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Saturday, 30 January 2010 11:56 | Written by Dylan 'YouSir' Orchard
Just a quick note to remind people about the Net Label Coalition and the forums we host for it; it's an organisation designed to bring the net label and free music communities closer together, both to debate the issues facing our movement and to promote a sense of 'belonging', for want of a better word. It already has some of the top labels there are signed up, including such bastions of good, CC music as blocSonic, Planet Terror, Rack & Ruin, WM Recordings and a load more worthy of note. So, have a look by clicking the image above, spread the word, join the forums by, post up some random pictures of kittens, indulge in needlessly aggressive arguments, plug your new album, go crazy.
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ETHX - Boom To BloomFriday, 29 January 2010 17:31 | Written by Dylan 'YouSir' Orchard
It's a rarity within the CC world to come across a new album, from an act you don't know which does in fact have some star quality to it. Not that fame is any measure of quality of course, but discovering something with one third/half of Political/Alternative Hip-Hoppers 'The Coup' making some notable contributions still appeals at least a little to my sense of celeb stalking. Of course any notion of that would rely on you having heard of 'The Coup' in the first place, which I'm sure many haven't, but seek out some of their stuff nonetheless; it should make for a worthwhile listen. (READ MORE) The Adelit@s - Un Solo Grito ReviewMonday, 25 January 2010 16:20 | Written by Ross McCleary
I got about 45 seconds into the first track before deciding that The Adelit@s were awesome, and therefore worthy of review. It’s a tad rough around the edge in terms of production but the songs jump out at you and have an incredibly infectious energy. The four songs range from mid-tempo to frantically-fast and dance across a variety of styles in the most wonderfully fun and listenable way. From bouncy country segments (‘Hay Que Luchar’) to mid-tempo punk to frantically-fast trash riffage; each song is filled with two or three enjoyable surprises. Lyrically it’s pretty well written anarcho-punk aggression. Discussing topics like immigration and revolution with a strong conviction that transcends the fact that the lyrics are actually in Spanish and I had to get the band to send me translations. You can just feel the passion. (READ MORE) Texture - Aphasia ReviewFriday, 22 January 2010 01:14 | Written by Dylan 'YouSir' Orchard
Coming from the head honcho of Scottish net label Black Lantern Music, which is also home to much loved TCUC fave - Godmanwho; Aphasia is a reasonably full EP of Trip-Hop/Alt. Hip-Hop which stakes a firm claim for BLM's position as one of the top labels out there. (READ MORE) Sidearm – Don’t Cry Help Until You’re Dead ReviewTuesday, 19 January 2010 00:52 | Written by Ross McCleary
The songs on this EP by British rockers Sidearm are great. That’s the theme of this review and, as I currently see it, most of the reviews I shall be doing from now on. I will also keep this as short as possible simply because if an album is good enough for me to review, the songs are going to be cohesive enough that describing every track would get repetitious. So here we go. (READ MORE) |
