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News: Esben And The Witch Announce New Album ‘Hold Sacred’
Esben & The Witch will be releasing their new album ‘Hold Sacred’ on the 12th of May via their own label Nostromo Records. “Everything’s changed and nothing’s changed,” says vocalist Rachel Davies of their sixth album, ‘Hold Sacred’. “This kernel is the purest essence of Esben and the Witch since our inception.” It’s a product of the trio’s deeply important, 14-year-spanning friendship. Together, …

News: Millie Manders And The Shutup Announce April Tour
Millie Manders And The Shutup have announced details of their April 2023 tour The tour follows a breakthrough year for the band, enhancing their reputation as one of the mostexhilarating and best emerging live acts in the country after support tours with Less Than Jake (read our live review here) and Ferocious Dog; headline UK …

News: Ferocious Dog Unveil A Brand New Video, Announce Deluxe Re-Issue Of Debut Album And Unique Live Show With Full Orchestra
To celebrate the forthcoming 10 year anniversary of their self titled debut album, Ferocious Dog unveil a brand new video – Too Late 2022, an updated version of live favourite Too Late from the album. “I wrote this song many years ago for someone I was close to at the time. It was her childhood …

News: The Original Killing Joke Line Up Announce A Very Special UK Show At The Royal Albert Hall On March 12th 2023
Killing Joke are proud to announce ‘Killing Joke – Follow The Leaders’, a very special UK show at the Royal Albert Hall on March 12th 2023. Killing Joke will be performing their first two albums in their entirety; 1980’s self titled debut album followed by their second album “What’s This For…!” “We are living in the most dangerous period …

See: Wire announce new album, plus visuals for first track taken from it, Stepping Off Too Quick
Legendary post-punks Wire have announced a new album, and its one with a slight twist. ’Not About To Die’ is out on June 24th via pinkflag, and it sees the band reclaiming tracks from an early 80s bootleg of the same name. The album was made up of demos recorded by the band originally intended …

See: J. Zunz releases new video for Ráfaga alongside new album and live dates news
J. Zunz, the solo moniker of Lorena Quintanilla from Lorelle meets The Obsolete, has announced the release of her third album, Del Aire, is due out on June 24th via the ever brilliant Rocket Recordings label. Alongside the news she’s revealed a new video, directed by Mexican artist Víctor Garay, for the track Ráfaga, and news of …

News: Bowling For Soup Are Heading Back On Tour!
Everyone’s favourite dads of pop punk Bowling for Soup are heading on tour this April! Due to a little thing called COVID the tour had to be rescheduled and we’re thrilled that the band will be back on British shores in April for their Crowdsurf The UK Tour. Supported by legends LIT, The Dollyrots and …

News: Bowling For Soup unveil video for “I Wanna Be Brad Pitt” and album news
Texan legends Bowling For Soup have penned a tribute (even though he is very much still alive and well) to their favourite actor of all time, Brad Pitt. Speaking about the track, front man Jaret Reddick said “Everyone who knows me, knows I love Brad Pitt. I got this chorus in my head while driving …

News: The Lovely Eggs UK Tours Dates
The Lovely Eggs do not give up. Ever. The proudly independent Northern psychedelic punk rock duo have now, since the beginning of the pandemic, rescheduled the tour originally intended to promote the release in April 2020 of their ‘I Am Moron’ album, a staggering seven times. Now, they can finally return to the stage in …

News: Galway’s finest – THE CLOCKWORKS, release their first new music of 2022 + Tour Dates.
THE CLOCKWORKS RELEASE EXHILARATING NEW SINGLE:“ENDGAME”STREAM ON ALL SERVICES NOW HERE + ANNOUNCE DEBUT EP: ‘THE CLOCKWORKS’RELEASED 1 APRIL 2022, VIA IT’S CREATION BABY + US & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES Today, Galway’s finest – THE CLOCKWORKS – release their first new music of 2022: “Endgame”. STREAM ON ALL SERVICES HERE FOR MORE INFORMATIONw/ https://www.theclockworks.band/ The track …