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B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z D Dark UFO, London, UK. Track: Crash Landing. (MP3) Get Him HereKicking Techno track with such an eerie menace that my cat went and
hid in the next room. A real head thumping attack is maintained through out this piece with wibbles and wobbles from all sorts of undisclosed areas of the musical spectrum. Makes me want to get a glow stick and GO!
(7/10) DL.Dexter, Cardiff, Wales. Track: Son of Sex with Otters. (MP3) Get Them Here American sounding, Husker Du inspired guitar mayhem,
allied with some strong song writing ability and a good hook. Not the most inspiring or original thing your likely to hear this side of Christmas, but with enough youthful exuberance to keep it on your mind for at least
a couple of days. (6/10) DL.Driftwood (Demo) Get Them Here
1. Fade Away. 2. Please Forgive Me. 3. So Brand New. 4. Together Again.Swinging rock which plunders many a good influence to create Driftwood's pleasing demo offering. Nothing fresh or particularly
innovative happening here, but what there is are 4 competent tracks. Please Forgive Me is a roaring, pleading giant of a song in its Neil Youngesque guitargasm assault, raw and rocking. Religious vigour and symbolism
punctuate the croaking, redemption seeking vocals. Fade Away, once again takes the Neil Young guitar attack rock on at full force, which surprises me as they site the Manics and Stereophonics as influences, me thinks
they do themselves a great disservice there. They got more going for them, although some of the lyrics on this track have plunged the Manic's overtly politically and self righteous song lyric book, but do veer to the
cheesy side 'Unemployment is at a high.....' Still some good solid music to smooth over those cracks.So Brand New is the weakest track of the 4, Light weight and throw away compared to the guitar assaults going on
in other places here. Chiming and unexciting. Together Again bring's to mind Gorky's, with the singer's West Wales accent working to good effect in the group chorus. More political lyrics, but mixed with some strangely
weird lines about dogmeat and stuff! A real tidy tune with a rousing chorus. Verdict: A mixed bag, could go either way! The good stuff is verging on great, the bad on mediocre. Keep an eye on them and keep
fingers crossed. (6/10) DL. E Eclipse, The (Demo)1-Scared 2-killing the true self 3-Intelligence to die for 4-My shadow is the real me 5-Scared(acoustic) Blimey it's the new coldplay or one of the
countless other NME championed bands. Quiet, and tuneful it takes a dejected approach on guitar music. Very middle of the road but definitely talented. Can't say im too fussed on the name though. 7/10 (AB) band@theeclipseweb.co.uk
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Ethereal Drains, The. Gateshead, England. Track: Loves on the Tip of Her Tongue. (MP3) Get Them Here Fuzzing and trawling, this little beast of track
chugs along like a head bopping, drug addled Manson family member. Dark, with lots of decadently simple lead buzzing over the top. Reminiscent of Loop in their prime, keep it simple, keep it raw, keep it noisy. They
will never be famous with their sound, but they are definite heroes. (8/10) DL. F Gary Flanagan, Silver Springs, USA. Track: Written on a Napkin. (MP3)
Get Him Here This is going downhill fast.
How much money did this download cost me. I could have saved it to buy some cotton wool buds for my ears. Or paid for a good syringing. Pap pop a la B 52's (circa Rock Lobster). Go away. Leave me alone. I'm struggling
to find something positive to say here. (1/10) DL.Flinch - 'All Day Breakfast' (CD Album) Hailing from Wrexham, Flinch as a 4 piece rock band site themselves as a Indie/Grunge
band. What I hear though is an album of clean, uninspired, middle of the road, rock away under achievement. White collar, clean shaven idea of grunge, with everything sounding dry cleaned and rinsed. Grunge is supposed
to be dirty, but this all sounds so tame, the overdrive pedals are all set on 'can't be arsed' and the power chords have come from the muted dullsville whence they should be sent immediately back. Rev it a bit guys,
this just doesn't have legs or interest. One suspects the problem is a lack of imaginative production, there is some obvious song writing ability (despite some over earnest lyrics.) At times Flinch have an
obvious liking for the epic song writing highs of a band like Pearl Jam, but unfortunately they often sound more like Go West! (4/10) DL. Click on letter for required review section.A
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