
Fearsome self styled "Shriekbeat" act KASMs are London-based Rachel Mary Callaghan, Gemma Fleet, Scott R. Walker and Rory Brattwell. All four members have been other bands: Rachel was the singer in spazzcore band Sin o the East, along with Rory on guitar; Gemma was in London based grunge-pop band Wolfie; Scott was in an ethnic/improv band called Aum Sahib and Rory was in quite a few bands, the most well known being short-lived NME favorites Test Icicles. During their first year together they have played in New York, Paris, Berlin, Milan and toured the UK with contemporaries Televised [...]

GIITTV's Bill Cummings spoke exclusively to ace Welsh rapper/remixer Akira The Don(born Adam Narkiewicz). His second album 'The Life Equation" is released later this year, which he promises is 'a massive pop record - massive and pop like New Order, or Meatloaf, or The Supremes'In advance he's put together an exclusive free track to celebrate the release of Street Fighter 4. Appropriately named 'Street Fighter', another idiosyncratic joint from the magician of samples, featuring three rappers skitting on Childhood fights it's a grimey slice of old school hip-hop containing mashed up sound bites from the [...]
We're into the final dying days of 2008, what a year, things will never be the same again that's for sure! So after an exaustive set of vote counting, and some long nights spent at our keyboards. We present our Reader's top 30 albums of 2008 taken from our shortlist of 50 Writer's albums of 2008(at the bottom of this page) are you still with me?Good. Unlike some publications that use 'industry' panels or allow one person veto on a list, all of the artists below gained placings through votes cast. So pour yourself a stiff one, sit back relax [...]
SWN IS SOON: A FESTIVAL PREVIEW: SWN FESTIVAL 2008. SWN means 'sound' especially of a loud, harsh confused kind, deafeaning noises. There will be plenty of it during this festival of music, art and film taking place across Venues in Cardiff, from the 14th to the 16th November 2008 (with opening night party on 13th November). In its second year the event founded and organised by local movers DJ Huw Stevens and label honcho John Rostron takes on more of a local feel, rooting it self more firmly to the bosom of the Welsh music scene, [...]
FREE MP3 DOWNLOADS: SMALL CREW- BOXING DAY SMALL CREW- GETTING UP GIITTV singles club releases "Boxing Day" and "Getting Up" free double a-side single available on www.godisinthetvzine.co.ukf rom the 26/12/07 In its third digital release the GIITTV singles club (an offshoot label of the cult music/culture webzine www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk) releases the double A-side "Boxing Day/Getting up" from beat combo Small Crew. Released as a free digital download on Boxing Day itself (so you won't forget what it's called). http://www.godisinthetvzine.co .uk/content/content_detail.php ?id=2145&type=Fea... [...]
Hi, I bring you news of our latest singles club release and three big interviews: In its second download the GIITTV zine singles club http://www.godisinthetvzine.co .uk ("the cult record label/zine" Artrocker) releases "A Knife A Camera and a Bang" taken from The Sailplanes debut album, as free download single on the 26th of November. Free bside "Strangers" will also come as part of the release. Icy cold, sharp as a knife and infinitely more devastating, "A Knife, A Camera, A Bang" harnesses the military rhythmic precision of Can and Einsturzende Neubaten, and the [...]
Hi and welcome to your semi regular GIITTV zine update. Check out the site now as its undergoing some what of a transformation, including a new layout, colours and some twee wallpaper of your own chosing.Stand by for more changes in the coming months, including some nifty user features. Out Next Week: GIITTV singles club releases "A Knife, A Camera and a Bang" by The Sailplanes as a free download single on the 26th of November. The Sailplanes are Stacey Hine and Tim Webster, two guitarists who share vocals. They formed in London two years ago [...]
Hi and welcome to the latest GIITTV updates: Thirty Years On: The Legacy of Never Mind The Bollocks:Sex Pistols At its height in the late seventies, public derision of the punk scene and it's first in command, such as the above example, was commonplace amongst the self appointed moral gatekeepers of Great Britain. Punk had been slowly gestating behind closed doors, in backrooms and tiny venues across the U.K. since the early 70's, but it finally came to public attention in 1976 when an ill-timed (but completely intentional) f-word on teatime magazine show 'Today' with Bill [...]