How to sum up Pauline Black’s biography Black By Design. I could try and get away with a tabloid style headline, but that might not tell the…
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Charting the rise of one of the most successful rock bands of our times. Christopher Brown tells of the highs of Tennessee’s finest, ahead of their UK…
Why...? Why Creation? Why is it that I don't give a damn about the occasional scratch or bruise about my person but if anyone even puts the…
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Since writing part one of this article way back in 1995 I’ve stopped saying things as preposterous as Creation, a consistent record…
We are so pleased to feature Tom Waits in With Guitars especially with the band and artist choices he wrote; But I must point out, in the…
With Guitars has took a long hard look at Geffen Records and we have picked out (in no particular order) the labels ten best artists. So take…
Welcome to our guide to a scatter brained collection of ten artists from the Stiff Records era, for your enjoyment. Throughout the ten years of Stiff Records…
As per usual With Guitars interrupts a band in full swing, still Skindred's bass player finds the time to write his personal Top Ten Of Metal Albums…
There was another great Oxford band before Thom Yorke and co. The Creation Records band charmed and whinged their way into the hearts of critics everywhere. …
POPES OF CHILLITOWN are a six piece Dub/Punk/Ska band from London, who have smashed into the UK scene in the past few years with two extremely well…
As The Cult head back to the studio, we thought it was high time to have a closer look at what was once one of the…
Following on From their ace ‘Anarchy’ album and successful tour Chumbawamba release their next installment titled ‘Showbusiness!’, before embarking on The Showbusiness! Tour On Tour: Hary -…
My Passion have had a number of good years under their collective belts now and the touring demands just don't stop, so when guitarist John Be wrote…
A track by track guide to Skunk Anansie's debut album 'Paranoid and Sunburnt' https://youtu.be/0P0yUagEXBE?list=PLWx13JEPcJWePMcZVtWFZkRKGvLmkdJEx Selling Jesus Ace: "Our first single. This is about the religious people…
“…the Manchester mob definitively kick the pop out of the punk with this raw and abrasive track with a hefty dose of Fugazi lurking beneath the surface.”…
The Middlesbrough four-piece kindly took time out of their European Tour to write their Top Ten Albums feature. Jimmy And The Sounds brand of indie-pop should be…
With the considerable sub-editing talents of Captain Sensible, and our debt of thanks to Adrian T’Vell who bravely, back in ‘91, originally took on the mammoth Damned…
KONTAKTE are a London-based Instrumental band signed to Drifting Falling Records. Still none the wiser? They have been described as thus, “Hypnotic, Textural, Cinematic Noise.” Check Out…
SCOTT CAUSER’S TOP TEN INDIE ALBUMS As the main man behind Northern Star, which brings some of the best psychedelic and independent music? Scott came to With…
Beerzone formed in Crawley, Sussex in early 1997 with the sole intention of making fun of a dreadful UK music scene dominated by pop/pap, boy bands and…
The Stranglers have comfortably sailed past their 35th anniversary and are well equipped for many new adventures. As they embark on another Tour, JJ Burnel compiled, in…
Icelandic noise-mongers Minus have been rumbling up a storm across the UK throughout recent times, and back in 2004 we caught up with them after a coveted…
We gave Insect Guide a slighly blinkered choicem and what did the go and do? Teach us that there us a kind of worthy ‘pop’ out there.…
Amongst critical gushing, French for Cartridge have been reviewed as “Mary Pippins on an acid trip” as well as described both as “odd” and “infectious” in the…