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WIRE documentary ‘People In A Film’ in the works.
Wire are the definitive post-punk band. Now there’s going to be a documentary about them. Released in 1977, Wire’s debut album ‘Pink Flag’ was like nothing before it – 21 tracks of bold dada statement, with several songs under a minute. Forty years later in 2017, their most recent album ‘Silver/Lead’ was lauded by the music press at large, with …
FAD GADGET: The Best of… – vinyl reissue
Mute have announced a double silver-vinyl release of The Best of Fad Gadget, out on 6 September 2019. Available here for the first time on vinyl, part of the ongoing MUTE 4.0 (1978 > TOMORROW) campaign, the release marks the 40th anniversary of Fad Gadget’s debut 7”, the double A-side single, ‘Back to Nature’ / ‘The Box’.The original 2001 CD was the …
LIKE GIANTS ANNOUNCE FIRST SHOWS
Pop-punk 4 piece Like Giants have announced their first ever UK shows later starting later this month. Speaking about their first shows frontman Daniel Kai said “We’re so stoked to bring our high energy performance to 3 of the biggest historical rock cities in the UK. To have Stoke, London and Birmingham as the first 3 shows we …
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES
Stiff Little Fingers have announced UK/EIRE tour dates this summer. After the traditional and critically acclaimed run of UK dates in March, the band is back on the road in May and August to deliver their usual energetic and spellbinding performance to fans across the country. With a career spanning over more than 40th years, Stiff Little Fingers’ …
The Slow Readers Club announce extra winter tour dates
The Slow Readers Club have announced the addition of a further four shows for their headline tour this winter, with dates in Cork, Limerick, Dublin and Belfast joining their already announced shows in London, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Glasgow. The announcement saw the band sell out the first of their Manchester dates within hours, with the …
Goldie Releases ‘Saturnz Return: 21st Anniversary Edition’
Goldie’s 1995 debut album ‘Timeless’ changed the face of music culture. Bringing the nascent drum & bass scene to the masses, the album careered into the Top 10, hit a number of album-of-the-year polls and earned enthusiastic praise from David Bowie. Goldie became a star in the process. But while everyone was eagerly anticipating a repeat of the ‘Timeless’ formula, Goldie had other ideas. Instead, he …
JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN – VINYL REISSUES OF CLASSIC ALBUMS
Following last month’s release of her first career retrospective, ‘Joanathology’, Joan Wasser aka Joan As Police Woman has announced she will reissue three of her early classic studio albums – Real Life, To Survive and The Deep Field – on gatefold coloured vinyl on 23rd August 2019 via Play It Again Sam. Her 2006 debut album Real …
CAMP COPE ANNOUNCE UK TOUR
Empowering Australian indie punk trio Camp Cope have announced an 11-date UK tour this September. Last September saw them play a sold out Tufnell Park Dome at their first ever London show, having upgraded from the smaller room after they sold it out in a matter of hours. This freshly-announced set of dates kicks off …
Say Psych: Premiere: Rev Rev Rev – One Illusion Is Very Much Like Another
Following a recent trip to the US for a run of shows at SXSW and the announcement that they’d signed to London-based label Fuzz Club, Italy’s finest shoegazing noise-rockers Rev Rev Rev are now gearing up to release their highly-anticipated third album, Kykeon and BSM brings you the premiere of their new track ‘One Illusion …