unsigned bands from Huddersfield, Fresh

Examiner CD reviews: The Enemy are clearly in love. Jul 06 2009

THE ENEMY: Sing When You’re In Love. Widescreen homage to the intensity of new found love with a chorus that’s out to get you – and it does. It also captures the sensation it’s out to grab. Read

Fresh: Music reviews Jun 29 2009

KID A: WasnotwasSomething of a cymbal-bashing teen soul drone that’s stripped right down to basics and has the annoyingly repetitive line “your lips are like they’re on fire.’’ Read

FRESH: Melanie’s still got the magic Jun 15 2009

Review: Artists: Melanie Venue: Sheffield City Hall Read

FRESH: Bands battle for a place at Leeds and Reading Festivals in Futuresound competition Jun 15 2009

Music, cockpit Read

New music reviews Jun 15 2009

CAROLINA LIAR: Show Me What I’m Looking For. It’s big, chiming and, at its peak, ridiculously accomplished. This is striving for pop perfection and at the production helm is Max Martin who penned hits that launched the careers of Pink, Britney Spears and Katy Perry. Read

Huddersfield band Kava Kava sign US record deal May 25 2009

THEY say it’s so hard to crack the US market. Read

Morrissey adds extra dates in Leeds and Sheffield to his tour May 25 2009

“WE hate it when our friends become successful and, if they’re northern, that makes it even worse.” Read

CD reviews for May 11 May 11 2009

GREEN DAY: Know Your Enemy. Culled from their eagerly-awaited 8th studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, this is strutting guitar power rock and a repetitive chorus as subtle as a rhino in a glassware shop. In your face and in your brain even if it doesn’t trouble your imagination too much. Read