Song, by Toad — And now, drum roll please for the final installment of Song, by Toad’s Festive Fifty for 2010.  Woo hoo!  I am sure Liars, The National and Micah P. Hinson will be breaking out the champagne at the excellent news.  Ah well, at least The Japanese... more info

Song, by Toad — Lo-fi garage rock with a bit of surf and a bit of rockabilly, this really is good stuff.  It’s sloppy, rough, loud and cocky and I am really fucking enjoying it. Mrs. Toad always knows when I am going to get into something.  She walked into the r... more info

Thrash Hits — Let’s Talk Daggers Blankets Tangled Talk Records 18 October 2010 by Hugh Platt This EP from Eastbourne’s Let’s Talk Daggers came out at the start of this week - coming out of the Tangled Talk stable (the home of both Bastions and Kerouac), itâ... more info

Pop Bytes — The Toronto International Film Festival is in full swing and early reviews are good for LET ME IN , the remake of Swedish vampire flick LET THE RIGHT ONE IN . The new version stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (Viggo Mortensen's son in The Road) and Chlo... more info

Sky News — Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard has paid tribute to the man she deposed as leader, as she appealed to voters to re-elect her Labor government. more info

MTV.com News — Clip pays homage to Renaissance painting, M.C. Escher, 'House Of Flying Daggers.'By Gil Kaufman Kanye West (file) Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage Most music videos aim to overwhelm you with quick cuts, big explosions, clever editing tricks an... more info

Guardian Music — Versatile session man and house drummer at Ronnie Scott's clubRonnie Scott's jazz club has found some superb local candidates for the taxing task of drumming in its house band over the years – including the wilful Phil Seamen in the 1960s, the inno... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... MOJO PRESENTS BOSS SOUNDS! Bruce Springsteen Free CD from Mojo Mag that features fave Springsteen material from his pre-concert warm ups. JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS AMOS MILBURN ALAN VEGA CALIXICO BRIGHT EYES RON SEXSMITH THE STANL... more info

Thrash Hits — A whole lot of loud fucking noise came to Brighton last week – so we made sure our man beside the seaside, Andy Parker, was on hand to document the carnage as it unfolded. Opening act, Let’s Talk Daggers, initialy come off as incoherent, mainly a... more info

Altsounds — *Lil Daggers* formed in Miami, Florida, in the summer of 2008. The band was originally conceived as a home recording project involving a few friends, but as their style developed, they decided to start playing local shows. Consisting of six stea... more info