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News: New music venue Future Yard to open in Birkenhead this autumn
A new live music venue will open in Birkenhead this autumn called Future Yard. The venue will follow guidelines in order to launch with ‘Near Normal’ – a series of socially-distanced and digitally streamed shows. Dates for gigs are already in place, starting with a limited capacity show from She Drew The Gun in September …
News: Babybird to release King of Nothing compilation
Like an albatross around his neck, Babybird (the work of Stephen Jones) will always be known for the massive hit ‘You’re Gorgeous‘ – a song that amusingly featured in many a wedding ceremony without people realising its horrifically dark subject matter of abuse and exploitation. And there is no doubt that this is a magnificent …
NEWS: The Lathums announce 2021 UK tour, see their latest single
ISLAND’S heart-on-the-sleeve Wigan indiepopsters The Lathums have announced a string of shows for April and May next year, taking in their biggest venues to date – including the historic Manchester Ritz. Tickets for the 13-date British run of dates go on sale at 10am this Friday, July 31st. The full list of dates for the tour are …
NEWS: Doves announce UK dates for 2021, reveal Comet is Coming remix
MUCH-loved Mancunian trio Doves have announced a UK tour for 2021. Jimi and the boys will include a homecoming at Manchester’s O2 Apollo, Brixton Academy and Glasgow Barrowlands visits among the 13 dates, set for next March and April. Tickets will go on sale at 10am this Friday, July 31st. . The band has also unveiled …
News: Semisonic Release First New Music In Twenty Years With EP – ‘You’re Not Alone’
Today, the Grammy-nominated trio Semisonic released “You’re Not Alone,” the group’s first new song in nearly 20 years. The single is the opening track from their forthcoming five-song EP You’re Not Alone out on September 18 via Pleasuresonic Recordings/Megaforce Records. “I wrote ‘You’re Not Alone’ a couple of years ago at a time when a lot of people, including me, were …
NEWS: Peter Green, RIP: Fleetwood Mac guitarist dies at 73
A GREAT of the guitar world has left us: it has been announced that Fleetwood Mac founder member Peter Green has died at the age of 73. The news was revealed in a short statement from his family solicitors, Swan Turton, which reads as follows: “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter …
NEWS: vinyl for Chemical Brothers’ ‘Got To Keep On’; museum exhibition
ATTENTION wax heads: in conjunction with The Design Museum in London, The Chemical Brothers have announced a limited edition pink vinyl 12” of the award-winning single “Got To Keep On”, the mesmerising video to which you can watch below. The museum, in Kensington, is reopening with the lead exhibition Electronic: From Kraftwerk To The Chemical …
NEWS: Tim Smith of Cardiacs passes aged 59
THE world of quirky indie music was left a little darker this morning with the news that Tim Smith, singer with eternally loved, eternal outsiders the Cardiacs, has died at the age of 59. Sadly, the man who brought us such quirkball, wonderfully English eccentric classics such as “Big Ship” and “All His Geese Are …
News: P.J Harvey announces reissue of classic album ‘To Bring You My Love’
The iconic P.J. Harvey has announced the reissue of her brilliant third album ‘To Bring You My Love’ on vinyl on 11 September 2020. Produced by PJ Harvey with Flood and John Parish, and originally released in February 1995, ‘To Bring You My Love’ features the singles ‘Down By The Water’, ‘C’mon Billy’ and ‘Send …
NEWS: The Durutti Column to release first wax single this century
THE FIRST standalone vinyl single to come from Vini Reilly’s brittle guitar soundscapers The Durutti Column in the 21st century is due to be released this summer – on Vini’s birthday. The 7″, to be pressed on “crystal clear” vinyl, will contain two tracks: “Free From All Chaos”, as first issued on 2014’s Chronicle 2CD …