GrumpyRocker

For a band who were one of the major indie bands in the late 1980s, with the iconic George Best cover and named debut album, The Wedding Present have always been seen as David Gedge's baby and all those years later that still hasn't changed. As The Wedding Present gear up to release their 9th studio album, Gedge is assisted by Graeme Ramsay (who's been around a bit), Pepe le Moko (who's not been around that long) and Charlie Layton (the newest member who's just picked up the sticks), with more details of what's happening to The Wedding Present in 2012 available after the jump.

Zoe White Chambers, not a name many of you will have heard, but as lead female vocalist of the Cornish trio who make up Auction for the Promise Club, she could well be about to launch the band into the conscious of the indie music listening nation. With an uncanny nack of sounding like Ellie Goulding, details of their debut EP, where you can catch them live and a video of their new single Under China are available after the jump.

For a band who named themselves after the infamous Monty Python Parrot Sketch, Ex Norwegian were never going to be a conformist band. Despite Jimbo attempting and failing to write a review of their Sketch album based on the Python scripts he has on his bookcase, you can still read the smattering of Python reference after the jump, it's just a shame or a relief he couldn't fit the now completely non PC named sketch Mrs Nigger-Baiter Explodes into the review.

When Roses Kings Castles album British Plastic arrived at the door of Grumpyrocker HQ, the mere mention of the word ex-Babyshambler Adam Ficek had Jimbo happily snatching the album for a critical ear, but how satisfied is Jimbo by what he’s heard, read his thoughts after the jump.

Off the back of a review of Italian rockers Sunday Recovery comes another European band this time in the guise of The Dirt Tracks. Originally from Valencia and once called Oddshow, this Spanish five piece are hoping that British audiences will warmly welcome them as much as the German and their own Spanish fans have taken to them. Jimbo takes a listen and recovers his grumpiness!

When the befuddled members of the Grumpyrocker review team received details that Luminaires debut single Solid Gold was being released, minds initially turned towards thoughts of the candelabra from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast – well that’s what having young children does to your mind. However, Luminaires are actually five lads from London who bring an exciting mix of dance/electro/indie and a host of other musical genres into play through their music. Jimbo takes a listen and manages to avoid all references to Gaston, Cogsworth and Mrs Potts!

Father son duo’s are in the pop industry a very rare breed. Toy Horses’ Adam D Franklin and Tom Williams prefer to be described as mates who have started a band. Guest reviewer D-Jaysea checks out their debut album.

Baddies have been around since 2007 with their debut album ‘Do the Job’ being released in 2009, two years on and Baddies have just launched their new single ‘Tiger Face’. If you are unaware of Baddies, you may like to know that they hail from Southend and are made up of identical twins Michael (vocals, guitars) and Jim Webster (drums), Simon Bellamy (guitar) and Danny Rowton (bass).

For anyone who was drawn-in by the critical acclaim that saw Baddies name dropped by many including the Guardian newspaper as a band to watch, then prepare for a development of sound. Moving away from the punkier fuelled elements of ‘Do the Job’ and comparisons to Queens of the Stone Age, Baddies have floated ‘Tiger Face’ as a teaser of a prelude to their second album.