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Interviews
Male Bonding
Interview
Paul Waller talks to London-based noisy sunshine pop act and recent Sub Pop signing Male Bonding about their just released debut, 'Nothing Hurts', at a show in Canterbury
Live
Besnard Lakes
Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, 26/1/2007
Montreal's Besnard Lakes combine a 60's pop sound with the noisy aesthetic of 1980's New York art rock and shoegaze scene. Andrew Carver watches them play an entertaining psychedelic-influenced pop set at Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa
Blonde Redhead
Conway Hall, London, 17/9/2004
Blonde Redhead's latest album, ''Misery Is A Butterfly'', has just been released on the 4AD label. At the Conway Hall in London watches the long-serving NYC act reject their noisy and abrasive past for something more dreamlike and melodic
Howling Bells
Club Academy, Manchester, 21/10/2006
Back to see Australian indie rockers Howling Bells for the second time in a space of months, Helen Tipping finds their sound more professional, but wasted on a noisy and unresponsive Saturday night crowd at the Manchester Club Academy
Julie Doiron
Mavericks, Ottawa, 4/2/2011
Andrew Carver watches former Eric's Trip singer and now solo artist Julie Dorion, although claiming to be suffering from stagefright, play an increasingly confident and enthusiastically received set of noisy rock at Mavericks on Ottawa
Mission of Burma
Dingwalls, London, 13/5/2010
Anthony Strutt at Dingwalls in London watches an uninspiring set of noisy, repetitive new wave from 1970's Boston-based punks, Mission of Burma
Mogwai
London Shepherd's Bush Empire, 19th April
After partying on a remote Scottish isle, Mogwai's arrival in London looked set to prove to a packed audience that they remain one of the few truly awe-inspiring, noisy and original live acts still around.
Rita Coolidge
Boisdale, London, 17/5/2018
Adam Coxon finds that, despite being showcased in a noisy venue, Rita Coolidge 'surpasses all expectations' when performing select material from new album, 'Safe in the Arms of Time' during a much-awaited four-night appearance in London, where 'she was greeted by the clanging of cutlery'.