THE YOUNG GODS & ULTRAVIOLENCE

Concert Review by Mark Bayross

LA2, London – 30 May 2000

Despite the fact this is taking place on a Tuesday night, the LA2 is packed, and not just with the usual crowd of goths and rivetheads. Many of the audience appear to have come straight from the office. In this context, the industrial

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UTAH SAINTS - TWO

Album Reviews by Mark Bayross and EDF

Two PHASE9 reviewers wanted to review this album so in the style of the title here are TWO reviews

Review by Mark Bayross

Not many people know this, but despite its title this is actually the third album recorded by Utah Saints. After their huge-selling debut, they

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UTAH SAINTS - POWER TO THE BEATS

Single Review by Nigel A. Messenger

The attention Utah Saints are now demanding is quite staggering for example their latest single release POWER TO THE BEATS came into PHASE9 and all our music reviewers wanted to do the write up! A rare event! So as editor, I decided to do the honours (and keep

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UTAH SAINTS - LOVE SONG

Single Review by Mark Bayross

After what seems an eternity Utah Saints are back. Having stormed the charts back in the early nineties with techno-rock anthems like SOMETHING GOOD, WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME and BELIEVE IN ME, they seemed to sit back and let The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers take over.

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UTAH SAINTS - LOST VAGUENESS

Single Review by Nigel A. Messenger

Despite being ace, it has to be said that Utah Saints’ comeback album TWO was no way near the monster hit it should have been. This was possibly down to the fact that, apart from a couple of choice cuts (released as singles anyway), the album may have

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UTAH SAINTS - FUNKY MUSIC

Single Review by Mark Bayross

After the fairly subdued comeback single LOVESONG earlier this year, Utah Saints have released FUNKY MUSIC to remind us that we can still rely on them to fill dance floors. Enlisting the help of soul legend Edwin Starr on vocals, this is a supremely funky chunk of hook-laden techno.

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USHER - POP YA COLLAR

Single Review by Nigel A. Messenger

This just doesn’t do it for me, it doesn’t want to make me turn the radio off exactly, I just want the next track to start.

THE USED - THE USED

Album Review by Mark Bayross

The Used have been getting a fair few column inches recently, and not just because lead singer Bert McCracken has been stepping out with Kelly Osbourne. Hailing from the – presumably godawful – conservative backwater of Orem, Utah, the band are a ball of rage from the word go.

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URUSEN - LIFE UNDER SEAT

Album Review by EDF

A little while ago, I reviewed a compilation album called LIGHT YEARS AHEAD: THE BEST OF SOLARISERECORDS.COM, which featured UK band Urusen. Back then I was impressed by their musicianship and the quality of the track that was featured then. Now the two cousins, Peter Beatty and Ben Please have

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URBAN KISS - VARIOUS ARTISTS

Album Review by Nigel A. Messenger

URBAN KISS 2003 is the third in this series of collections of the urban music scene featuring R&B, UK garage and hip hop tracks.

This giant 36 track double CD is mixed very smoothly indeed by DJ Swerve with a whole list of major artists included. Among the

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