THE CHAKRAS – ROCKY (VOCALS) OBELISK ARENA
1. Who are you most looking forward to seeing at this year’s Latitude festival across the Arenas (Obelisk, Uncut, Comedy, Theatre, Literary and Poetry, Film & Music) and why?
Saw Nick Cave in Dublin Castle and was ridiculously impressed with the performance, he’s not a small man, really looking forward to Spiritualised, Editors and Doves as well but probably looking forward most to wandering around and finding new bands.
2. What aspect of Latitude Festival interests you the most and why?
Place to find interesting new music …

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In a moment of utter procrastination last week, I decided to troll through some of the hundreds of largely unknown bands who have added me on MySpace since I got it last month. Well, let me tell you something: if you want reams of decent music, MySpace is not the place to go. After thirty five minutes of utter garbage, or even worse, indifferent attempts, I began to find some good stuff. Here’s a round up of a few bands I really liked…

Susie Ledge: This South London songstress is brilliant. …

For those of you who don’t know, Metric is a Canadian New Wave/Rock band. They formed in 1998 in NYC and are currently based in NY, LA, Montreal, Quebec & Ontario.
The band are: Vocalist Emily Haines,  guitarist James Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key. Their first full-length album, Old World Underground, Where are you now?, was released in 2003 and won a Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. Live it Out was released on October 4, 2005 and was nominated for the several awards including Polaris Award for Canadian Album of the …

I am loving Vagabond this week, so check them out below. I’d recommend these wonderful guys for fans of Snow Patrol, Maroon 5, Blur and the suchlike…

Their brand new single, which can be heard above, is titled Sweat (Until The Morning) and is out on June 8th. You can pre-order the album here.
And while I’ve got you pre-ordering, don’t forget Jack Savoretti’s second album, Harder Than Easy, which is now available to pre-order at Play, Amazon and HMV.. Here’s a little sample from his fantastic debut album, released a while …

Norwich folkies Adelaide’s Cape have been kind enough to provide us with an exclusive bedroom demo version of a brand new song called Stay, which can be heard below. Formed in 2006, the band are currently playing shows around East Anglia and Cambridgeshire, to critical acclaim from local press and radio. They’re looking for any and all gigs around their local area, so feel free to get in touch with them via MySpace if you know somewhere near you they should play.
Enjoy the track, and don’t forget to let me …