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Have you heard of The Milk? No, then make like a DJ and add them to your iPod playlist as this band are something truly unique to shout about. After first releasing single 'B-Roads' which secured them a reputation as ones to watch in 2012, they've been selling out shows across London right, left and centre. Now with their... Read more..

​In 2010, Chris Koza and his newly formed band, Rogue Valley, set out to do something a little insane. They wrote and recorded four full-length albums in one year. The "season project," as it came to

Bromance. Texting while driving. Late night sing-alongs. Closed sets. Just another trip through LA on tour.

​Rogue Valley's tour diaries are written by frontman Chris Koza and edited by bandmate Peter Sieve. You can read their first, second, third, fourth, and fifth installments.Everyone slept in late the n

​Rogue Valley's tour diaries are written by frontman Chris Koza and edited by bandmate Peter Sieve. You can read their first, second, third, and fourth installments.1/20/2012 Butte: 37 degrees. Bearmo

Instead of sending us physical postcards from the road, Ravenna Woods asked if they could send us video ones ... of course we said yes! In our first video diary we find Ravenna Woods fixing chains with shoelaces (which seems totally safe), playing in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, and learning about the latest bizarre [...]

​Rogue Valley's tour diaries are written by frontman Chris Koza and edited by bandmate Peter Sieve. You can read their first installment here and second here, and third here. 1/18-1/19 Rogue Valley To

Back in November, Basement Fever favourites Dolfinz headed out on a tour of the UK. Kindly, they offered to take some photos and write some words of the experience - below. Friday 18th November Manchester We got stranded in the little village where Gav lives called Kinneff, outside of Stonehaven. Meaning we had 2 hours sleep before the nine hour bus journey to Manchester. This combined with a lengthy and difficult soundcheck by The Babies meant i had a huge headache and wanted to die right after we played. [...]

​The game is won on the field. Some bits of advice are impossible to follow to fruition. "The game is won on the field, Mallman." This is the kind of hodge-podge rhetoric that makes so much sense, you

​Days of no consequence. Minneapolis edged November. My turmoil was a batholith hidden deep within. The new record was closer to "The Red Bedroom" than anything I'd written in 10 years. Brad was force

We asked Southern California's Retox to keep a tour diary as they make their way through Europe. Written entries by Guitarist Mike Crain; Photos by singer Justin Pearson. " RETOX is an outcome of stagnant and boring western culture, as well as the self-proclaimed counterculture, which has slipped into a sea of pointlessness. The band manages to detach themselves from what one might consider a promotional paragraph trying to explain what is not really important to the band themselves; such as a list of influences—they are influenced by much more than music, but more so [...]

One Direction's new album is released next week. Up All Night is the long awaited release from the boys, and is sure to make a big impact on the UK charts. Anyway, wana see what One Direction mania looks like? Check out the video to see just how far The X Factor boys have come in a year! One Direction Video - What Makes You Beautiful Diary on MUZU . Check out previous One [...]

Rogue Valley's tour diaries are written by frontman Chris Koza and edited by bandmate Peter Sieve. You can read their first installment here and second here.Most of us in the van slept on our t

COMING SOON: We asked Southern California's Retox to keep a tour diary as they make their way through Europe. They started by giving us this preface—more to come! "RETOX is an outcome of stagnant and boring western culture, as well as the self-proclaimed counterculture, which has slipped into a sea of pointlessness. The band manages to detach themselves from what one might consider a promotional paragraph trying to explain what is not really important to the band themselves; such as a list of influences—they are influenced by much more than music, but more so by [...]

​Paul Schrader wrote the script to Taxi Driver while living in a station wagon. Such is the myth of the suffering artist. But beautiful crazy Van Gogh bastard established the archetype. We might stumb

[ You didn't think they were going to leave you hanging, did you? That's not The Hush Now's style. In this episode of the band's Memos Tour Diary, bassist Pat MacDonald recounts the whirlwind of the tour's final days en route to the quintet's triumphant homecoming set at Precinct in Somerville, Mass. last weekend. Billmates Soccer Mom and Chandeliers also turned in jaw-dropping sets, as a result of which we were smiling all night. In case you are just tuning in, we reviewed The Hush Now's new record Memos right [...]

​​Rogue Valley is a Minneapolis-based theatrical folk-pop band who are currently on tour. On the road are drummer Luke Anderson, bassist Paul Engles, keyboardist Joey Kantor, guitar/vocalist Chris Koz

U.K. melodic/death metal act Malefice posted a video diary of the band's recent tour with Sylosis in support of the the band's latest effort "Awaken the Tides." Check out the video here: Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Last week we bought you the first part of Sparrow & The Workshop's European tour diary. The band have just a few shows left on what is their first headline jaunt across the continent and GFP can now bring you the second part of their diary. Nick takes over the writing duties from Jill to bring us tales of red-light districts, strange things left in hotel beds, police, police, and more police... Day 4; Strip-Club National Dish, Basel [...]

Here is the latest installment from Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo from their UK tour diary. I admit that I started keeping tabs on Emily Barker due to her work with Frank Turner, which is pretty much the point around which my world revolves. However, as with artists like Ben Marwood and Fake Problems I have no regrets. If you haven't heard Emily's music, you're in for a treat. Like so much of the harmony-heavy, string based, folk style music that's popular these days, she'll be an easy fit in [...]