NEWS: Tom Meighan departs Kasabian
A SHOCK announcement has come at the top end of the indie music world, with a statement being issued to the effect that vocalist Tom Meighan has left Kasabian “by…
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NEWS: Soundtrack legend Ennio Morricone has died
ITALIAN soundtrack scion Ennio Morricone has died, aged 91, in his birth city of Rome. Morricone’s life almost took an entirely different path: a talented footballer, he signed for his…
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NEWS: Left Banke bassist and singer Tom Finn dead at 71
IT HAS been reported the founder member and bassist with seminal American baroque pop outfit The Left Banke, Tom Finn, has died at the age of 71. The Left Banke,…
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NEWS: Nick Cave to live stream from Ally Pally, solo
Nick Cave has announced a live solo performance at the piano from London’s Alexandra Palace, to be streamed on July 23rd. The event, entitled Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at…
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News: Jonathan Richman’s fourth finally back on vinyl
IT’S NEWS that will raise a cheer from many a fan of quirky and plain damn lovely songcraft. Boutique reissue specialist Craft Recordings is to repress Jonathan Richman’s fourth solo…
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TRACK: Bill Callahan reveals ‘Pigeons’ from new album
IT TURNS out he wasn’t joking. Last week’s announcement of a new Bill Callahan record in September included a cryptic passage, chatty and hyperbolic, stating: “Ten Whole Weeks until Gold…
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NEWS: Penelope Isles, Marissa Nadler for Elliott Smith charity live stream
ARTISTS including Penelope Isles, Marika Hackman and Marissa Nadler will be appearing in a charity benefit show streaming on Instagram this evening, Monday, June 29th. The live-streamed show, entitled “Everybody…
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Track: Song Sung – The Mind’s Eye
Hazy waves of reverb and chorus soak through the new song from twin sister duo Song Sung to create a dream pop epic that is quite mesmerising. There are Beach…
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NEWS: Alex Taylor, RIP: the indie world pays tribute
AS THE sad news of the death of Alex Taylor, singer of fuzzpop legends The Shop Assistants and The Motorcyle Boy, reverberated around the indie music world, peers and contemporaries…
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Track: Tempesst – On the Run plus album news
‘On the Run’, the new single from Tempesst, is a very cool slice of indie psych, with singer Toma Banjanin’s voice a deep and sonorous delight and shimmering walls of…
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