. With their irresistable mix of 60’s girl-group sounds, punk, post-punk and shoegaze, the ‘Girls have mastered blurring the lines of genres and coming up with something aggressive yet beautiful; simple, gutsy music with a lot of class and melody. Read the full article.....

Logan

Logan is a five piece hard rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Their self-funded debut album First Leaf Fallen was released in 2003 and they followed this up with Welcome to the Wasteland a year later, building an impressive UK fan base the two releases selling in excess of 8,000 copies.Read the full article.....

Frank Turner

For three long and often lonely years of life on the road, plying a brand of honest and passionate folk/punk, Frank Turner continued to rise to prominence with an ever increasing following. But it was in the sweaty climes of the Lock Up Stage at Reading and Leeds 2008 that his solo career really started to take off. Inside the packed out tents, heaving with adoring fans and intrigued passers-by, Frank led the congregation in a mass sing-a-long; a stirring set that not only sparked the interest of the British mainstream but resonated unassumingly across the pond as a wealth of American punk bands watched approvingly from the sidelines.Read the full article.....

The Rakes

The Rakes-Bio

There's some confusion over how The Rakes actually came to being. Ask them and they'll talk of a show of solidarity outside a local Weatherspoons, or of fights in the library over who was going to borrow some novel or other. Whatever, it's unlikely that the story will ever become clear. What is becoming clear, however, is the fact that The Rakes are emerging as one of the most significant London bands to emerge in recent years.

The last twelve months have been a blur of incendiary live shows, excited appraisals. There's no sign of things letting up either; the forthcoming 'Retreat' draws from a sophisticated musical palette. And while 2005 is seeing their already punishing schedule get even tougher, the strength of character within the band is such that The Rakes just seem to take things resolutely in their stride. There's Alan Donohoe: a singer and vivacious reader who draws lyrical inspiration from the most unlikely of places. Guitarist Matthew Swinnerton, whom producer du jour Paul Epworth has called 'a genius - so effortlessly doing all the things Bruce Gilbert was doing all those years ago in Wire, but with a modern slant.' And then there's calm, collected bassist Jamie Hornsmith and maniac drummer Lasse Petersen, whose increasingly notorious on the road antics were recently described by one writer as 'unprintable'.

In fact, with such a disparate mish-mash of strong personalities, but while they may be endlessly entertaining as people, they could not be anymore serious as a musical proposition. Their chaotic performances continue to dazzle, while their forthcoming, Epworthproduced debut album will highlight the lyrical and musical eloquence of which most other hyped London bands are bereft, but which The Rakes unquestionably have. Truly, their story has only just begun. 

 

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