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02-03-2010 An apology

In our March 2010 edition we published a mocked up advertisement which some readers may have taken to suggest that the makers of Heinz food products, HJ Heinz Company Limited, are supporters of fascism and the British National Party. However, we accept that this allegation is categorically untrue and that Heinz are not and never have been such supporters. We are happy to correct the position and wish to apologise for any damage caused by making this false allegation.


26-02-2010 Giving Static

Giving Static The members of Factory Floor are as highly charged as the industrial noise they manufacture.


20-11-2009 Darkstar shrug off dubstep for skewered shock pop

Everyone loves dubstep, right? From Pitchfork to NME, people are falling over themselves (…)


02-10-2009 Girth of the new with The Big Pink

Girth of the new with The Big Pink When The Jesus And Mary Chain first started recording demos (…)


23-09-2009 Night bus to hell inspired King Cannibal’s LP

Night bus to hell inspired King Cannibal’s LP A night on the tiles. You stumble your way to a bus stop, board and pass out on the top deck.


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An apology

In our March 2010 edition we published a mocked up advertisement which some readers may have taken to suggest that the makers of Heinz food products, HJ Heinz Company Limited, are supporters of fascism and the British National Party. However, we accept that this allegation is categorically untrue and that Heinz are not and never have been such supporters. We are happy to correct the position and wish to apologise for any damage caused by making this false allegation.

Giving Static

The members of Factory Floor are as highly charged as the industrial noise they manufacture.

Darkstar shrug off dubstep for skewered shock pop

Everyone loves dubstep, right? From Pitchfork to NME, people are falling over themselves (…)

Girth of the new with The Big Pink

When The Jesus And Mary Chain first started recording demos (…)

Night bus to hell inspired King Cannibal’s LP

A night on the tiles. You stumble your way to a bus stop, board and pass out on the top deck.

Joker is dead serious about his purple sound

Joker may only be 20, but already he’s emerging as the most exciting producer to come out of the dubstep boom.

Joe Gideon & The Shark basking in glory thanks to snap of fate’s jaws

If Archie Bronson Outfit had a bigger tour bus, Joe Gideon & The Shark wouldn’t exist.

There was once a band called Bikini Atoll – a quartet. The Archies wanted Bikini Atoll as their support band, but only had space for two on their bus, so singing guitarist Joe Gideon and his sister Viva joined the tour as a blues-punk duo. They haven’t looked back, despite Joe’s early misgivings. “Viva couldn’t play the drums!” he remembers during a pre-show chat at The Free Butt in Brighton. “She was trying to tell me that she could – just give her six weeks! So that’s exactly what we did.”

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South Africa’s boundary bending BLK JKS thinking outside the box

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Label them psych rock, or dub metal, or afro punk, but if there’s one thing you can’t call Johannesburg’s BLK JKS, it’s artless. And people need to already move on from thinking their recent Brandon Curtis-produced debut EP, ‘Mystery’, sounds like a South African version of TV On The Radio. They’re also not the ‘next big thing Diplo discovered’, just because he’s the link to their manager. BLK JKS are simply boundary shattering; anything but a fashion-based fad.

Read more on South Africa’s boundary bending BLK JKS thinking outside the box…

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