Posts Tagged ‘Distance’

Reasons To Be Cheerful : Parts 1 to 4

Posted: 17th October 2011 by Harry in BLOG, MUSIC
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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, [...]

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 [...]

Lost Weekends and Life Of Mine

Posted: 20th February 2011 by Harry in BLOG, MUSIC
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Apart from putting away far too much whisky at Tox Feddy Jake Graham’s birthday party last night (another Lost Weekend, I’m afraid),  the last few days have been notable in one other respect; take a bow, Life Of Mine, a new track that Toxic Federation have played at their last few gigs. They’ve finally got the [...]