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News: Cabbage announce September / October headline tour dates.
Following on from the record store day release of ‘Young, Dumb & Full of…’ which collected the bands first three EP’s together, Mossley five piece indie/punks Cabbage have announced details of a headline tour, coming your way in September. They will be supported by Doncaster’s The Blinders, Liverpool’s Queen Zee and The Sasstones, and Proletariat, …
Maarja Nuut – Rich Mix, London 16.05.2017
To label Maarja Nuut an Estonian folk singer and fiddler would be to hugely understate what she does and might even miss the point entirely. There’s no doubt the tunes and bluntly dark folk tales of her homeland are at the heart of her performance but there’s all manner of other musical layers, especially when accompanied …
Track: Dead Naked Hippies – Drain You
Taken from the upcoming Dance To The Radio Records 4×12” Compilation, Drain You is the new single from Leeds trash punks (their own description) Dead Naked Hippies. Of the track, the bands Lucy Jowett explains “‘Drain You’ is a ‘fuck you’ to the voice that says you can’t….Don’t be a bystander, be strong minded and …
Track: Tuxedo – 2nd Time Around
“We needed a carefree release in these fucked up times,” say Jake One, talking of the release of the second Tuxedo album – his project with Mayer Hawthorne which drops via Stones Throw on April 17th. From it the pair have released a new single, 2nd time around, and its a dayglo slab of Cali …
News: Shed Seven to release first new album in 16 years, plus December tour dates
Brit Pop five piece Shed Seven, who scored a handful of hit albums, as well as 16 top 40 singles in the heady 90s, have announced their first studio album in 16 years, alongside their biggest ever UK tour. Not details yet on the exact release, other than ‘later in the year’, but the band …
Track: Bacchus – The Mirror
It’s been several months since the release of Bacchus’ last EP ‘The Rich & The War’. He’s clearly a sensitive soul, The four tracks that made up his last release followed in the steps of acts like David Gray and Damian Rice, stripping things back and making top quality acoustic music. His new track is …
News: Skunk Anansie announce additional UK dates for May
The reborn, re-enrgised Skunk Anansie have announced some additional UK headline & festival shows for May 2017 following on from a full European tour kicking off round about now, with the band set to visit 14 different countries across a six week period, including a sold out London date at the Brixton Academy on February …
Track: Los Campesinos! – 5 Flucloxacillin
As if we didn’t love indie pop/rockers Los Campesinos! enough, they’ve announced a new album, Sick Scenes, and a new single 5 Flucloxacillin, and who doesn’t love songs named after antibiotic used for treating skin complications and what have you. The song is supposedly a depiction of what life is like for people who fall …
Track: Alice Jemima covers No Diggity
Ahead of her debut self-titled album, out on Sunday Best Recordings on March 3rd, pop newcomer Alice Jemima has released her cover of Blackstreet’s No Diggity. In Jemima’s own words, ‘I first chose to cover ‘No Diggity’ after hearing Chet Fakers striped-back version of it – but I wasn’t planning to do anything with it, …
Ben McKelvey opens for The Overtones at Sheffield City Hall
Being a support act on a major national tour is like a GCSE exam in ‘first impressions’ – you’ve got to be good and not scrimp on your revision if you want pass with flying colours. The penalty for doing it wrong is an embarrassing even humiliating walk of shame stage right. Friday night saw …