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Track: Madonna – Medellín
The Queen of Pop is back. On June 14, Madonna launches her 14th album, Madame X, and is trailing the first track Medellín on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music and all the usual places now. The album marks another reinvention from a woman who already has more regenerations than Doctor Who. This time Madonna is …
Track: Heir – After Forever, plus European dates.
That wave of ’80’s influenced “indie” has yet to subside as of yet, believe it or not. I’m not disparaging it by any means but I am sure we can all be honest when we say it has stuck. And they said that decade was awful. At least millennials seem to think that is the …
News: Doves to reissue limited edition coloured vinyl editions of their first three albums
Following on from the overwhelming reaction to Doves first live shows in a decade, the band have announced the release of numbered limited edition, two-disc, coloured vinyl packages of their first three albums, out on Friday 31st May via USM / Virgin EMI. The first two of those albums, Lost Souls and it’s follow up …
Track: Beck – Saw Lightning, plus new album news
Musical chameleon Beck returns with a new track ‘Saw Lightning’, co-written and produced by Beck and none other than Pharrell Williams. It’s the first track taken from his forthcoming 14th album, Hyperspace, due out later this year on the Captiol Records label, and its also been chosen to the new Beats by Dr. Dre film – …
Say Psych: News: Fuzz Club announce more bands for FCE2019
With an already enviable line up announced last month, Fuzz Club today announced five new additions to the bill for the Fuzz Club Eindhoven 2019 festival. They reveal that psych-poppers Froth, feral post-punk-outfit Snapped Ankles, Athens-based garage band Acid Baby Jesus, psych-rockers and Anton Newcombe collaborators Les Big Byrd as well as the London-based, genre-bending experimentalists Teeth Of The Sea. With …
New Track: The Raft – Xanadu plus album news
Xanadu, the new single from Liverpool’s highly talented The Raft is absolute shoegaze gold with a scouse glint that recalls all the pure pop glories of Ian Broudie’s The Lightning Seeds and an alumni of merseyside pop. The brainchild of Phil Wilson, The Raft has been an incredibly prolific source of shimmering glory – see …
Say Psych: News: Fuzz Club Announce First Wave of Bands for this Year’s Eindhoven Festival
Last year the London-based independent label Fuzz Club hosted a two-day festival in the Dutch city of Eindhoven which saw people travel from over 35 different countries to immerse themselves in a communal celebration of all things fuzz, reverb and drone. The label have been busy working on round two and are now sharing the …
NEWS: Slam Dunk Stage Splits Announced
Slam Dunk Festival have announced the splits for the festival! Bands will be spread across their eight stages. You can see which bands are playing which stages on the poster below. This year will be bringing a couple of changes to their usual yearly gathering, with a relocation of Slam Dunk North to Leeds Temple …
Say Psych: News: New Candys Announce Worldwide ‘Bleeding Magenta’ Tour
Venice, Italy based New Candys announce their 2019 European/USA Tour. Their 2018 USA debut tour included a live performance on KEXP and shows in New York, down the West Coast and Mexico, resulting in a solid an growing fanbase thanks to their intense and hypnotic live shows. This was preceded by their fourth European and …
Say Psych: News: Manchester Psych Fest announce first bands for 2019 line up
Critically acclaimed Australian rocker Courtney Barnett and psych rock outfit Temples are among the first wave of acts announced for the seventh edition of Manchester Psych Fest on 30 August 2019. The festival will also bring London post-punkers Goat Girl back to Manchester, along with much-loved lo-fi duo The Lovely Eggs, fuzzy outfit The Cult …