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Track: Everything is ‘Bright’ for New Zealand’s Marmalade: a shimmering tasty dollop of sweet indie pop, with launch date announced.

Arun Kendall June 1, 2023

Tāmaki Makaurau-based five-piece band Marmalade today release their new single ‘Bright’ – a jangly sparkling track laden with a dusting of melancholy and the sweetest harmonies to ever nest inside your head. With a chorus more expansive and beautiful than the Southern Alps, this is a shimmering piece of pure antipodean indie pop that floats …

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rancid – tomorrow never comes (hellcat records)

Andi Callen June 1, 2023

The Breakdown 4.0 8 10th Studio album sees Rancid prepare to come aboard with a blistering exercise in bare bones punk Hellcat/Epitaph Records 8 So here we are 30 years after Rancid’s eponymous debut. The 10th studio album and 7th to be produced by Bad Religion and Epitaph head honcho Brett Gurewitz, Tomorrow Never Comes …

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Premiere: We are in the Big League now with their new single ‘Dine Out On The Subdivide’ and single launch party.

Arun Kendall June 1, 2023

It is with the greatest of pleasure that we premiere the new single from Melbourne’s venerable Big League, the intriguingly titled ‘Dine Out On The Subdivide’. Driven by a wall of fuzzy guitars and pattering drums, the song crackles with a vitality and power – the high voltage riffs driven by powerful passionate harmony of …

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News: Full lineup announced for Lytham Festival 2023

Izzy Clayton June 1, 2023

Jamiroquai, George Ezra, Sting, Lionel Richie and Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe will all headline Lytham Festival 2023. The line-up of international rock, pop and funk legends and multi-award-winning musicians will see Lancashire’s biggest live music festival return for what is set to be five unforgettable nights. Along with the headliners, US rock band Blondie, indie heroes Kaiser Chiefs, award-winning hitmakerGabrielle, Scissor Sisters’ frontman Jake Shears, New York’s …

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News: With only weeks to go till its Sea Sessions time! Barefoot Beach Sports Return For the Biggest Beach Party of the Year

Ian Mc Donnell June 1, 2023

Barefoot Wine and Sea Sessions, Ireland’s only festival in Ireland to feature Beach Sports, have announced the highly anticipated return of the incredibly popular Barefoot Beach Sports. This year’s Barefoot beach sports fanatics set to join Sea Sessions headliners Kasabian, Becky Hill and The Coronas at the biggest beach party weekend of the year from 16-18th June 2023. An annual part of Sea Sessions, Barefoot Beach Sports is sponsored by Barefoot Wine and features Volleyball, Soccer, Rugby, Frisbee and Yoga. Barefoot Beach Sports are open to all Sea Sessions festival goers …

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