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(11/10/2008) [Read More] 'Scathingly observant lyrics' THE BIG INTERVIEW: AISLING AUSTIN Aisling Austin is 24-years-old and has an amazing singing voice. When I say that I don't want you to immediately think of Celine Dion. She is amazing but not that mumsy. ... (25/09/2008) [Read More] Hey-Hey, we're not The Monkeys! THE BIG INTERVIEW: LITTLE MAN TATE Typical ain't it? You cast aside a football career for music to form a band and write songs documenting everyday life, told in a unique Yorkshire lilt ... (25/09/2008) [Read More] WorriedAboutSatan - EP2 CD REVIEW Gavin Miller and Tom Ragsdale met while both were studying at Leeds College of Music. Their eclectic mix of post pop electronica seems influenced by everything from Devo to Mogwai and ... (16/10/2008) [Read more] INCREDIBLE WEAPONS: (Self Titled) CD REVIEW The handwritten note that arrived with this CD wasn't giving anything away. Incredible Weapons are a plinky plonky psychedelic slice of indie power pop - OK, I partially paraphrased that from ... (16/10/2008) [Read more] The pub is alive with the sound of the Von Trapps THE BIG INTERVIEW: THE VON TRAPPS Following a riotous first meeting with the Von Trapps at one of their packed pub shows I know that I had to arrange this interview ... (12/09/2008) [Read More] Showstealer: Last Days of Summer Festival PICTURE SLIDESHOW The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft stole the show at the Last Days of Summer Festival on Bank Holiday Monday ... (27/08/2008) [Read More] Summer festival may have found a leading light LIVE REVIEW: FRUITION The Luton Summer Festival, where great new bands from our area get a real chance to appear in front of a crowd of shoppers, music lovers and tramps in the ... (16/10/2008) [Read More] Dark artists, bright music THE BIG INTERVIEW: WORRIEDABOUTSATAN This week I was lucky enough to get to interview 'the next big thing'. Witnessing the band for myself in the confines of the George pub I am hard pressed to ... (16/10/2008) [Read More] The pub is alive with the sound of The Von Trapps LIVE REVIEW: THE VON TRAPPS Tonight I am socialising and as is common my socialising usually ends with a trip to the George ... (16/10/2008) [Read More] Final curtain falls on promoters' party LIVE REVIEW: GLAMOUR FOR BETTER, PARTYSHANK And so the end is here for Bedford promoters Hungry Bears who have called it a day after bringing to the town bands such as NME-hyped Late of the Pier, ... (16/10/2008) [Read more] Club NME is dead so which way now? BY HAYLEY O'KEEFFE So Club NME Luton is no more - the so called bastion of new music in the town, the chance to see the world's best new music on our collective doorstep ... (05/08/2008) [Read More] In a Field of her own THE BIG INTERVIEW: LAUREN FIELD The musical career of honorary Dunstablian Lauren Field is far-reaching. Cutting her teeth in the West End, Lauren also appeared on the famous 1986 anti-drugs 'It's a Live World' release with ... (16/10/2008) [Read More] Crackdown deal on internet piracy NATIONAL NEWS Internet service providers (ISPs) and the music industry have reached an agreement to clamp down on illegal downloads ... (16/10/2008) [Read More] Ben's a one-man army and wants to keep it that way THE BIG INTERVIEW: SUPERMAN REVENGE SQUAD The Superman Revenge Squad is a funny one, a self confessed 'Squad of One' Ben Parker's lack of friends only serve to add to the melancholic air of his live ... (16/10/2008) [Read More] VBAH - a must for musicians THE BIG INTERVIEW: VANDALISM BEGINS AT HOME Vandalism Begins at Home is an essential resource for the Luton music scene - championing new and established bands in the area ... (16/10/2008) [Read More] The world comes alive to the sound of Joe's music A punk rocker has changed his tune to play the accordion on the latest album of one of the world's most successful classical artists ... (18/07/2008) [Read More] PDM announce summer line-up Luton music promoter PDM have announced a summer of spectacular gig action ... (16/10/2008) [Read more] Exciting bands and well-priced drinks LIVE REVIEW: SUPERMAN REVENGE SQUAD, HM RATCATCHERS Once again the George II pub presents two exciting bands all for however much you want to spend on beer and the beer is actually quite cheap ... (11/07/2008) [Read More] Putting town on tour map THE BIG INTERVIEW: DTA PROMOTIONS DTA promotions was started in 2005 by East London born Dave Brady and pals Tom Jackson and Andy O'Hara. After finishing university the trio wanted to find a way for Luton to become recognised ... (02/07/2008) [Read More] Symbo get set to soar THE BIG INTERVIEW: SYMBO In years to come music fans may think back and remember that one Saturday in June 2008, Luton received a visit from Symbo. A rapturous end to their UK tour ensued ... (02/07/2008) [Read More] Metronomy raise the the heart rate to rapid LIVE REVIEW: METRONOMY, CASIO KIDS, ART OF OPPOSITION, DREAM SEQUENCE Metronomy's dancey three-piece DIY disco tonight proves that only they can create tunes as catchy as these ... (17/06/2008) [Read more] 'Bedfordshire gave me a grounding in life' THE BIG INTERVIEW: ANDY PLATTS - MAMAS GUN Jetting all around the world, collaborating with some of the biggest names in music as songwriter, producer, designer and animator sounds the preserve of the uber cool and ultra famous ... (18/06/2008) [Read More] PDM offers fair deal for all THE BIG INTERVIEW: PDM PDM is Luton's only not-for-profit live music organisation. It was founded in January 2005 by tenacious Paul Curry as a way to raise money for the victims of the Boxing Day ... (16/10/2008) [Read More] Loud but lovely with it THE BIG INTERVIEW: A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS Well, it's not every day you get to meet the 'Loudest Band in New York' and in typical rock star fashion they are late ... (16/10/2008) [Read more] A place to see the best LIVE: A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, ARROWS, DON'T MOVE PLAY DEAD! Luton's Club NME has seen some amazing performances. Ra Ra Riot was the best performance by any band ever in the town - until this night. And if there are truly only two or three more NME nights, this was a fitting ending ... (23/05/2008) [Read more] Luton calling LIVE REVIEW: CAZALS, THE CULTURE, SHAPES, PIRATE RADIO There's the smell of Luton in Bedford Esquires tonight, with three of the town's best invading neighbouring territory ... (20/05/2008) [Read more] The svengali of the Luton music scene FEATURE: BY HAYLEY O'KEEFFE For many Luton gig goers the face of DJ John will be as essential viewing on a night out as that bag of chips on the way home ... (16/05/2008) [Read More] The Bear necessities of your musical life FEATURE: HUNGRY BEARS Not lions, not tigers, but Bears. Oh my what a year it's been for two of Bedford's music aficionados. Hungry Bears are to celebrate their first year of rock 'n' roll noise ... (20/05/2008) [Read More] Arrows straight into your soul LIVE REVIEW: ARROWS Enough it seems is enough. It was in this newspaper in February where Arrows' frontman, Mark Drake, proclaimed of the state of music: "We are definitely in our Britpop period of ... (16/05/2008) [Read More] Big labels go looking for the Gang THE BIG INTERVIEW: GUILDEAN GANG Don't say we didn't warn ya. It seems like yesterday that we peered into our crystal ball and plucked out Biggleswade's Guildean Gang as a band to keep your peepers on ... (11/05/2008) [Read More] Guildean Gang - Swirls/Pat Attack SINGLE REVIEW Guildean Gang put out a self-released single, the sun comes out and everything's alright with the world. Coincidence? ... (11/05/2008) [Read more] Life's not boring with this lot around THE BIG INTERVIEW: CAZALS Cazals are just about ready to explode. They release new single, 'Somebody Somewhere', on Monday May 12 and then there's a stop off from their UK tour to headline Esquires ... (09/05/2008) [Read More] Future shaping up nicely for Luton band Home-grown heroes Shapes have announced a co-management deal with an industry 'legend' who has returned to the music business after surviving a major cancer scare and the tour manager for ... (08/05/2008) [Read more]	Catch Horselover Fat absolutely free GIG PREVIEW Horselover Fat were by far for me the stand out act at Dislocation festival. And tonight you can see them in a nice little pub for free ... (11/10/2008) [Read More] Red Light Company GIG PREVIEW Things sure do move fast in the modern world. Red Light Company were formed in 2007 after singer/guitarist Richard Frenneaux and American bassist Shawn Day chatted on the Internet from across the pond (16/10/2008) [Read more] The Floyd Effect GIG PREVIEW Pink Floyd tribute band The Floyd Effect perform all the techno rockers' greatest hits at Bedford Civic Theatre on Friday at 7.30pm. Tickets are £15 from the CBO on 01234 ... (16/10/2008) [Read more]