The Domino Effect, eh. Does signing for the label bestow credibility upon a group or do Domino only sign credible bands? Enough of the cause, let´s look at the effect. Quirky Liverpool quintet Clinic made like Domino labelmates Archie Bronson Outfit on 'Harvest (Within You)', the first single ... » read more

The jury's no longer out on Juliette Lewis. They've delivered a "Not Guilty" verdict. And the charge? Film star faking it as a rock star. Where once the likes of Keanu Reeves and Russell Crowe were condemned, Lewis leaves a free woman. On 'Hot Kiss', the first single off sophomore album 'Four Off ... » read more

Intriguing by name, intriguing by nature. After being drawn in by the Australian quartet´s moniker, Juanita Stein´s warbled vocals mesmerize you with the hypnotic power of Derren Brown. Truly, there is no escape from this 'Setting Sun'. The third single released from their self-titled album of ... » read more

In 2001 The Neptunes, aka Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, recorded their debut album as N*E*R*D, 'In Search Of...', for European release. Using similar digital production techniques to those employed on Neptunes-produced records, the duo were unhappy with the result as they felt it sounded too ... » read more

Coming on like a Gibraltarian version of System of a Down with flamenco replacing Armenian folk music as a major influence, Breed 77 also resembles a rockier, and not quite so deranged, Gogol Bordello. It´s a sound they've been perfecting since 2001's self-titled debut. Breed 77 are a little ... » read more

David Malkinson, Roger Mackin and Phil Raines share the sort of names you'd imagine more suited to an accountancy practice than the world of music. Yet as The Early Years, they look to continue where the likes of Spiritualized left off. Drones and feedback is where they're at. On 'Muzik Der ... » read more

Or as the album title should fully read: "Join Dan Sartain and embrace the dark side". Sartain, a 24-year-old native of Birmingham, Alabama, performs songs shot through with midnight hue, coming on like the bastard son of Daniel Jeanrenaud and Alison Krauss in the process. In 2006, The ... » read more

Cute may well be what you aim for, my Buffalo friends, but you fall pretty fucking far short. So short in fact that you manage to achieve a level of irritation exceeding that of crotch itch. Signed to the Fueled by Ramen label, along with the similarly annoying Fall Out Boy, CIWWAF looked set to ... » read more

Apparently Clinic's fourth album is the band's "party record". If so, the Liverpool band couldn't have timed it much better. This should be on the stereo of every Halloween party. Vocalist Ade Blackburn sounds as haunted as if he's just sat through a box set of the Hammer House of Horror series of ... » read more

The Shins are the band all discerning music fans fell in love with following their epic contribution to 2004's 'Garden State' soundtrack. They have been going since 1997, though, starting off as a side project for singer/guitarist James Russell Mercer and percussionist Jesse Sandoval - then with ... » read more