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A busy start to the year is indeed in-store for this promising fivesome as February also gives way to a very special Southwest England tour with Megan Henwood (BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Act Of The Year).
Exciting news comes from M.I.A. as she releases a new single via Pitchfolk. ‘Bad Girls’ is a taster for what to expect from her fourth studio album coming out in the summer. It is a reworking of one of her songs from the Vicki Leekz mixtape, which was released in late 2010. ‘Bad Girls’ sounds [...]
Hevy Music Festival have released their first batch of bands set to make an appearance over the weekend. With over 60 acts yet to be announced, including the main stage headliners, Hevy is already shaping up as the place to be this summer.
When I first saw Alestorm a couple of years ago it was the only time in my life I can safely say I felt uncool not wearing a pirate costume.
To support the release of his debut solo album on Monday, Craig Finn, the front man of The Hold Steady, will perform tracks from the album, which is called ‘Clear Heart Full Eyes’ at a special show at the Rough Trade East record store on Wednesday 25th January. The gig starts at 7pm and the [...]
The All Tomorrow’s Parties festival promoters have announced that US indie-giants The National will be curating this year’s ATP festival at the Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead, Somerset. The National will be making their only UK appearance at the festival in December. Having enjoyed mainstream success in their native United States, the band headlined last year’s [...]
January 11th saw big wins for the UK’s Anna Calvi and Ireland’s James Vincent McMorrow at the European Border Breakers Awards, which was held at the Eurosonic Noorderslag music festival in Groningen, the Netherlands. Coincidently, the awards ceremony was presented by Jools Holland and is a celebration of the best new talent in pop music from [...]
On Monday 23rd January, Arctic Monkeys release their latest single ‘Black Treacle’ on 7” and download. Included with the single will is an extra-track by the Monkeys’ good friend, Richard Hawley, and his band The Death Ramps called ‘You and I’. Currently the band are on tour in Australia, having already taken their ‘Suck It [...]
Josh gets his head around downloading illegal music…
Radiohead are also confirmed to headline Portugal’s Optimus Alive festival in Portugal (July 12-15), and Spain’s Bilbao BBK festival (July 12-14).
Bloc Party’s frontman Kele Okereke recently announced that Bloc Party are back and will be releasing a new album later this year. Kele has previously hinted at this news, but many were left skeptical after the release of his debut solo album‘The Boxer’ in 2010, and the announcement that he was too busy with his [...]
I am sure the weather is now going to get colder and if possible wetter
2012 looks to be an exciting year for Enter Shikari. They have treated their fans to the radio debut of their new single ‘Arguing With Thermometers’ by Zane Lowe on Thursday’s BBC Radio 1’s Breakfast Show (Lowe is standing in for Chris Moyles this week). The release of ‘Arguing With Thermometers’ signals the release of [...]
The Kinks have announced the release of the band’s first seven albums on Monday 21st November.
Here’s a heart-warming tale for the Christmas season. After praising Max Raptor’s debut mini-album, Portraits, and generally writing about his support for the band on Facebook and YouTube, Max Raptor superfan Barney Hall has been given an early Christmas treat. The band posted on Facebook, saying that if their statement got a thousand likes, they [...]
Rugged, rolling liquid drum and bass, mulled wine and mince pies. The only choice for the discerning festive raver!
