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1. • James D
   • Hello everyone,
     
     This is a quick post to see if anyone wants to write reviews and/or do interviews for our e-zine Die Shellsuit, Die! (www.dieshellsuit.co.uk) ?
     
     The reason being is that we're inundated with new CDs at the moment to get reviewed, and although our team is great and constantly doing all that we can, we quite simply can't keep up with the release dates. We cover all sorts, from punk, indie, metal, hardcore, pop-punk, emo, post-rock, dance, avante-garde, folk, blues, jazz, pop, death-metal, rock, hip-hop to everything inbetween (mainly your guitar based staples though). Music is our forte, but we've also been slowly diversifying to cover games, movies and books too. We get sent these infrequently, but we're gathering pace on those. So what we're looking for is someone reliable, a good writer (You don't need qualifications or previous experience, just a passion for music be it good or bad!) and someone who really wants to do this!
     
     We've had many people write 2 reviews, and forget the other 4 they have to do and we never hear from them again, this is ultimately very frustrating for both us and the people sending us the CDs, so we don't want that from anyone wanting to give this a go. We'll send you as many CDs as you can cope with, if you only like having 4 at a time we'll stick with that, but if you can master the art of sorting 15 CDs at once, then that's brilliant too. We just need some more help basically and are therefore looking to expand our current team.
     
     There are no set deadlines, so you need to be self-disciplined and have some spare freetime to get your teeth into doing the reviews. We don't pay anyone for this, the reward is hopefully getting CDs you actually like, for free! We try to match people up correctly with bands we hope you'll enjoy, as reviewing band after band that you hate is clearly pointless for everyone involved.
     
     What do we need if you're up for it?
     
     What age are you?
     Whereabouts do you live in the country? (Ideally we need people in the UK - But if you're not you would get streamed links for CDs, so please be aware of that, we aren't sending physical CDs abroad at the moment as it costs too much for us)
     What are your top 10 favourite bands of all time?
     What are your preferred genres?
     Are you up for interviewing bands? (If so let us know if it's on e-mail/phone/face to face or all of these)
     Will you be reviewing live shows? (If so guestlist will be sorted out as is appropriate)
     Would you want to reviews computer games? (If so what consoles do you have)
     Would you want to review books? (If so who what are your preferred type of book)
     Would you want to review DVDs/go to screenings? (If so who what are your preferred type of films)
     Can you try to send a sample review you've had published if you have one, alternatively write a review of a current CD you really enjoy and can get passionate about. There's no set word count, but obviously writing a paragraph about an entire album is a bit limited.
     
     Here’s the list of CDs we have at the moment to give you an idea of what we get sent:
     
     Castrovalva – Castrovalva (Mini-Album) (For fans of Brew Records, Lightning Bolt, Xbxrx, Hella, Arab on radar, Death From Above 1979 and Oxes)
     BM Linx – Kids On Fire (Single) (For fans of beat-driven electro rock)
     The Tempus – Follow You (EP) (For fans of Led Zeppelin, The Verve, Manic Street Preachers, The Beatles, Neil Young, Jeff Buckley, Cream & Jimi Hendrix)
     Nik Drou – Here’s To Future Nostalgia!! (EP) (For fans of hip-hop, beats, punk and rock)
     The Cess Allan Band – History Books (EP) (For fans of very English music, gang vocals, acoustic-driven music, Kyte, Scholars, Say Anything maybe)
     James Keen – No Coincidence (Album) (For fans of singer-songwriters, John Mayer, James Blunt, Jason Mraz and James Morrison)
     Francis Rodino – Circles & Squares (Album) (For fans of modern rock/pop)
     The Gaslight Anthem – Great Expectations (Single)
     Jo Webb & The Dirty Hands – Acrobat (Album) (For fans of Weezer, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and Jimmy eat World)
     The Gentlemen – Sending Cards (Single) (For fans of indie, pop)
     Joe Coffee – When The Fabric Don’t Fit The Frame (Album) (For fans of hardcore, punk, rock)
     The Chemists – Hear Our Song (Single) (For fans of Queens of the Stone Age, The Pixies, The Police and Doves)
     The Shermans – Venom (Single) (For fans of indie, Beach Boys, The Bluetones, Ocean Colour Scene)
     The Devil’s Conspiracy – Live Or Lie (Single)
     The Fevers – Alright (Single) (For fans of punk, alternative rock)
     Baby Gravy – Did It again (Single) (For fans of post-punk, grooves, Shrag, Help She Can’t Swim, Fight Like Apes, Human League)
     Marianne Faithfull – Easy Come Easy Go (Album)
     Marianne Faithfull – Hold On Hold On (Single)
     Metro Station – Shake It (Single) (For fans of pop-punk, Panic At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes etc)
     The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – The Whole Fam Damnily (Album) (For fans of punk rock, rockabiliy, Flogging Molly, Clutch etc)
     This Distance – The Reality The Perfection (EP) (For fans of hardcore-metal, sludge, Emmure, Shai Hulud and Architects)
     Mely – Portrait of a Porcelain doll (Album) (For fans of rock, dark metal)
     Mexican Institute Of Sound – Soy Sauce (Album) (For fans of rock, pop etc)
     Bell X1 – Blue Lights On The Runway (Album) (For fans of The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Elbow)
     Dieter Schoon – Mary Jane (Single) (For fans of funk, stoned pop)
     Passe Montagne – Oh My Satan (Album) (For fans of math rock, noise, Shellac, Don Caballero, Led Zeppelin etc)
     Joz & DJ Marcus Taylor – Passion (Single) (For fans of dance, trance etc)
     Spokes – People Like People Like You (EP) (For fans of indie, Phil Spector, post-rock, shoe-gaze, folk and pop)
     Southerly – Storyteller & The Gossip Columnist (Album) (For fans of orchestral pop, The National, Brendan Benson, Richard Ashcroft, Elliott Smith, Tindersticks)
     Fashoda Crisis – Mischief of One Kind and Another (Mini-album) (For fans of Future of the Left, Thomas Tantrum, The Rifles and Engerica)
     Papa Roach – Hollywood Whore (Single) (For fans of rock, nu-metal and Papa Roach)
     Dan Black – Alone (Single) (For fans of electro, pop, Hot Chip, The Kills etc)
     
     If anyone wants to get in touch just e-mail james@brumpunkscene.co.uk and info@dieshellsuit.co.uk please.
     
     Thanks.
     
     James.
   • [13:02 on 01/03/09]

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