ON WWW.SUBBA-CULTCHA.COM THIS WEEK:
This week we interview Nu-Blues heroes Kill It Kid, Tropicalia legends Os Mutantes, Politically charged Godfather of Folk Punk Billy Bragg, Grunge superstars Alice In Chains, returning Dance pioneer The Crystal Method, plus we quiz up n comers Girls, Japanese Voyeurs & Pint Shot Riot. We bring you front row reports from shows by Pete Doherty, Rich Hall/Otis Lee Crenshaw, Euros Childs, Orbital, Deastro, Hockey, Southsea Fest, Charlie Winston & King Charles, review the game Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and DVD reviews in the shape of Time Bandits, Spiderman, X-Men, Angels & Demons, Messengers 2: The Scarecrow & It's Alive. We’re giving away House: Season 5, My Name Is Earl: Season 4, tickets to ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES screening, Deadmau5's 'For Lack Of A Better Name', The Big Fat Important Movie, Fast & Furious, Fighting, & Hed Kandi’s Disco Heaven plus the usual smorgasbord of album reviews including The Flaming Lips, Ian Brown, Lou Barlow, A Place To Bury Strangers, AFI, Hudson Mohawke, Mumford And Sons, The Brute Chorus, Tiesto, Sunny Day Real Estate, Boys Noize & Lethal Bizzle...
INTERVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/features.php
Kill It Kid - Subba casts an eye on Kill It Kid vocalist Chris Turpin, as the Bath quintet prepare to take the industry by storm with their dark blend of Delta Blues.
Os Mutantes - Massively influential Brazilian psychedelic rock heroes back after a three decade hiatus.
Billy Bragg - The legendary Billy Bragg talks about his ‘Jail Guitar Doors’ initiative ahead of the release of the documentary about the initiative: ‘Breaking Rocks’.
Alice In Chains - They're back, and here to talk us through their come back album...
The Crystal Method - Dance legends return to answer subbas questions...
Girls - Subba likes girls, subba also loves the band Girls, so we quizzed the band and stalked girls...
Japanese Voyeurs - Hot London based 5-piece answer our questions ahead of tour with Johnny Foreigner
Pint Shot Riot - Coventry band on the verge of big things, subba quizzes the band...
COMPETITIONS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/competitions.php
3 Copies of House: Season 5 on DVD
3 Copies of My Name Is Earl: Season 4 on DVD
3 pairs of tickets to ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES screening (with a live concert from Les Savy Fav & a DJ set by ATP founder Barry Hogan) from 23 October 2009
3 Copies of Deadmau5's 'For Lack Of A Better Name' CD
3 Copies of The Big Fat Important Movie on DVD
3 Copies of Fast & Furious on DVD
3 Copies of Fighting on DVD
3 Copies of Hed Kandi’s Disco Heaven CD
4 pairs of guestlist tickets for Pama Outernational Uk dates, copies of the new album and the bands last 7" Happenstance and 12" vinyl High Rise Ft Michie One.
3 Copies of Deadline on DVD
5 Buster Shuffle tshirts and albums
3 Copies of Jack Said on DVD
3 Copies of Anything For Her on DVD
5 copies of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 for the XBOX360
4 copies of Peter Kay’s Britain’s Got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice on DVD
5 Copies of Fringe: Season One on DVD
1 pair of tickets to the London premiere of The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus on October 6th
3 signed copies of the Gaslight Anthem album & 1 t-shirt
SEPTEMBER’S SINGLES & EPS REVIEW: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/singles.php?id=34
Your guide to the best and the rest of the Singles and EP’s out this month - hundreds of release judged, loved, and in some cases pounced upon and spanked to death! Featuring: BASEMENT JAXX / BIFFY CLYRO / THE BIG PINK / THE CRIBS / CYMBALS EAT GUITARS / DEADMAU5 / EVERY TIME I DIE / THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM / THE HEAVY / HOCKEY / JAY-Z / KASABIAN / LETHAL BIZZLE / LOVELIKEFIRE / MAPS / PEARL JAM / SPEECH DEBELLE & Much, Much More…
GAME REVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/games.php
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 - Playstation 3/X-Box 360/Wii/NDS/PsP - Choose your side in new Activision beat’em-up ***GAME OF THE WEEK***
LIVE REVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/live.php
Pete Doherty @ Apollo Theatre, Manchester - The second coming? Pete returns to the stage alone with friends.
Rich Hall/Otis Lee Crenshaw @ London Hammersmith Apollo - No pant-wetting moments, but consistent laughs from Rich Hall and his alter-ego Otis Lee Crenshaw
Euros Childs @ London Tamesis Dock - Euros rocks the boat.
Orbital @ Brixton Academy - Twenty years after the release of their debut single and three years after reforming, Orbital headed south of the river to Brixton and demonstrated why they are still the masters they always were…
Deastro / Hockey @ Scala, London - Ambient-shoegaze-electro with an extrovert personality!
Southsea Festival @ Various venues Albert Street, Portsmouth - One day, one city, one street
Charlie Winston/King Charles @ Cargo, Shoreditch - Suffolk-born Charlie Winston's debut album ‘Hobo’ has reached platinum in France and reached number 2 in the Swiss charts, he makes a triumphant return to have another crack at Blighty
DVD REVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/dvds.php
Time Bandits - Much loved kids movie from Python alumni ***DVD OF THE WEEK***
Spiderman -
X-Men -
Angels & Demons - Tom Hanks is back as Robert Langdon, caught in a battle of science versus religion.
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow -
It's Alive –
ALBUM REVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/albums.php
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic - Yoshimi, they don't believe me – super group reinvent themselves once again
Ian Brown - My Way - Monkey man turns into a star and does it his way
Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown - Surely this man needs no introduction? It’s Lou Barlow!
Jay-Z -
A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head - Lessons in noise from New York’s loudest
AFI - Crash Love - Goth-punk veterans strong as ever on album number eight
Hudson Mohawke - Butter - Stand back and revel in the off kilt warbles of Hudson Mohakwe's debut outing Butter
Mumford And Sons - Sigh No More - The Folk revival finds four new saviours
The Brute Chorus - The Brute Chorus - Delightfully playful and at their best live
Tiesto - Kaleidoscope - Superstar DJ enlists Calvin Harris with Tegan and Sara for a mash up of trance and indie
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (Reissue) - A stadium epic for a bedroom audience
Boys Noize - Power - Relentless batterings with finesse, Boys Noize return in style
Lethal Bizzle - Go Hard - The latest hotly tipped Grime superstar fails to shine
V/A - Strike! compilation - More than just a cheap thrill from Counter Records’ rock’n’roll label sampler
DJ Yoda - How To Cut & Paste - Thirties Edition - Now stuff of legends, DJ Yoda steps up to once again reprise his role as high grand master mixer with another one of his jaw dropping 'How to Cut and Paste' mixes
V/A - Fabriclive 48: Filthy Dukes - Fabric enlist the help of London’s top indie DJs
Heavy Trash - Midnight Soul Serenade - John Spencer is back. The usual influences are brought to delightfully twisted effect
The Young Republic - Balletesque - Nashville Hipsters craft a country rock folk hybrid that howls at the moon
Exene Cervenka - Somewhere Gone - The original riot grrl is back
Athlete - Black Swan - Black swan sinks without trace, does anyone care?
Electric Eel Shock - Sugoi Indeed - The Japanese punk Black Sabbath release a new album that sounds, err.. well...like a Japanese punk Black Sabbath
Grant Lee-Phillips - Little Moon - Gilmore Girls troubadour releases an album of Jersey Rock with a flourish
Junior Murvin - Police And Thieves - Get yourself on the Roots Train!
Leisure Society - The Sleeper - A wistful little gem from a Burton band reborn in a London bed
Eaststrikewest - Wolvves - Eaststrikeweststrikehome
Overspill Poets - Thompson Falls - Former Hugs members shine bright...
The Fauns - The Fauns - Meet the kids who mix My Bloody Valentine and Air and end up with pop-tinge pscyadelica…
Oliver Mann - The Possum Wakes At Night - Australian Baritone forgoes the operatic to make an album of skeletal wonder
Chris Garneau - El Radio - Sugary seasonal ditties for Southern softies
A Weather - Cove - Welcome the colder months and let A Weather wrap you up in their intricate blend of Hushed-pop melodies
Starless & Bible Black - Shape of the Shape - Manchester’s wooziest rockers return with more sleepy hits
Belladonna - Noir Album - Presenting the dark and unnerving sounds of ‘Noir Album’; its rock noir at its very best!
Family Force 5 - Dance Or Die - "Cardboard cut outs could have done better" - The life and times of a faux rock band
And Then There Were None - Who Speaks For Planet Earth? - Lacklustre tripe derived from trying to cash in on an already bad idea
Blackchords - Blackchords - Melbourne natives create a darkly atmospheric debut
The Bitter Tears - Jam Tarts In The Jakehouse - Lovingly arranged alt-country weirdness
Forgotten Roots - Crosses and Circles - Northern English Pop-Punkers aim for U.S. sound on their debut mini album and succeed
The Rebel Yell - Love & War - James Poyser is a Grammy Award-winning producer and has collaborated with Queen Latifa and Mariah Cary
Rhys March and The Autumn Ghost - Dulcima - Lush, Rich balladeering with more than a hint of prog
Honeycube - Honeycube - Great at grungey power pop, not so good at the other stuff in a mixed bag of a debut
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