SaidMike are a five piece synth-rock band from Pontypridd who have been around for over four years performing up and down the country. We sent our roving Welsh reporter/photographer Ceri along to their gig in Swansea and this is what he had to say.
“Robots in Disguise” are an exciting emerging new band, with fantastic songs, amusing videos and a colourful image. I came across Swedish designer Anneli Olander’s beautiful work on myspace and thought she was the perfect lady to visually review the bands latest single “We’re In the Music Biz”
We invited a whole host of creative people to submit their visual interpretations of songs from XFM’s Debut sessions. We then selected the best two “Visual Reviews” which successfully represented the songs. And here they are….
“Into the Wild” is the first solo album from Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder based on his contributions to the soundtrack for the film of the same name.
Part One
Hatcham Social have have been performing up and down the country and even as far as Paris, building up a substantial fan base in the process. We caught up with them after their gig at Manchester’s, Night and Day to delve a bit deeper into their musical background.
When Mexicolas latest album ‘X’ landed on my desk I was filled with excitement and anticipation, I quickly shoved it in the mac and blasted out to everyone in the office, it definitely packed a punch.
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Hatcham Social are three talented guys from South East London, whose organic way of working has yielded them a steady stream of fantastic singles. One of which “Til the Dawn” we gave to Matt Gwynne one of our promising new designers to visually review.
I came across Steve Rack’s eye catching artwork on myspace and I couldn’t help smiling at his fascinating little characters. Its feel good factor is the reason why, I’ve decided to feature his work, and spread this great feeling to everyone.
Mario Sughi is an Italian artist/illustrator living and working in Dublin. We invited Mario to visually review the fantastic album from Dolittle, “Hello To The Fortunate Few”.
SUBvert has been working on a Peter Hook/Hacienda short film. Phase one, we filmed Hacienda’s Xmas Party at Sankey’s, and now we’ve just completed phase two SUBvert’s interview with the legendary man himself at a secret location.
