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News: Lush reform for London gig
4AD lovers have been rejoicing today with the deluxe news that early nineties label stalwarts Lush are reforming to play the London Roundhouse in May 2016 as well as releasing a new compilation. Lush have announced details of their first live show in almost twenty years, playing London’s prestigious Roundhouse venue on Friday 6th May …
News: Fluffer Records Second Birthday Party All Dayer
Fluffer Records Second Birthday Party All Dayer: Best in new Psych, Garage and Punk The Shacklewell Arms, London October 3rd, 12-3am Fluffer Records, the visceral London based label that not only bought us a host of unforgettable live music nights featuring the likes of Slaves, God Damn, Cerebral Balzy and Bad For Lazarus, but are also responsible for …
News: Ruts DC announce Psychic Attack UK tour for October
Legendary punk band Ruts DC have announced a run of tour dates across the UK in October, including a night at the Jazz Cafe in London. Now consisting of two of the original members Segs Jennings and Dave Ruffy, along with Leigh Heggarty to excel on guitar. With an extensive back catalogue from their original …
News: 6 Organs Of Admittance to reissue Dust and Chimes
Released on vinyl for the very first time this October is 1999’s Dust and Chimes from 6 Organs of Admittance. Fresh from appearing at Supersonic festival in Birmingham, new listeners are given the opportunity to revisit these early works on a more suitably “retro” format. The early 6 Organs sound is not a huge departure from now, …
News: Edsel to Reissue five Comsat Angels albums with extras
Sheffield quartet The Comsat Angels were perhaps always the bridesmaids, never the brides. Whether it was that their brand of Post-Punk was always that little to bleak, and the angst contained within was a little to heartbreaking for the wider public, that instead latched onto the likes of U2, the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes …
News: Universal to release Sparks box set – The Island Years
Aside from being (approximately) half of pop supergroup F.F.S. it shouldn’t be forgotten that Sparks, aka Ron and Russell Meal, were a rather brilliant group before their latest collaboration. For in those halcyon days of the 1970s, Top of the Pops and other popular cultural establishments were, if not awash with then certainly not unfamiliar …
Track: Max Richter – Sleep (running time: 8:24:07)
British contemporary composer Max Richter has released his epic album ‘Sleep’ this month on Deutsche Grammophon, the album is a single piece of music spanning over the period of eight hours, a single continuous track which sections have been track listed. Richter states he is well aware that lengthy works have been composed before by the likes of Cage, Terry Riley, …
News: McAlmont And Butler announce reissue of ‘The Sound of..’ and Tour dates
These anniversary editions of classic albums come round every now and then, making those of us who bought them back in the day feel really old. We’ve celebrated the releases of ‘Screamadelica’ and ‘Nevermind’. Now it’s the turn of ‘The Sound Of McAlmont and Butler’ by former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, and vocalist David McAlmont. …
News: Sleeping With Sirens Announce 2016 UK Headline Tour
2016 is set to be a great year for Sleeping With Sirens. After their massively successful 2015World Tour with fellow US band Pierce The Veil, SWS have announced a huge UK and European tour for early next year. With an ever growing fan base on social media, over 115 million album streams and over 720,000 …
See: Lauren Aquilina releases the heartbreaking ‘Ocean’, plus tour dates
You can learn a lot about Lauren Aquilina from her Twitter bio: “nothing makes me happier than writing sad songs.” She’s continuing that trend with new song ‘Ocean’, which is her latest single and the title of her forthcoming EP. Lauren has had an incredible start to her music career, headlining the BBC introducing stage …