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News: Fatherson announce headline UK Tour – February 2016
Following the release of their latest indie-rock hit, Fatherson have just announced a headline tour for early next year; a 13 date excursion across Scotland, England and Wales. The trio plan to start their adventure in Dundee, before heading out to Edinburgh, Birmingham, and London; finishing the tour in Newcastle at Cluny 2. If you’re looking for …
Track: Nada Surf – Believe You’re Mine, plus new album news
March 4th next year will see the first album from Nada Surf as an expanded four piece, with Doug Gillard joining the trio of singer/guitarist Matthew Caws, bassist Daniel Lorca and drummer Ira Elliot. Titled ‘You know who you are’, it’s their first since 2012, and went through some revisions, originally being scheduled for January. …
News: The Coral to release new album and announce UK tour in 2016 – watch teaser
After a five year hiatus, Liverpool’s The Coral return with a new album, a tour and a new member. Their eighth album, Distance Inbetween, is out on March 4th via Ignition Records. The follow up to 2010’s Butterfly House, it was recorded in Liverpools Parr Street Studios with co-producer Richard Turvey, where the band worked …
See: King Charles reveals video for Gamble for a Rose / announces 2016 tour dates
Ahead of the release of his new album, Gamble for a Rose, which drops on 22nd January through Buffalo Gang, via Kobalt Label Services – King Charles, aka West London singer-songwriter Charles Costa, has announced a bunch of UK tour dates for next February, and releases a new video for the title track. Talking about …
News: The Ocean Blue to reissue three Sire albums, share ‘lost’ song, City Traffic
Although their success was almost completely confined to their home country with a generous handful of US alternative chart placings, it was still well received when Hershay PA indie-poppers The Ocean Blue got back together in 2010, and moreso when they released Ultramarine in 2013, their first album for 14 years. Now they’ve raided their …
News: James announce new album and 2016 arena tour
Indie legends James have announced an arena tour for 2016 promoting their 14th studio album Girl At The End Of The World. As well as their string of massive hit singles, including indie disco classic Sit Down, Come Home, She’s A Star and Born of Frustration, years of touring has turned them into a tight …
Track: High Tyde – Glow, plus Headline tour dates
Young indie scamps High Tyde are continuing their quest to become the hottest property in the whole (indie) world right now, with the release of the title track to their forthcoming EP, Glow. Their previous single Do What You Want, found favour with the likes of Huw Stephens, who premiered it on his Radio 1 …
Track: The Crookes – I Wanna Waste My Time On You (Plus Tour Dates)
Do you remember The Crookes? Well, forget everything. The Sheffield boys are back, narrating their lives with vibrant melodies and wistful metaphors, saturating their stories with vivid colour. ‘I Wanna Waste My Time On You’ is the first single to be taken from their upcoming record Lucky Ones, introducing us to a new chapter of their lives …
See: Ezra Furman releases video for ‘Body was made’/announces November and February live dates
Following on from the release of his brilliant album Perpetual Motion People, Ezra Furman has released a new video for the single Body Was Made, about which Furman says “Body Was Made is a protest song against the people and forces that would make me ashamed of my body, my gender and my sexuality. Its …
Obituary: Carey Lander – Paradoxically Modest and Truly Brilliant (1982 -2015)
Some musicians surprise fans by not knowing how to deal with appreciation and disarm reviewers by willing to absorb criticism of their music. Carey Lander, the keyboard player with Glaswegian indie pop band Camera Obscura from 2001 until her death in October 2015, did both. Erudite and demure offstage but ironically confident in projecting her …