Mudkiss are back in the saddle and ready to ride into 2013 once more with vengance....keep watching, reading and playing it loud!

INTERVIEWS:

Sean Lakeman & Kathryn Roberts: The Ballad Of Sean & Kathryn - Interview by Mike Ainscoe http://www.mudkiss.com/interviewlakeman.htm

Tommy Kessler: Blondie Is A Band! -Interview by Melanie Smith

http://www.mudkiss.com/tommykesslerinterview.htm

Damn Vandals: ‘You can walk past it if you want, ignore it, but it’ll just come back again’ Interview by Eva Jostakova

http://www.mudkiss.com/damnvandalsinterview.htm

Mick O'Shea: The Anarchy Tour - Interview by Helen Donlon

http://www.mudkiss.com/theanarchytourinterview.htm

The Virginmarys: We want to write songs and albums that will stay with people forever - Interview by Eva Jostakova

http://www.mudkiss.com/thevirginmarysinterview.htm

Snakes In The Grass: The Year Of The Snake - Interview by Melanie Smith

http://www.mudkiss.com/snakesinthegrass.htm

Collibus: Re -Formed, Refreshed, Resurgent And Ready To Rock - Interview by Andy Barnes

http://www.mudkiss.com/collibusinterview.htm

Little Sparrow: …“There's A Door We Find And We Start To Dream" - Interview by Melanie Smith /Shay Rowan

http://www.mudkiss.com/littlesparrowinterview.htm

LIVE:

The Bronx/ Single Mothers/ Axis Of @ Club Academy, Manchester 19/02/13

http://www.mudkiss.com/thebronxclubacademy.htm

Jake Bugg/ Valerie June/ Hudson Taylor @ HMV Ritz, Manchester 14/02/13

http://www.mudkiss.com/jakebuggreview.htm

Parlour Flames @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester 10/02/13

http://www.mudkiss.com/parlourflameslive.htm

Snakes In The Grass/ The Black Bullets @ The Boulevard, Wigan 09/02/13

http://www.mudkiss.com/snakesinthegrassdebut.htm

Pure Love/ The Vestals/ Turbogeist @ 53 Degrees, Preston 10/02/13

http://www.mudkiss.com/purelovelive.htm

NME Awards Tour 2013 - Django Django/ Palma Violets / Peace/ Miles Kane @ Manchester Academy 08/02/13 

http://www.mudkiss.com/nmeawardstour.htm

Heavens Basement @ The Star & Garter, Manchester 8/02/13

http://www.mudkiss.com/heavensbasementman.htm

Folks/ The Merrylees @ The Deaf Institute 02/02/13

http://www.mudkiss.com/themerryleeslivereview.htm

Heavens Basement @ The Vault, Rugby 05/02/13 - Review by Paul Hastings

http://www.mudkiss.com/heavensbasementrugby.htm

ROMANCE/ The Priscillas @ Some Weird Sin Club Buffalo Bar, London 25/01/13 - Review by Svenga Block

http://www.mudkiss.com/priscillaslive.htm

Nell Bryden  The Ruby Lounge, Manchester 31/01/13 - Review by Mary O'Meara

http://www.mudkiss.com/nellbrydenlive.htm

Rebekka Karijord @ The Ruby Lounge, Manchester 17/01/13

http://www.mudkiss.com/rebekkakarijordreview.htm

Coronation Street 1977 Live! @ Lass O Gowrie 04/01/13 - review by Shay Rowan

http://www.mudkiss.com/coronationstreet1977.htm

FEATURES/ EVENTS:

I Am: Film Screening @ Printworks, Manchester 24/01/13

http://www.mudkiss.com/iamfilm.htm

Keith Levene's all time top ten [12] Albums At The Moment - Interview by Melanie Smith

Keith was asked if he would compile a list of his top ten albums of all time. A difficult task for anyone, but with much thought he came up with this surprising list comprised of not ten but twelve albums! We chatted about his choices via skype, all the way from a sun-drenched Florida and here is what he came up with and it goes something like this....  

http://www.mudkiss.com/keithlevenetopten.htm

Happy New Year: Looking Back at 2012

http://www.mudkiss.com/newyear2012.htm

 My Year In Photos by Melanie Smith

http://www.mudkiss.com/myyearinphotos.htm

 MUSIC REVIEWS:

Single of the month: Talanas - Corpseflower

http://www.mudkiss.com/febsingleofthemonth.htm

Album of the month: Johnny Marr - The Messenger - Review by Mary O'Meara

http://www.mudkiss.com/johnnymarrthemessenger.htm

All aboard for February releases - by Brett Dunford, Kate Seard, Jared Jones

http://www.mudkiss.com/februaryreviews13.htm

• Snakes in the Grass - Snakes in the Grass E.P
• Bastard Jet - Bastard Jet EP
• Man the Machetes - Idiokrati
• THENEWNO2 - Beautiful Creatures OST
• Alan Bonner – Balladeer
• Rebecca Pronsky - Only daughter
• Nightmare Air - High In The Lasers
• Glowpeople - Things…
• The Bronx – The Bronx IV
• Heavens Basement - FilthyEmpire
• The Ok Social Club - Nothingin Common
• The Motor Inns - RoomsBy the Hour EP
• Richard Thomson - Electric

Chumki Banerjee's Single & EP reviews....‘Turning Broken Glass To Diamonds, Bar Stools To Thrones’: 2013, Year Of Musical Alchemy

http://www.mudkiss.com/chumkifeb13.htm

• Feldspar- ‘The Flat And Paper Sky Vol. II’, EP
• Race Car Hearts- ‘TenderViolent’, EP
• Sam Forrest- 'Silo', EP
• China Shop Bull- '9 Lives', Single
• Syd Arthur- ‘Dorothy’, single
• Heavy Petting Zoo- 'See You In Hell, Candy Boys', EP
• The Hidden Revolution- 'Useless Noises', EP
• Franco & The Dreadnought- 'Last Man Standing'
• Mr Fogg- ‘Tightrope’, Single
• ON AN ON- ‘The Hunter', Single
• Bleed Electric- 'This Is My Masterpiece', EP
• City Reign- ‘Ahead of Ideas’, Single
• The Tricks- '49 Mercury’, EP
• The Dusk- 'Falling', EP
• Darwin and the Dinosaur - 'Romulus', EP
• Red Bird Sky- ‘stories’, Single
• London Commands You- 'Truth', Single
• Bullet For My Valentine- ‘Temper Temper’, Single
• Crash & The Coots- 'John Coles Park', EP
• NAKED (on drugs) - ‘Death Dance’, Single
• The Shindys- ‘Between You And Me', EP
• Chelsea Wolfe, ‘Prayer For The Unborn’, EP
• Seasons Collide- Horizons, EP
• Uncle Paul- 'W@nk The Cat, Feed The Dog', E.P.

Album of the month: Julian Cope: Saint Julian  [re-release] - Review by Lee McFadden

http://www.mudkiss.com/saintjulian.htm

January Reviews: From Andy Barnes, Paul Hastings,Mike Ainscoe and Jared Jones

http://www.mudkiss.com/jan13reviews.htm

• Emperor The Stag - 'Speedwell Drive' EP
• Lowlands - Beyond
• Humanfly – Awesome Science
• The Omega Experiment – The Omega Experiment
• The Joy Formidable - Wolfs Law
• The Loyalties - Til The Death of Rock N Roll
• Cult of Luna – Vertikal
• Biffy Clyro - Opposite
• Surgery without Research - Vengeance
  

The Blog Sound Winners of 2013

http://www.mudkiss.com/blogsoundof2013winners.htm

VIDEO OF THE DAY:

Don't forget to keep checking our chosen video of the day

http://www.mudkiss.com/videooftheday.htm

BOOKS:

Den Browne Skips A Light Fandango Through Some New Music related books

http://www.mudkiss.com/densjanbooks.htm

• Henry Scott-Irvine: The Ghosts of ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ - Procol Harum
• Victor Bockris: Keith Richards - The Unauthorised Biography, New Revised Edition
• Pete Townshend: “Who I Am”
• Ben Edmonds: “Kill City” Revisited - Confessions of a Fool for the Stooges
• JMR Higgs: KLF - Chaos Magic Music Money

Mike Ainscoe reviews a couple of books for Mudkiss - A Bit Of Prog?

• Jon Collins - Marillion Seperated Out....Redux
• Garry Freedman – Do You Wanna Play Some Magic [Emerson Lake & Palmer in concert 1970-1979]
• David Rees & Martin Webb – Jethro Tull – The ‘A’ New Day Tapes Vol 1

http://www.mudkiss.com/marillionbook.htm