With a title hinting at their big budget spat with Virgin Records, former Hollywood swoonfest turned emo overlord Jared Leto leads his novelty rock act 30 Seconds To Mars in following up A Beautiful Lie… with a bigger budget version of the same. Predictably, the title is as feisty as this record gets.
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Film scores are intrinsically tied into your experience of a movie. They can help you subliminally decide by the end credits if you really take a film to heart or decide that it should’ve went straight to DVD. The task of adding the right music to a film is doubly daunting when it’s an adaptation…

Ah, the reunion tour – the cash cow that never loses its value. And, based on tonight’s evidence, we can’t say no to them. After all, in the midst of a recession the O2 is packed to the gills with punters, most of whom paid more than a pretty penny to be there. Adding to…

There’s nothing quite like a live album to make you expect disappointment. Although Youtube has been accused of helping kill off the genre, the live album still stands as a grand testament to a band’s success. And while the majority of live albums are devoid of the magic of the moment, orchestral group Efterklang have…

First thought upon playing The Veronicas second album – hang on a second, weren’t they supposed to rock? If not rock, then a little edgier than the usual pop claptrap? Despite their punky roots and heavily stylised rocker image, The Veronicas have set aside any rock leanings in favour of a more universal electro-pop sound,…

Since Baddies debut album Do The Job… landed in my hands, it’s been on constant spin. With the catchy, anthemic choruses bolstered by fast and furious post-punk attitude, the debut affirmed why Baddies are increasingly one of the most talked about bands of the moment. Despite coming up with the goods on record, the live

Following on from 2007′s well-received It’s Not How Far You Fall’¦… album, British electronic duo Soulsavers have once again enlisted the services of Mark Lanegan to vocalise their film soundtrack-esque experimentations for their third release. Although he still lords over proceedings, Lanegan is joined for the first time by an array of well known musical

Stop Screaming, Start Dreaming – surely a slogan befitting these recessionary times? While not exactly ‘Clash City Rockers’ in the protest stakes, debut release from Dubliners the Dirty 9s has enough pop-rock angst to shout about at least. Produced by Greg Haver of Manics/Super Furry Animals fame,

With their fourth release British electronic duo Zero 7 appear keen to show they have more ammunition at their disposal than their output to date has suggested. In a statement unveiling the release of Yeah Ghost…, Zero 7 stated that the upcoming LP would see the tempo of their songs “ratcheted right up”, despite

‘Thanks for showing some old men some love’, Richie Egan tells the heaving throng in Whelan’s as The Redneck Manifesto‘s return gig in the capital draws to a close. It’s been over a year since we last had the pleasure of seeing this band onstage and in their prolonged absence young upstarts like Adebisi Shank…

The summer is coming to a close for Irish hard rock fans, but not before metal giants Metallica returned to Dublin’s Marlay Park for the second year running, with a medley of impressive support acts in tow. Despite Lamb of God and Thin Lizzy dropping off the bill, this promised to be an essential live…

Shaking off the ghost of the long defunct Distillers was never going to be an easy task for Brody Dalle and cohort Tony Bevilacqua. But by trying out new influences other than punk throttle by numbers, they have ensured Spinnerette are not The Distillers Part Two, a feat successfully managed without losing any of that…

For the first few moments of A Thousand Blind Windows, I was expecting the ensuing EP to be a draining and morose experience. The track in question is not distinctly memorable, requiring more than a few spins for its intricacies to be revealed.

The third album from London-based band The Veils sees the foursome continue where their sophomore release Nux Vomica left off. An arguably more ambitious outing, the latest record comprises of ten tracks which are at turns epic and instant, and at the same time ominous yet optimistic.
The Veils chose wisely by appointing the elegiac…