[LISTEN] Courts - No Lie

Essex five piece Courts return with their signature hazy summer sound and a contagious chorus you won't be able to get out of your head. Making a self confessed 'music with a message' new single 'No Lie' balances energetic vocals, playful guitar solos with an catchy summer beat.

Listen to it below and enjoy!

Track of the week... Morning Parade - On Your Shoulders

This track starts as any other Morning Parade song, with the word anthem thrown upon it! The guitar (think the start of 'Ares' by 'Bloc Party') and Steve build the tension up at the beginning, then a tumbling guitar comes in and the track gains body, the drums kick in and the synths then become apparent as everything comes together... WHAM.

The build up then drops into this madness of joyous sound, you are treated with brilliant guitar work and technical drumming, if you are lost in the music no problem, I am, its stunning. When the chorus kicks in it is better than you would think considering this WON'T be on the album. Why the label thought this may not be good enough is beyond me!



The second verse then kicks in and it becomes even more than an anthem, this my friend should be a number one song! The only downside about this track was it is only on 7" vinyl only and download from their newsletter. But I have a 7" rip on my soundcloud account you can listen to below. So there we have it, another 'Monday Morning' (pun) and another out-standing 'Track of the week'

Morning Parade - On Your Shoulders (7" Version) by It's All Indie

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Single Review... Morning Parade - A&E

Morning Parade, a band from Harlow and from their press releases they clearly have ambitions to take over the world.

A&E:
A&E is a collision of Dance, Rock and Indie hooks, it’s a pacey song and clearly lead singer Steve Sparrow loves this song as it involves shredding his guitar, singing at to a high degree, not forgetting Chads guitar powering trough too and Phils bass throbbing away. But this song would be incomplete without the pulsating Keys of Ben and the amazing drum skills of Andy. The whole song is just a orgy of perfection as you can easily see why EMI snapped them up!
Out of 10: 9/10



Marble Attic:
This track is why I got into them, it just illuminated them up to me and provided one of the best surprises I had in 2010. A swooping guitar enters and you are treated to 30 seconds of bliss. Then it drops and Steve enters and sings a cryptic verse.

"Step into the unknown
With the nightmares creeping in
At the bottom of the ocean
You keep looking back, you keep looking back, take a look at yourself"

They always provide brilliant music, regardless if it is a B-Side or not, they want to create tracks for tens of thousands of people to dance to and go crazy, and I am sure they will do that!
Out of 10: 9/10

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Morning Parade - A&E
Out of 10: 9/10

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Track of the week... Flares - Fade Out

Flares have finally come out with a amazing sound. With no music to listen to it is a wonder how they have 450+ people on their facebook page. But strong determination and some good old grit has got them into the local papers and gigging around Essex and London.



The song of the week is called 'Fade Out' and is the most Indie-Rock of the three tracks on the EP, with amazing guitar riffs and hooks, trembling bass and seemingly perfect drumming this three-piece have created quite a stir and when they go back into the studio to do the next EP I can assure you all that it will be just as good (if not better)!

Out of 10: 8/10

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DOWNLOAD: Klaxons - Landmarks Of Lunacy EP

Klaxons have just released their EP upon the world via email, if you haven't got the email don't worry I have all the relevant links and such and such here.

"" There are periods of time that we have spent together as a band that the only suitable word that comes close to describing them is "Magical". The three nocturnal weeks spent at Black Box studio in 2008 under the loving guidance of James Ford was undeniably the point where the magic was peaking .

Tales of "Talking Dogs", "A Rotten Apple Named Mr Tabernacle", "The Grid", "Numerous Synchronic And Celestial Moments" and "Rejection" followed but what has remained hidden until this day is the music. Sometimes the only way to let a story release it's full power and potential is to offer it up to the universe.

Yea so enjoy, it's free so remember if it's not that good... it's free. Have a merry Christmas, and if you don't believe in Christmas have a nice December 25th.



1. The Pale Blue Dot
2. Silver Forest
3. Ivy Leaves
4. Wildeflowers
5. Marble Fields

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Track of the day... I Dream In Colour - If You

I Dream In Colour is a lovely band from Essex, they are Richard Judge (Vocals, Guitar, Piano), Peter Judge (Drums), Michael Thackeray (Guitars) and Steve Daniels (Bass). They released their début EP, 'The Boiler Room', in August 2010. It was produced by Iain Gore (Mystery Jets, Libertines) the EP went on to receive rave reviews from Internet bloggers and the likes of BBC 6 Music, Fly Magazine and The Evening Standard.

I Dream In Colour spent their summer tearing up UK festivals such as The Great Escape, The Camden Crawl and Standon Calling. The band released their new single, 'If You', on Monday 4th of October 2010, as a free download and embarked on a UK tour which included sold out shows in Portsmouth, London and back at home in Essex. Coincidentally 'If You' is the track of the day. Below is a description of why this is my track of the day today.



It starts off with a light tumbling guitar and calm vocals Richard effortlessly layers on top. The drum beat kicks in and the guitar becomes louder but not too loud as this track is gentile yet fast enough to bob your head to. The chorus really does remind me of General Fiasco and oh dear god, that's a good thing. Even the vocals and breakdown are uncannily like General Fiasco.

After the breakdown the song picks up again and sends you into amazement once more, this is one of the brilliant things about reviewing Indie bands. How more people don't them is just silly, seriously, download it now. Its Free! This is what Indie is all about, bands like this, just brilliant!

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Track of the week... Morning Parade - Under The Stars

I have already written about this little band from Essex... and for good reasons too. I had them in the top 5 tips for 2011, and judging by this song they are top.

The track starts off with a lovely guitar rhythm, then Steve's vocals kick in and your ears are treated to brilliant singing. The synths played in the background just give this such a atmospheric sound, and it is an excellent addition to what is a brilliant intro. Bass kicks in for a bit then it all faded away to more majestic synths.

"I'm gonna set my sight, I'm gonna set you soul alight"

I can only assume this is Steve (and indeed the band) giving us a glimmer of what is to come.



A kick back in with a swooping guitar, heavy bass and those oh so infectious synths. The drums kick in and with all of the factors I have already mentioned this is just a epic song to listen to. I am so pleased this sounds just as good as it does live. You can easily get so excited (on the first listen) to when Steve's vocals kick in and you think "ITS HERE!" The verse after the break is just unrivaling. I mean the production is top notch too, and this can easily make or break a song, it only helps it here.

The track drops again around the 2:30 mark, and goes into a guitar that sounds like it is being assaulted because it is being played so well. Back again into the bridge and chorus this song has so much momentum behind it and you can't help to think... don't end. But the ending is the reverse of the intro, and it just completes the track in such a breathtaking way.

The single is out 29th November 2010 on 7" Vinyl. Expect a download too with a possible b-side and remixes (they are on EMI after all).



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