Enough time has passed for me to face the prospect of even mentioning Gnarls Barkley again. The first few times I heard ‘Crazy’, it gave me the goosebumps, but over the months it became an unstoppable juggernaut, seemingly following me from place to place, in its original form or transformed into the thousands of covers, [...]

Rating: A masterful blend of the floor-fillers and ballads which made them popular
On the first spin, its blatantly clear that ‘Made In The Dark’ is not ‘The Warning Mk. 2′. Split into two distinctive halves, the band tend towards heavier electronics on their dance tracks, and have really become masters at their clincher, the pop-balled. [...]

This could just be a momentous occasion- the night that music first became truly free. Qtrax, a service which has been in development for years now, if available for beta download at 12PM tonight.Qtrax is “the worlds first, 100% legal and free Peer-2-Peer music application”. The premise is simple- adverts around the browser are used [...]

I’m feeling really uninspired today- creativity is out of the question- and a couple of great bands have been literally festering in my inbox for a while now. Well, today, your time has come.
The Mission District- An interesting one, this. Canadian 6-piece The Mission District sound as if they know exactly what they’re doing, and [...]

Rating: A charming, almost perfect debut
Dev Hynes is a pretty special person. You might say I’m jumping the gun here, but on the evidence of Test Icicles and his new Lightspeed Champion album, he’s not going anywhere other than up. In reference to the title, given the multi-genre nature of Test Icicles and his acoustic [...]

Captain- Spoils
I had pretty much removed Captain from my collective memory until I saw NME reviewing a new album track, ‘Animals’, on their website. I’m not here to talk about that track, because I have something else, a demo version of ‘Spoils’, a song which clearly signals a change in direction for the band.
This really [...]

CRS- Us Placers
I’ve only recently heard ‘Us Placers’, the first (of hopefully many) releases by CRS, or Child Rebel Soldier. This could also be short for ‘Crossover Supergroup’, given the pedigree of talent in this three-piece side project.
Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams are all artists that can confidently hold their own as [...]

Today, I’m going to introduce you to the newest feature of The Cold Cut, ‘The Cool’. Mixtapes are the lifeblood of many blogs, and I feel optimistic that they could become a respected feature of The Cold Cut. ‘The Cool Vol I’ is my first foray into this area of music blogging, and I hope [...]

Just thought I should keep everyone at bay- I’ve got a couple of exams at the moment, so there won’t be any updates until after tuesday, when I have my final exam….

Rating: “Anthemic Music For Dummies”
British Sea Power. Even the band name has something totally underwhelming about it. And true to form, two albums in, the Brighton four-piece have yet to make a noticeable impact on indie (with album numero 2,’Open Season’, charting at number 13). That may be all about to change, and so will [...]

One of the things I most enjoy about the burgeoning popularity of this blog is the band submissions. A couple of months ago I started to receive a trickle of emails from up-and-coming bands, which has now developed into a proverbial torrent of emails in my inbox. Its a great feeling when people start [...]

About 8 seconds into Destroy Cowboy’s ‘1000 Candles’ a huge electronic klaxon kicks it. That sound announces the arrival of an important band. Fronted by affable publicity-machine Steve State, and comprising Andy Porteous on guitar and ‘keys’ (as they put it), Andy Moore on bass, Ryan O’Donoghue on guitars and Kieran Petvin on drums, this [...]

Christmas is great fun. Not only do you eat, drink and generally live the life of a slob, you get to spend it with family and friends. I had a great Christmas. There was much gluttony: roast dinners, turkey pies, turkey this, turkey that. Some great presents (a non red-ring of death Xbox 360- touch [...]

Just to let you all know that I’m trying out new ad formats and themes, so just bear with me. Oh, and let me know if you love/hate something. I need to know what fits with The Cold Cut.

Probably for the first time ever on The Cold Cut, I get to combine two of my greatest passions: music, and Apple. And before I hear numerous cries of ‘Fanboy!’, let me state my case. Just a few days ago, Apple’s computer market share broke 8%. Their shares now lie at somewhere around $200, when [...]

In the wake of my recent post about British bands to watch in 2008 (which, for the hungover, it now is), there is no way Pete And The Pirates aren’t getting a mention.
If you can get past the name (just as with Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong), then we’re all set. New single, [...]