Smilex back for tenth anniversary gigsAfter deciding back in early 2011 to draw a line (a pencil line, at least) under playing live shows, noisy fun-drenched punks Smilex have decided to mark the occasion of their tenth anniversary as a band. Smilex have been a regular, valued part of the local music scene for the decade that’s passed since their […]
Smilex news: less gigging, more other-stuff-ingHypermanic punk-rock’n’roll-noise merchants Smilex have decided that their next few gigs will be their last for the year, as their members Jen and Tom will be spending the rest of the year in New York. This isn’t the end, though, by any means. Remaining members Lee and Pat will spend the rest of the year […]
Smilex: Playmusic’s Best Unsigned Live Band 2010Well done Smilex, for being chosen as the Best Unsigned Live Band 2010 in geeky muso magazine Playmusic’s Unsigned Awards. That’s not ‘best live band in Oxford’ – but best live band in the entire universe. I think. Although I’m not sure how far and wide the magazine is distributed. Read the magazine online here […]
Smilex have quietly spent the last couple of years trading their wild punk/sleaze roots in for a more polished, commercial sound and ‘X’ (produced by Ace of Skunk Anansie fame, no less) is a prime example of this new direction. In fact, you could sort of guess the Ace connection even if you didn’t know, […]
Smilex have performed with the likes of The Damned, Towers of London and Pretty Girls Make Graves over the last seven years, developing a fearsome live reputation in the process. They are currently working on new material for their new album, entitled La Petite Mort and due for release in 2010. 1.What do you think […]
There’s several inherent problems with melding rap with rock. First of all it’s a pretty cliché-ridden combination, something the press release accompanying this collaboration conforms to – it’s utter tripe of the highest order, taken verbatim from the Introduction to Hype 101 manual. “Musical worlds colliding with explosive results” and all that crap. Secondly, rap […]