Scotland's answer to The Libertines stoke the urch-rock flames  Full text...

A few years ago, you couldn't move for bands whose main claim to fame was that they were 'friends with The Libertines'. Some went onto bigger things (Razorlight), some sank without trace (The Others). But they all had that link to Pete and Carl intact.   Full text...

Songs like "Don't Tell Me" and "The Don" have the same jaunty, amateurish charm once employed by The Libertines, while on "Gran's For Tea" Falconer even manages to adopt the lackadaisical delivery of Pete Doherty. Sadly, the band also borrow the former indie favourites' unadventurous musical manner, their ramshackle, lurching gait laced with elements of music-hall oompah kitsch and, in "Wasteland", a soupçon of Ordinary Boys-style ska-punk.  Full text...

Despite recalling the nanosecond when These Animal Men were contenders, the Dundonian quartet are being greeted as something refreshingly new, featuring in numerous tips for 2007 lists.  Full text...

As long as they style themselves as a card-carrying everyband for the everyman, it’s hard to imagine them evolving into anything other than their own tribute group. And considering that they barely sounded like themselves in the first place, that’s hardly something to aspire to.  Full text...