DEIN SCHATTEN - EWIGES EIS

Album Review by Mark Bayross

Dein Schatten is the new one-man project of German Dieter Bornschlegel, AKA Bornzero, former member of seventies rock band Atlantis and cult krautrockers Guru Guru, with a career stretching back 30 years. After two singles, EWIGES EIS is the first Dein Schatten album proper.

Fusing choral arrangements to military

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TRU FAITH & DUB CONSPIRACY - FREAK LIKE ME

Single Review by EDF

Featuring Imaani on vocals FREAK LIKE ME is one of the best garage tracks you will hear all summer. Tru Faith consists of Maxim, George D and Nial. With these particular talents a lot is expected and is delivered. As well as the Radio Edit we also have the Original

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THE D4 - 6TWENTY

Album Reviews by Mark Bayross and Annabel Bayross

Review by Mark Bayross

They have a lead singer called Jimmy Christmas! They shun razors and wear black! Their last single was called ROCK N’ ROLL MOTHERFUCKER! …This must be garage rock! Welcome to The D4, New Zealand’s addition to the current influx of ultra-cool, retro

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THE D4

Concert Review by Kris Griffiths

Mean Fiddler, London – 25 November 2002

The British music press have been salivating over ‘The New Rock Revolution’ for quite some time now and placed firmly at the forefront are New Zealand garage punk rockers The D4. Kerrang have since picked up on their rawk marketability and placed

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THE D4 - COME ON

Single Review by Mark Bayross

The third single from The Ramones’ – I mean The D4’s – album 6TWENTY is another short, sharp blast of singalong punk, all garage guitars, shouty vocals and handclaps. So, not a great surprise, then.

At under two minutes, the B-side DON’T BELIEVE IN XMAS is a lot of

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THE D4 - GET LOOSE

Single Review by Mark Bayross

A live favourite, GET LOOSE doesn’t actually feature on The D4’s album 6TWENTY, but sounds no different from the songs on the debut. It’s a dirty blast of no frills Ramones-fuelled rock n’ roll that’s over before you know it…so, business as usual.

The single comes on two CDs

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THE D4 - LADIES MAN

Single Review by Mark Bayross

Complete with gender-bending video, The D4’s latest single, another cut from 6TWENTY, sees the New Zealanders take their garage rock credentials and add hefty amounts of sleaze to the mix. The Hammond organ helps considerably, adding weight to their fairly one-dimensional retro guitar assault. As a result, this is

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THE D4 - PARTY

Single Review by Mark Bayross

The D4’s debut album 6TWENTY has already garnered a respectable amount of praise from everyone who likes their grooves dirty and their rock retro garage.

The anthemic PARTY is an obvious choice of follow-up single, and, like the rest of the New Zealanders’ output, sounds like frontman Jimmy Christmas

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d.) NONE OF THE ABOVE - SONGS FOR PABLO AND THE 45 MINUTE PROJECT

Album Review by Mark Bayross

Sure to give magazine sub-editors nightmares in the unlikely event they do become famous, d.) None Of The Above are one of only two acts on Seattle’s Supply And Demand Records (the other being the company’s founder, Chris Cox) and, in keeping with the label’s apparent mission statement, create

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DAMAGE - RUMOURS

Single Review by Mark Bayross

Unfortunately, asking me to review an R & B track is about as constructive as asking Shaun Ryder for his opinions on this season’s opera programme at the ENO. It means about as much to me as Pokémon to a pensioner.

So, here goes: this CD contains three identical

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