Random Noise

• Love Among the Mannequins - Radial Images Review
  Love Among the Mannequins release Radial Images, which is challenging in both its track titles as it is with its musical content. Without giving too much away the likes of Marcel Marceau, JG Ballard and Goethe are a source of inspiration for the music a…
• The Gathering Date New Album
  And alas we're going to have to wait until September. Yes The Gathering - perhaps continental Europe's finest band - have announced that the new album will be released later this year. And while September is far off, at least there will be a new single…
• The Official Grumpyrocker Best Albums of 2011
  2011 has been a great year for rock music, in particular for progressive rock and melodic death metal. While I still hold that 2009 was the best rock music year of recent times I still think there are plenty of great records that should be on your shopp…
• I Like Trains Free Remix of Sirens
  As if to prove that we at Grumpyrocker seem to have an obsession with Leeds, their post-rock band I Like Trains (formerly styled as iLiKETRAiNS) have released a free remix of the He Who Saw The Deep album track Sirens, remixed by Honour Before Glory.…
• A Squash and a Squeeze Part II
  You see I've been labouring under the misaprehension that the mp3 file format was any good. But it isn't. It's old, flaky and takes up way too much room. There are much better options around.