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Feb 25 2012
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2012, Album, InMe, New Music, Review

InMe – The Pride (2012)

InMe - The PrideI’ve had my eye on this one for a while. Another album financed via the Pledge Music website, InMe have been providing samples, demos and behind the scenes snippets for the last few months during the creation of The Pride. All those little appetisers indicated The Pride was going to be good and now it has been released I can finally enjoy the main meal.

I was a big fan of InMe’s early material although I hadn’t heard much of the last two albums I gave them a whirl again when the Pledge Music project launched. Having heard those albums again so recently, The Pride doesn’t feel like any sort of radical departure. It sounds like you’d expect an InMe album to sound and that’s no bad thing. Continue reading →

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Feb 24 2012
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2012, Evanescence, New Music, Single, Video

Evanescence – My Heart Is Broken (2012) [video]

Evanescence have just released the video for their new single ‘My Heart Is Broken’.

It’s the second release from their excellent return-to-form album Evanescence (which was in my Top Ten albums of 2011). 

Click the link to watch the video now. Continue reading →

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Feb 22 2012
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2012, Halestorm, Live, Review, Shinedown

Shinedown / Halestorm @ O2 Academy Glasgow 16th February 2012

Liberty Lies, Halestorm and Shinedown all on one ticket is a very strong lineup, and I had been looking forward to it for a very long time.

It is shame then that I managed to miss Liberty Lies completely. In truth due to unbelievable car parking conditions I nearly missed Halestorm! Thankfully though, I got in with just a few minutes to spare before Lzzy and the band stormed on stage and blasted through current single ‘Love Bites (And So Do I)‘. Continue reading →

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Feb 21 2012
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2012, Little Vegas Lies, New Band Spotlight, New Music, Video

New Band Spotlight: Little Vegas Lies

Musicscramble are happy to present to you Little Vegas Lies.

Who are you and where do you hail from?
We are Little Vegas Lies, a Brit rock/indie/pop 5 piece guitar band from West Yorkshire.

Please introduce the band members.
Steve (Guitar) Simon(Vocals) Andy(Bass) Lee(Guitar) Craig(Drums)

How would you describe your sound?
We have a very British sound to our music which follows in the footsteps of The Beatles, The Who, Stone Roses, Verve and Oasis which ranges from melancholy, laid back arrangements  to uptempo, guitar driven songs.

People will like your music because…
We have an honest, grass roots sound to our music which lacks pretense, and focuses on melody above all else.

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Feb 19 2012
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2012, Album, Review, Soundtrack

Themes For An Imaginary Film (2012)

Our sister website Moviescramble has just posted a review of an album soundtrack for a film which didn’t exist!! You can read the whole review for Themes For An Imaginary Film over there now…

A bit of a stretch this one for a movie review site. A review of the 2012 album Themes for an Imaginary Film by the band Symmetry featuring Johnny Jewel and Nat Walker.

During the making of the 2011 film Drive, the director Nicolas Winding Refn and star Ryan Gosling approached Johnny Jewel to provide the score. Jewel is a prolific musician and producer for a number of acts on the Italians do it better label including The Chromatics and Desire. The Chromatics album Night Drive (2007) had been extensively used while location scouting for the film took place. A score was produced by ultimately not taken up as the production turned into a much bigger deal than first thought and seasoned film composer Cliff Martinez was drafted in. The soundtrack retained some input from Jewel in the form of a Desire track and a Chromatics track (both featuring the two members of Symmetry) . Since the film was released there has increased speculation that the unused score was superior to the official one and it would receive some sort of release. Continue reading on moviescramble →

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Feb 17 2012
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2012, Halestorm, New Music, Single, Video

Halestorm – Love Bites (So Do I) (2012)

Halestorm are back with the first single from their new album The Strange Case Of… and it is entitled ‘Love Bites (And So Do I)’. The single is another classic slice of Halestorm following on where they left off. You can watch the video after the jump below and make up your own mind, but we at musicscramble love it.

As an aside, I saw Halestorm perform this and a full set in support to Shinedown in Glasgow last night.  It’s the third time I’ve seen Lzzy and the band, and once again believe them a force to be reckoned with.  A full review (I promise) will be posted in the coming days.

And now to the video… Continue reading →

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Feb 13 2012
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2012, Bruce Springsteen, New Music, Single, Video

Bruce Springsteen – We Take Care Of Our Own (2012)

Bruce is back with first single from forthcoming album Wrecking Ball.

By clicking below you can watch the video now and make up your own mind if he still has it after all these years… Continue reading →

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Feb 11 2012
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2012, Feeder, New Music, Review, Single, Video

Feeder – Borders (2012)

A few weeks ago Feeder came back with a new single, ‘Borders’ which is the first from their forthcoming album Generation Freakshow and first new release since charity single ‘Side by Side‘.

I loved Feeder when I heard their second release the Swim EP was back in 1996.  They were a catchy, heavy rock band and for three albums continued to remain heavy and yet always have a hook in the song.

Then they lost their drummer Jon to suicide and (understandably) it all changed. The style of their music changed almost entirely with comeback album Comfort In Sound yet ironically this change led them to much greater commercial success, and a strong set of follow on albums. Continue reading →

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