November Sat 7 Aldershot West End Centre Mon 9 Oxford Academy 2 Tue10 York Duchess of York Wed 11 Nottingham Bodega Thu 12 Liverpool Academy 2 Sat 14 Coventry Kasbah* Sun 15 Northampton Roadmenders* Mon 16 Brighton Corn Exchange* Tue 17 Southampton University* Thu 19 Exeter Lemon Grove* Fri 20 London Troxy* Sat 21 Tunbridge [...]

Crash of Rhinos Ex-Little Explorer/Jesus years ripping it up in a way no one knows as no one’s heard them yet! Switzerland Derby’s own twiddly/shouty indie rockers Wooderson Trail of dead/Hoover loud indie Malarky At Bar One, Derby Friday 11th September. Probably around £4

Voo are possibly my favourite UK band in existence at the moment, so have a look and see what you think. I think you’ll all agree it’s a lovely video and a great song to boot. (Myspace)

Yes, that’s right! Free! The lovely folks at No Idea records have made a free sampler available for download featuring a selection of upcoming releases from No Idea and it’s associated labels. It’s a right mix of stuff including beast tracks from “Dear Landlord” and “P.S Eliot”, so what are you waiting for? Download it! [...]

If you make it seems to be one of my favourite sites as of late, not only did it introduce me to the awesome Get Bent, but it seems to filling up with even more great music. One of those new uploads is the Football, etc. demo which everyone seems to be currently going crazy [...]

Washington Indie Rockers Monument have made their entire back catalogue available for free download here. I’d recommend the 7″(the first 3 tracks) as it’s one of my favourite purchases of all year, just fun, happy and VERY good. Give it a go if you like Cap’n Jazz, the usual blah blah blah…. And on another [...]

Hi All, welcome to Basic Text, a little project I started to try and get some bands some more exposure. I think navigation is pretty much self explanatory if you use the side bar to your right. The upcoming events section is designed to highlight any gigs coming up in the Midlands area, so if [...]