This section links you to all my reviews of the Scottish unsigned (mainly) bands who've so far released or prepared CD's/Downloads that are meant for label presentation and/or public sale. Links to all the bands websites (that exist) are on the home page
As with the concert reviews, the CD's are reviewed in the order in which they were received, and even though a few are now history, the review remains untouched, as we do with all the Dead Earnest site:

DOWNLOAD REVIEWS:
A great many artists and bands into 2011 are now releasing their albums, EP's and tracks as download only items so it only seems fair that we should come kicking and screaming into the 21st century and review these releases, so you can find all these at:
Scottish Unsigned Downloads

CD ALBUM & CD SINGLE REVIEWS:
The list below is in descending order, the latest items at the bottom, with each CD reviewed at the time it was received here, starting somewhere around the middle of 2005 and getting into 2006 by around Ephemeral Arkestra and beyond, arriving at 2007 by the time of King Thing and hitting 2008 somewhere around The Rebelhearts and entering 2009 somewhere around Alan Turner, hitting autumn 2009 with For My Next Miracle and Don Nicolson - I'm sure you get the drift!
ISIS- Breathe

WILDHOUSE-Ficca EP

SAZ-Get A Grip

BOX-Digested Material

THE RISE-I Am Your Leader

ISIS-Alrite! EP

THE WHITE LIGHT-The Thrill Is No More

STOOR-Feckless

EPHEMERAL ARKESTRA-Whole World

MR SPIDER - Wishing Well E.P.

SELF MADE MAN-Rise..Revolt..Conquer

HAMPER - E.P.

DIRTY WEE MIDDENS - The Embarassing Wood E.P.

TRASH SUPERSTAR - Leather E.P.

ELECTRA - Whatever: So You Wanna Be A Rock Star Vol 1

HANNEY - Material Sickness E.P.

RINGFINGER - The Hastie Sessions E.P.

RUSH HOUR SOUL - Idle Eyes E.P.

SELF MADE MAN - Evolution Of Design E.P.

RISING SIGNS - The Grey Man E.P.

THE RISE - What Goes Around E.P.

2am - Strength Of Patience E.P.

THE SAME DIFFERENTS - It's All Life E.P.

SPEYSIDE - Somewhere Else E.P.

OSPREY HEIGHTS - Expectations E.P.

DELIMSERGE - Blood Money E.P.

THE GETDOWNS - EP

AWAITING EXILE - Infected By Devils Double-E.P.

THE GETDOWNS - Proper Music EP

FALTER - With Description Comes Image EP

MAGDALEN GREEN - Magdalen Green E.P.

THE LAW - Velvet Morning E.P.

RESTRICTION OF LIBERTY - Another Story CD-E.P.

KING THING - Trophy Wives CD Single

THE WILDHOUSE - Hyenas CD album

THE LEATHERETTES - Shoot To Thrill CD-EP

THE RISE - Demo Album 2006

DISSOLVED - Fallen For It CD Mini-album

PESKI KINGS - I Write All The Rules Mini Album Demo 2007

BETH WILMSHURST - Science - The E.P.

THE UNKNOWN - Demo CD-EP

RUSH HOUR SOUL - All The Rage CD-EP

CORE - CORE CD-EP

DIRTY WEE MIDDENS - Crack Open A Cold One

THE HOFFS - Shatner's Ghost CD-EP

THE DAZE - Come Undone CD-EP

PESKI KINGS - Peski Kings Promo Album CD

ISIS - Waiting CD-EP

INDIANAPOLIS - Don't Stop CD-EP

PAGE 6 - The Many Facets Of Walter CD Album

MR SPIDER - Web Of Lies CD-Album

THE HOFFS - City Beast CD-Album

GRACE EMILYS - The Outlaws And The Czar CD-EP

ALTRES - Tripping The Dark Fantastic... DBL-CD ALBUM

THE REBELHEARTS - Chameleon Viper CD-EP

SAZ - Get A Grip Preview Demo CD-EP

SUGARHOUSE WYND - Seagate Sessions CD-EP

KFOX - Endeavour With Danger CD-EP

THE GOODNIGHTS - MOre Than Anyone CD-EP

THE WILDHOUSE - Hyenas(Final Master) CD

SEROTONIN - The Syndrome CD-EP

THE DESCARTES - Reflex Action CD-EP

DAVE? - Don't Die Zipper CD-EP

THE BROGUES - She Gets Me Up CD-EP

LUVA ANNA - Wooden Shoe CD-EP

BOX - Evilbox Live CD

FAKE - Fake CD-EP

SWORDMASTER - Demo/Album Sampler CD-EP

CHIARO - Vol II CD

COLE APPLEYARD - CD-EP

THE REBELHEARTS - Chameleon Viper CD-EP

GRACE EMILYS - On Jamaica Street CD Single

CORE - The Blacklog Sessions Vol 1 CD-EP

NATIVE ALIEN - Dead Skin CD-EP

THE DAZE - New Day Dawning CD-EP

PESKI KINGS - Feb 2008 5-Track Demo CD-EP

THE GOODNIGHTS - Coming Back CD-EP

CHIARO - The Old & New CD

PAULA KNIGHT - Wonder CD

SARAH COLOSO - Ashes On The Wind CD-EP

GRACE EMILYS - Lipstick Blues CD SINGLE

THE WILDHOUSE - Poet:Saint CD

PEG & THE BOUFFANTS - Deceiter CD-EP

COLOUR CODED - Same Mistake CD-EP

ALAN TURNER - Life Is Ment For Living, Love Is Ment For Giving CD-EP

DAVE? - That Spark CD-EP

EXCELLENT CADAVER - The Powerthirst EP CD-EP

PESKI KINGS - Lucky Me Lucky You CD

THE LAW - A Measure Of Wealth 4-TRack Album Sampler (Promo) CD-EP

LUVA ANNA - Made Without Compromise CD-EP

DIRTY WEE MIDDENS - Nightmares CD-EP

MAKE SPARKS - Light In The Sky CD-EP

THE FLOOR - Starving For A Bad Cookie CD-EP

MONROW - Romantic Antics CD-EP

CORE - Core CD

GENERAL JUDGEMENT - Edit CD-EP

FOR MY NEXT MIRACLE - 13 Songs About Death, Love, Hate & Revenge, Regret, Sorrow, Joy & Hope CD

THE LAW - A Measure Of Wealth CD

PANDA SU - Sticks And Bricks CD-EP

CRYSTAL TEARS - A Servant Still CD-EP

ESPERI - Esperi CD-EP

MASON - Somewhere In Between CD-EP

DAVE? - That Spark CD Single

MASONIC ABYSS - Music For The Apocalypse CD

HENNISI - Paranoid & Black CD

SARAH COLOSO - The Sky Below CD-EP

ISIS - Peace In Bedlam CD

GOOM - If You Care... CD-EP

3 TIMES OVER - 3 Times Over CD-EP

BALACLAVA MODELS - Paranoid CD-EP

MILLSYECK - True Friend CD-EP

KFOX - Industrial Excess CD-EP

GENERAL JUDGEMENT - Judgement:Personna CD

COMA TOAST - Coma Toast CD

SPARE SNARE - Victor CD

14 MILES FROM HOME - Please Forget CD-EP

DAVID MACGREGOR - Day Dream CD-EP

THE BANG - Qwerty CD-EP

MILLSYECK - Once Clean Twice Dirty CD-EP

LOST CITY SOUL - No Tomorrow CD-EP

DEADLIGHT RED - Deadlight Red CD Mini-Album

STOOR - Demo Album CD

LOVE SUSAN - Look In The Mirror CD-EP

HIKARI RISING - First Light CD-EP

LOST CITY SOUL - Sink Or Swim/Favour The Brave CD-EP

MASS CONSENSUS - Going Postal CD-EP

THE VIOLENT WHISPERS - Heartbreak Loves Romance CD-EP

THE WILDHOUSE - Good Morning, Captain CD-EP

FATAL PECK - The Peckability Of Das Beak Mini-Album (Preview)

THE BANG - Is There Anybody Out There CD Single

MAXWELLS DEAD - For The Punx CD-EP

ED MUIRHEAD - Cage In The Clouds CD

VLADIMIR - I Fight Fire CD-EP

THE WILDHOUSE - Jackson 56 CD

CORE - From Within CD

SURGYN - Vanity CD

WE WERE POSIEDON - Turn Back The Clocks CD -EP

iDrivehome - Everything Will Be Alright CD

SEAMS - Colours And Maps CD -EP

THE LAW - Trigger CD

Just a reminder that the best place to see and purchase as many of the local CD's as you can find that make it to a release, is Grouchos in the Nethergate just off Dundee city centre, as they have a section devoted to items old and new by local and East Scots coast bands. Give them a call on 01382-228496 - they also do tickets for many local and Scottish concerts, as well as the best used shop in Scotland, for CD's, CD Singles, vinyl, cassettes, DVD's, videos, books, accessories and more - with prices that are totally affordable, often jaw-droppingly low, it's easily the best music shop in Scotland right now.

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ASSOCIATED ARTIST CD REVIEWS:
REV 78 - Boy In The Blitz
Band from South West England whose debut CD ranks among the finest of the Scottish unsigned scene,and is one of the finest albums we've heard from down south in ages so we've elevated them to this section.
ELECTRA
DEAD EASY (ELECTRA + IAN JONES)
Fantastic female vocalist from the USA now residing in Edinburgh and done a lot to support the Dundee scene, so it's only fair that we support her.....
Electra's own CD album reviewed here
Dead Easy CD album reviewed here
LEATHER ZOO
Melodic punk band from Sheffield with a stunning mini-album and scorching live concerts. They helped me with a support slot at my first Post Office Bar gig - so I'm helping them..........
....and forward to 2007, they're back with a brand new an snsational CD-EP - read the review by clicking the link below:
LEATHER ZOO - Fleur De Lis

The Australian rock trio that has blown away us and anyone in Dundee that's seen them play live, have their debut mini-CD reviewed here....

LATE NITE ACCESS - Bitter Romance CD-EP
...and their second sensational CD, reviewed there!!!

THE BEAUTIFUL WORD - Tricycle Monologues CD Mini Album
THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Curvature Of Words CD Album
Leading what seems like a mini-invasion of Dundee by bands from Brighton (someone must have put a good word in down there!!!), they had a crowd spellbound on their debut Dundee concert - and these CD's have the same effect.

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Scottish bands' CD's that have landed on our door and are worthy of a mention (in descending chronological order - latest at bottom):

STARVATION BOX - EP
MY DOWNFALL/RUINOUS/THE EXTRACT - Foyer Records EP

LONG STORY SHORT - "We Are Audio" CD Single

LE RENO AMPS - LP

VANTAGE POINT - "Sail On" CD EP

VANTAGE POINT - "Gemma Gemini" CD EP

SYTH - The Dawn Of War EP

BITUMEN RIVER-EP

BEASTHEAD - More Lethal Than A Colossal Snorle Bane EP

SHOCK AND AWE-School For Scoundrels EP

ESTRELLA - She's Got It CD-EP

CARDIAC - Burn It CD-EP

MAYA 29 - Akhaisha CD-EP

PAGE 6 - Live CD-EP

RBRBR - Marsick's Blues CD-EP

STARRY WISDOM CULT - Bomb CDS

SYTH - Warzone CD

WIRED DESIRE - Caroline CD-EP

SERGEANT - SGT CD-EP

SHOCK AND AWE - Go Home

HAMPER - Lullabye CD-EP

15 TIMES DEAD-Bullethead CD-EP

THEME - DEMO 2006/DEMO 2007 CD-EP'S

MILLSYECK - Who I Am CD

MARVEL HEIGHTS - Get Up, Get Out CD-EP

THE TRADE - Empire CD Album

ATTICA RAGE - In Concert With The Mirror CD-EP

THE ROUTES - Don'T Leave Me Hanging CD-EP

AIRSPIEL - In Another Life CD

AIRSPIEL - I Don't Know You CD-EP

TWIN ATLANTIC - A Guidance From Colour CD-EP

THINK:FIRE - Swings And Roundabouts CD-EP

ONE DAY SPEAKERS - Festival Girls CD-EP

THE WHITE LIGHT - Young Hearts CD-EP

MODUS - Sounds From The Kitten Casino CD

TEMPERCALM - True Novella CD

PLAYTONE - Round At My Place CD - EP

BEATNIC PRESTIGE - Doubtfire CD Single

ESTHER O'CONNOR - Right Here CD

FIREBRAND SUPER ROCK - Point Of No Return CD-EP

WHITE LIGHT - 5-Tracker CD-EP

DIRTY ROSE - 6-Track Demo CD-EP

FOREVERVOID - Vision (Demo) CD-EP

HOT MANGU - Necropolis CD-EP

THE BLACK LIGHTS - Queen Of The USA CD-EP

VANTAGE POINT - Daredevils On The Shore CD

GHOSTS OF PROGRESS - Anal Blues CD-EP

THE VIRAGOES - Cheap Shoes & Lies CD

THE DRAYMIN - Pushing Boundaries CD-EP

V/A - Fat Hippy Sapmpler III CD

AIRSPIEL - Broken Record Day FREE DOWNLOAD

QUIVER & THE LADYSNATCHERS - Paris CD-EP

THE TRADE - Breakdown CD-EP

MANOR PARK ELITE - We Are Skeletons CD-EP

THE ONE DAY SPEAKERS - Scan The Horizon CD-EP

THE LITTLE KICKS - Don't Give Up So Easily (4-Track) CD-EP

BEATNIC PRESTIGE - Doubtfire (3 Track) CD Single

ATTICA RAGE - Ruin Nation CD

SAFE2SAY - 3 Sides To Every Story CD-EP

THE WHITE LIGHT - Sick And Tired Of Waiting For The Weekend CD

BEATNIC PRESTIGE - 9 Clicks CD-EP

THE DEBUTS - Honesty CD-EP

SOL DIABLOS - Life Moves ON CD-EP

ABEL GANZ - The Danger Of Strangers CD

THE DRAYMIN - 2004-2008 CD

SHOSHANA - Worth The Price CD Mini Album

DEAD OR AMERICAN - Thaumaturgy CD

SERPICO - Neon Wasteland CD

LE RENO AMPS - Tear It Open CD

VAL VERDE - The Lazy Soldier CD-EP

SONNET 65 - Speak Out CD-EP

SOUTHERN REMEDY - Southern Remedy CD-EP

DON NICOLSON - The Sandpiper Chronicles CD

HERE LIES A WARNING - Keep Your Head Under The Water CD-EP

THE FIRE & I - Just Face It CD-EP

GERRY JOBLONSKI & THE ELECTRIC BAND - S/T CD

JACK GLASS - Green River CD-EP

ESTHER O'CONNOR - Lost Innocence CD Single

AMID CONCRETE AND CALLOUSNESS - From Sketch To Stability CD Mini-Album

VANTAGE POINT - Driller Killer CD Mini-Album

TOECUTTER - Toecutter(Demos) CD-EP

THE ELVIS SUICIDE - Surveying The Young Professionals CD-EP

THE ELVIS SUICIDE - Sweethearts CD

ALTO ELITE - Two Words CD Single

THULA BORAH - Demo 2009 CD-EP

TWIN ATLANTIC - You're Turning Into John Wayne CD Single

TWIN ATLANTIC - Lightspeed MP3

ANY COLOUR BLACK - Touch Me CD-EP

ANNIE STEVENSON - Someone Else CD-EP

THE FIRE & I - Dark In The Shade CD-EP

MOSCOW RAID - Moscow Raid CD

THE XCERTS - Live At King Tuts CD

THE LITTLE KICKS - Boxing Clever CD

THE XCERTS - Crisis In The Slow Lane CD-EP

REVELRY THIEVES - Silence Of Soul CD-EP

THE COLONY - El Estrago CD-EP

TWIN ATLANTIC - Vivarium CD

FIVEFIFTEEN - Only Way To Be CD-EP

MAKE SPARKS - Rewind CD-EP

THIRTEENSEVEN - Illuminated CD

LOUISE MCVEY & CRACKS IN THE CONCRETE - Ode CD-EP

THE DRAYMIN - 2Point1 CD-EP

THE PARANOID MONKEYS - Sirens CD-EP

THE RAY SUMMERS - The Shepherd CD Single

THE 123's - Higher CD Single

AD ASTRA (UK) - Rockers: Live Bootleg CD Mini-Album

KUNG FU - Magnetic Storm CD-EP

RBRBR - The Bobby Masick's EP CD-EP

TURNING THIRTEEN - String She Pulled CD-EP

A TORN MIND - Barriers CD-EP

THE GAP YEAR RIOT - These Streets Never Sleep CD-EP

RIGHT HAND LEFT - Lipstick CD-EP

COME ON GANG - Wheels CD Single

FAREWELL SINGAPORE - Slightly Grey CD-EP

THE WILDCARDS - Highland People CD-EP

BEATNIC PRESTIGE - Good To Go CD-EP

THE SLEEPWALKERS - A Sense Of Purpose CD-EP

CALL TO MIND - Call To Mind CD-EP

THULA BORAH - Mind River Matter CD-EP

THE HYPE - Leave It All Behind CD

LIONS CHASE TIGERS - To Their Blood CD-EP

BEATNIC PRESTIGE - There We Were CD

THE TRADE - Lie In The Dark CD

PEARL AND THE PUPPETS - Because I Do CD-EP

EMERALD SUNDAY - Forbidden Sun CD-EP

VAL VERDE - Stardust CD-EP

RIESER - In A Children's Army CD-EP

ACRYLIC IQON - Gentlemen, We Can Rebuild Him CD-EP

BROTHERS REID - Do It Yourself CD-EP

VIGO THIEVES - Steal Your Heart CD-EP + VIGO THIEVES- Blood Red CD-EP

DEAD AT THE SCENE - Sharktopus CD-EP

ENDOR - Endor CD

DROPKICK - Abelay Hotel CD

OUTBACK ESKIMOS - Take Chances Make Mistakes CD

THE DRAYMIN - Heart Attack CD Single

ANY COLOUR BLACK - The Answer CD-EP

THE DRAYMIN - We Will Fall CD Single

CALM AS THE COLOUR - Ticket To Livesay CD-EP

INNER SIGHT - The Outlaw CD Single

AMID CONCRETE & CALLOUSNESS - Sounds Of A Starlit City CD

SALUTE MARY - Lonely Escapades CD-EP

POSE VICTORIOUS - Infiltrate CD-EP

THE WINTER TRADITION - Firelight CD-EP

GHOSTS OF PROGRESS - Exchange Your Problems For Dope & Whisky CD

RETRACT THE ACCOLADE - Retract The Accolade CD-EP

DAVE ARCARI - Devil's Left Hand CD

HAIGHT-ASHBURY - Here In The Golden Rays CD

WIRED DESIRE - Promo CD 2010 CD-EP

ELEVEN:ELEVEN - Memoirs Part One CD-EP

THE BLACK LIGHTS - Rock Awesome CD

FRIGHTENED RABBIT - The Winter Of Mixed Drinks CD(yes - I know they're a signed band, but it's so good, I'm making an exception....)

THE OTHER SIDE - Catch The Sun CD

THE MYSTERY GIRLS? - Radioactive CD

PENGUINS KILL POLAR BEARS - Homebound CD-EP

ANNIE STEVENSON - Annie Stevenson CD

THE AMORETTES - Haulin' Ass CD

MAYA 29 - THe Fifth Sun (Demo Versions) CD

WHIGS & RAKES - Demo CD-EP

THE CELESTIANS - Specimens CD-EP

DREAMS AND EMPIRES - Distances CD-EP

LEMON PARTY - How CD-EP

MUMMY SHORT ARMS - Cigarette Smuggling CD Single

INNER SIGHT - Voyage To The Stars CD Single

THE OK SOCIAL CLUB - That Howden Sound CD-EP

ACRYLIC IQON - Close Your Eyes CD-EP

SOL DIABLOS - Come Get Your Rock 'N' Roll CD

DROPKICK - Time Cuts The Ties CD

THE DEADLY WINTERS - The Deadly Winters CD

SYMPHONY OF GUNFIRE - Symphony Of Gunfire CD

SKIBUNNY - Hugs CD

DEBRASCO - The Joys Of Chaos CD

LE RENO AMPS - Appetite CD

ATTICA RAGE - Road Dog CD

FIREBRAND SUPERROCK - Firebrand Superrock CD

THE IMAGINEERS - See As I Say CD-EP

HEALTHY MINDS COLLAPSE - Butterfly Skin CD

ESTHER - The Place Where We Are CD

SHOOGAR - Heartbeat CD-EP

A DAY OVERDUE - Secrets CD

DIRTY ROSE - Pestilence And Revelations CD-EP

HERE LIES A WARNING - In Keping Faith CD-EP

LITTLE BUDDHA - Twisted CD

THE MYSTERY GIRLS? - Hands Down CD-EP CD

PANDA SU - I Begin CD-EP

THE LITTLE KICKS - The Little Kicks CD

FAT HIPPY LABEL
BROTHERS REID - Top Of The Old Road CD
GERRY JABLONSKI & THE ELECTRIC BAND - Life At Captain Toms CD
LORELEI - Faces CD

WHIGS & RAKES - Acclimatize CD

THE DETOURS - Ignite CD -EP

THE GIROBABIES - Bus Stop Apocalypse CD

WEST AVENUE - Loose Little Lies CD -EP

UNSIGNED BANDS OUTSIDE OF SCOTLAND
We get a load of CD's sent to us from unsigned bands from South of the border, but 99% of them don't live up to the high standards set by the Scottish Scene - however, a few do, so you'll find the best of those bands' CD's, right HERE.

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If you want to send a CD or DVD or CDR to us for review, then please e mail me at deadearnest@btinternet.com for the address, please - you can always send mp3 files or a link to a download if prefeable.

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