CD of the week Saturday Nights And Sunday Mornings by Counting Crows

5:57pm Friday 9th May 2008

Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings Counting Crows out now on Geffen Records Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings is a game of two halves kicking off with 1942 a layered rock track moving from light into dark and back again.

review of The Damned

6:44pm Sunday 4th May 2008

The Damned 12 Bar, Westcott Place, Swindon Well I'll be Damned! Captain Sensible plus ludicrous red beret still has that fire in his belly and thunderclap guitar that ricochets from wall to wall.

My Favourite album

1:11pm Monday 14th April 2008

Guitarist Michael King from Swindon said: "Sometimes unfairly mocked, Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms had a great impression on me. Mark Knopfler's guitar playing and song writing served as a gateway to the exploration and discovery of other wonderful people. Through Knopfler that I discovered Clapton and through Clapton, Hendrix."

	Ozric Tentacles
	12:46pm Mon 14 Apr 08
	Ozric Tentatacles The Furnace Nightclub Commercial Road Swindon Mystic magic and pure rocking excitement fairly explodes from this four piece of unmeasurable talent.

	Album of the week Nizlopie Make It Happen
	12:09pm Mon 7 Apr 08
	REVIEW NizlopiMake it happen FDM Records £12 Remember the JCB song? This album has so much more to say about the band than their Christmas novelty number one hit.

Review of Joseph by Ros Hollands

1:38pm Wednesday 2nd April 2008

T REVIEW JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT WYVERN THEATRE Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat stormed into town this week with televisions Any Dream will Do and Grease contestants at the helm.

Album of the week Little Dreams by Enjoy Destroy

10:16am Friday 28th March 2008

Little Dreams by Enjoy Destroy. Released this week available at HMV and all good record stores Enjoy Destroy are a band that bathe their 11-track album in forceful melodies, with stand up and be counted lyrics and US West Coast sound. Right off the bat this is a CD to be reckoned with from the rolling drum intro on Mactier, to a guitar solo to die for in Cities. Little Dreams is the single with a fluffy intro that leads to a retro rock feel that blows you away. LBJ has a stonking, finger-picking guitar and machine gun drum meld while Hospital Bed has some pretty, lilting guitar with delicate vocals and a strong message: Seize the day. It also has a gorgeous blues guitar solo.This is not a rock band at war with itself, every instrument has its place and dovetails precisely with the others.

	Single of theWeek Ben’s Brother Stuttering
	2:01pm Fri 21 Mar 08
	This single has been scooped up by a national bubblegum company to use in its advertising campaign and it is easy to see why.

Review of Stainer’s Crucifixion

9:31am Tuesday 18th March 2008

Stainer's Crucifixion Seventeen Singers sang The Crucifixion during the Palm Sunday service in St Markâ?s Church, Swindon. Dan Chamberâ?s choirmaster and organist directed the augmented Church Choir in a moving rendition of Stainerâ?s work. Michael Enrightâ?s rich, mellow bass voice was well chosen for the role of Jesus which he sang with great musicality and sensitivity.

Review of Matt Wates at Swindon Jazz Society

9:27am Tuesday 18th March 2008

With the March gig, Swindon Jazz Society ended its longest run, of some six years plus, of promoting regular, top quality jazz in the town.

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