Editorial

Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and back! To all those who were luck enough to get to Give It A Name this year will know what a rejuvenation it was. The UK's young upstart rock festival has proved… …more»

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• Maria Lax
  Our new Finnish correspondant on the impact of a little known Eurovision band...
• James McLaren
  Sound Nation's editor on The Internet, Profile Sites and Viral Marketing
• Orianne
  Rock Pics' Photographer Orianne takes a walk through the French rock scene

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Media & Interactive Goodies

Goodies for your perusal also include live mp3 and video streams of the latest alternative bands…

Plus online radio, e-cards and other random online stuff!

New goodies this week include THINK:FIRE, BANGBANGBANG! and JAGUAR LOVE …more»

The Big Feature

HORSE THE BAND

Whatever you make of their electro riffing, "Nintendocore"-branded mob Horse The Band just can't be ignored. With hardcore heart and sample-infused riffs, they've shunned the easy path, blowing their credit cards for a self-booked and self-financed world tour. In our new interview, Erik Engstrom tells us about bribing border guards, and why "the underground" no longer exists in the original sense. It's all here.

Elsewhere on the site right now... LIGHTS. ACTION! on riding tigers onstage... DAMN THIS DESERT AIR on what's come out of Nora, Instruction and Elemae... STAPLETON on their past, present and future... MAYBESHEWILL on deceptively rude artwork... THE TRUTH ABOUT COMETS on their Botch-bothering new demo... and last but by no means least, KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES give us a track-by-track of their debut album...

From the moshpit, we bring you reports on GLASSJAW, ROLO TOMASSI, ELLIOT MINOR, LIGHTS. ACTION!, BLAKFISH and THROATS and MATHS. There's Reviews of CULT OF LUNA, 36 CRAZYFISTS, NINE INCH NAILS, DOWN I GO, TORCHE and more... There's also Videos and Music from MESHUGGAH, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, and WEEZER...

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CANCER BATS… BLAKFISH… DOWN I GO… LIGHTS. ACTION!… HORSE THE BAND…
RIP Punktastic Recordings… Track-By-Track: KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES - Smart Casual… The Bluffer's Guide to NICK CAVE…

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