Posts Tagged ‘Toxic Federation’

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It’s usual, at the fag-end of a year, to cast a retrospective glance over the preceding months’ musical offerings and compile those ubiquitous lists; top ten best gigs, top ten best albums etc. This year, though, I fancy a change so instead here, in alphabetical order, are my top ten British breakthrough bands for 2012. [...]

Toxic Federation : New Beginnings

Posted: 9th November 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
Tags: , Nick Whitcroft, Nighon Maiden, , Steve Braund,
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Press Release Toxic Federation are pleased to confirm that guest vocalist, Nighon Maiden front man, Steve Braund, will again be fronting the band at their forthcoming London show on the 22nd of November. The band will be appearing with Coldspell and The Quill at The Barfly in Camden. The band’s manager, Beth Windsor, said, “Steve [...]

Reasons To Be Cheerful : Parts 1 to 4

Posted: 17th October 2011 by Harry in BLOG, MUSIC
Tags: , And Nothing Remains, , , , , , , On The Twelve Thrones, , , ,
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There are very few reasons to be cheerful on a Monday morning. The soul-sapping purgatory of the five-day span that links the weekends has only just started and most of us labour under its soul-crushing weight. Today, however, is a little different as perfectly formed golden nuggets of good news, from a variety of sources, [...]

Toxic Federation : The Greyhound, Beeston 03-09-2011

Posted: 14th October 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
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First published by Nottingham Live http://www.nottinghamlive.co.uk/live/2011/09/live-review-toxic-federation-the-greyhound-911/ Photos reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography www.suepaterson.co.uk Someone once remarked that watching Toxic Federation play a pub was akin to “watching Aerosmith on a postagestamp”. And while the Feddie’s distinctive brand of classic rock-infused melodic metal occupies an altogether different length of street to the ‘smiths strutting funky rock, [...]

New Disorder Music Festival : MFN, Shipley Gate 17-09-11

Posted: 14th October 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
Tags: Art of Deception, , Deprevate, , Grand Ultra, Hell To Pay, , JD & The FDCs, Mordecai, New Disorder, Signify, Spirytus,
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First published by Nottingham Live http://www.nottinghamlive.co.uk/live/2011/09/live-review-new-disorder-festival-the-m-f-n-17911/ September 2011 Photos reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography www.suepaterson.co.uk At the end of the festival season, you’d be forgiven for thinking that what Imperial Circus singer, Leigh Dickens, described as “Unsigned Download” might struggle to pull in the punters. Well, you’d be wrong. Christ, would you… With a [...]

Toxic Federation : Emms walks

Posted: 2nd October 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
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Toxic Federation Press release Emms walks 2nd October 2011 With immediate effect, Toxic Federation and front man, Mitch Emms, have parted company. While the news will undoubtedly come as a shock to the band’s fans, the development has about it a certain inevitability as Emms’ increasing unhappiness has become ever more apparent. While rueful chuckles [...]

Toxic Federation : Distance

Posted: 26th September 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
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First published by Midlands Rocks www.themr.co.uk September 2011 On October 17th Toxic Federation will release their third album. Ah, yes. The Difficult Third Album… The one a band is supposed to make to show the world that they are the finished item. The one that proudly unveils their sound, sans influences, and the clumsy fumbling homage [...]

Toxic Federation : Going The Distance

Posted: 10th September 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
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First published by Nottingham Live, http://www.nottinghamlive.co.uk/live/2011/07/column-harry-paterson-toxic-federation-going-the-distance/ July 2011 Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography If you haven’t yet heard of Toxic Federation, don’t worry: you will. The Midlands-based five-piece are currently completing work on their third album, titled ‘Distance’ and, judging by the demos and the handful of tracks the band have trialled [...]

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Posted: 23rd June 2011 by Harry in MUSIC
Tags: Beholder, Bloodstock, , , Grand Ultra, , Kerrang!, , , , Simon Hall,
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Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography, www.suepaterson.co.uk Unless you’ve been cryogenically frozen or holidaying on Mars, you’ll know, by now, that one of the region’s most loved bands, Isolysis, have called it a day (full statement below). As the statement makes clear, there is no one reason for the split, rather an assortment of [...]

The Darling Buds Of May

Posted: 30th May 2011 by Harry in BLOG, LIFE
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How was your May? Here, at Paterson Towers, it was the usual cacophonous and stress-filled anarchy. With two thirds of The Spawn still in residence, I doubt it will ever be anything else. The Princess Of Darkness knows better than her parents, of course. Both She Who Is Never Wrong and my bad self have [...]