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News: Steven Page returns to the UK for dates in August
Following a string of rip-roaring shows in the UK in 2017, playing as a trio, Canadian music icon Steven Page will return triumphantly to the UK this August for a new set of shows including a performance at London’s intimate Union Chapel and his first ever solo dates in Ireland. Of last year’s tour and …
See: Belly release video for Shiny One, plus UK Tour Dates
Belly have returned after a long hiatus and are about to release their first album in 23 years. Called Dove, the album is due out on May 4th, and was recorded and produced by band member Tom Gorman alongside longtime band affiliate Paul Q. Kolderie (Throwing Muses, Radiohead, Hole). The first single to be taken …
News: Frightened Rabbit announce The First Incident Festival plus tour news
Brilliant Scottish band, Frightened Rabbit, has announced the launch of their very own curated festival, The First Incident on June 1 at SWG3 Galvanizers Yard in Glasgow. This is intended to be the beginning of a regular summer event and sees Frightened Rabbit, Hookworms, Be Charlotte & Dama Scout all confirmed to play along with …
Track: Manic Street Preachers – Dylan and Caitlin, plus tour news
The legendary Manic Street Preachers have released a new track called ‘Dylan and Caitlin’ off their forthcoming album ‘Resistance is Futile’ due out 13 April 2018. The track is a “conversation between Dylan and Caitlin Thomas at the apex of their alcohol soaked relationship” James Dean Bradfield explained. Nicky Wire added “The story itself rolls …
News: Bill Ryder-Jones confirms UK headline tour for September
Bill Ryder-Jones will be undertaking his first full tour of 2018 in September, playing a series of venues that are as unique as the artist himself. Multi-instrumentalist, producer, string-arranger and composer Bill Ryder-Jones has had a career spanning 15 years, a rarity in a world that so often looks to the new. His talent stretches …
News: Dirty Projectors announce world tour – dates here
Dirty Projectors will tour globally this summer, with shows in North America, Europe and Japan. Songwriter/producer David Longstreth will quit his studio obsessiveness to embark on a new chapter in the Dirty Projectors story, joined by longtime members Nat Baldwin (bass) and Mike Johnson (drums) as well as three new band members: Felicia Douglass (percussion/vocals), …
News: Courteeners reveal re-recorded version of St. Jude, plus warm-up gigs
Courteeners mark the 10th anniversary of their debut album St. Jude with the release of a new, fully re-recorded version of the album. Ahead of St. Jude Re:Wired (6th April), the band release a new version of one of their most iconic songs – Not Nineteen Forever. Originally released in April 2008, St. Jude charted …
Track: Cabbage – Preach to the Converted, plus UK tour news
With their debut album ‘Nihilistic Glamour Shots’ fast approaching, Mossley indie rockers Cabbage have released a new track, Preach to the converted. It follows previous singles ‘Celebration of a disease’, ‘Gibralter Ape’ and the current, 6Music playlisted ‘Arms of Pleonexia’. It’s full of (suprisingly enough) nihilistic post-punk energy, almost horror show theatrical in its accompanyment, …
News: Stealing Sheep announce Suffragette Tribute ‘Both Sides Now’ – Liverpool Residency
In response to the centenary of suffrage, Stealing Sheep are celebrating women with a brand new performance inspired by the suffragette movement.The surreal-pop trio have issued a call out for 15 female drummers and percussionists from the Liverpool area to help create their new performance piece entitled “Suffragette Tribute”.The 5-day creative residency in Liverpool forms part of Both …