Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons Reviews

**The Band** Klaxons are an English indie/dance/nu rave band. The are definately unique and that's what attracted me to them in the first place, i've never heard anything like them before. In recent years they have become increasingly popular at festivals. The current members of the band are: Jamie Reynolds, James Righton, Simon Taylor-Davis ...  Read the complete review

What is new rave? A hybrid of punk rock and electro pop? Sounds exciting enough, but is this really the case? Not quite. Ignore all tags and labels, and take Klaxons for what they are, an exhilarating band open to experimenting with their distinctive sound. This album managed to win last years Mercury music prize. As big a Klaxons fan as I am, I ...  Read the complete review

The Klaxons shot to fame via the pages of NME magazine in 2006 at the forefront of the self penned New Rave scene that saw many bands emerge with new DIY sounds in an attempt to stop the endless flow of soundalike bands flooding Britains soundwaves. After months Klaxons finally released this in early 2007 and it was a great success with a spacey ...  Read the complete review

The Klaxons are one of my favourite bands at the moment, bringing something new to the British music scene, with their sound which is deemed as ‘new – rave’. Hailing from the likes of Bournemouth and Stratford upon Avon they are a great new talent and are doing very well for themselves at the moment. I first heard of the Klaxons through friends ...  Read the complete review

Of all the music genres out there, I would never have picked myself as a fan of “indie rave”, a term coined by Angular Records founder Joe Daniel, who released the first single by the loud-hailered sounding Klaxons. Variously described as "acid-rave sci-fi punk-funk" to psychedelic pop, Klaxons look to update the rave sound of the 90’s ...  Read the complete review