The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine

Sounds a bit like if Placebo were lots more exciting.

B+

Placebo - Battle For The Sun

Sounds a bit like if The Thermals were quite dull.

C-

Kylesa - Static Tensions

Sludgy, psychedelic, angry, slow, fast... They have two frigging drummers!

A-

She - Coloris

Brilliant chiptune madness, but the tracks could have been longer.

B-

Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall

How very bland. Where did all the energy go, boys?

D-

Stewart Lee - What Would Judas Do?

Turns out Judas wasn't the bad guy after all - beautiful.

B-

Pink Punk - Zoo Politics

This is what political poetry is all about - underrated gem.

B

Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.

Utter shit. Autotune overkill, and none of that distinctive character.

F

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse

Cybergrind gods produce "proper" album - still intense, just as brutal.

A

Enter Shikari - Common Dreads

"That band with the claps" produce more mature second album.

A

Night at the Musuem

Night at the Museum: Reminds me of the kids films I grew up with.

A

Sharks/The Skints/Farse

Sharks: Uninteresting pop punk, only made bearable by pouting, prancing guitarist.

The Skints: Youthful exuberance, a singing drummer, rudeboy ska from Landahn Tahn.

Farse: Have only got better with the five year wait. Phenomenal.

Overall: Dull support act, fun support act, then utter ska genius.

B+

Alun Cochrane

Alun Cochrane: In his own words: Flinging shit to see what sticks.

B-

Ed Byrne

Ed Byrne: Class based humour that really struck a chord with me.

B+

The Sword/Machine Head/Metallica

The Sword: Were probably great, but I was at the hotel, drinking.

Machine Head: Muddy sound, dull to watch, Rob Flynn is a midget.

Metallica: I'm clearly biased, but they're the best band I've seen.

Overall: Almost as good as when they played all of "Puppets".

A+

Elis James/Rhod Gilbert

Elis James: Self effacing Welshman provides well researched Oswestry bashing fun.

Rhod Gilbert: Camarthen born tirade of anger from a mind like mine.

Overall: Two of the brightest stars in Welsh standup exceed expectations.

A

Flobots/Anti-Flag/Rise Against

Flobots: Didn't fucking see them, the queue was far too long.

Anti Flag: Punk rock babies throwing their toys out of their prams.

Rise Against: Melodic hardcore masters give fans long set, perhaps too long?

Overall: Giant circle pits, overwrought mock politics, sweat dripping from pipes.

C+

The first post...

So, if you've read the title, I'm pretty sure you'll understand what this site is all about. Essentially, the idea is this: I see/hear/read something, I post a ten word review of it here. For gigs, each band will get their own ten words, and then there'll be a sum-up at the end. Then, at the end of each review, there'll be a grade, like the ones you used to get on your maths homework - A+ to F.

Feel free to get in touch and send your work over for review, I promise I won't pull any punches.

What follows are my previous ten word reviews, taken from Myspace.