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News: Del Amitri announce additional 2018 tour dates at Glasgow Barrowlands
Del Amitri have announced that they’ll conclude their long-awaited UK tour with two hometown shows at Glasgow Barrowlands. The Del Amitri lineup that performed to rapturous crowds in 2014 – Justin Currie (vocals, guitar), Iain Harvie (lead guitar), Andy Alston (keys), Kris Dollimore (guitar) and Ashley Soan (drums) – delighted fans when they announced that …
Track: Dita Von Teese – Bird Of Prey
After seeing Dita Von Teese performing at the Crazy Horse in Paris to one of his tracks, French electronic music maestro Sébastien Tellier composed an album especially for her. The latest track to be unveiled from it being “Bird Of Prey” – Dita’s breathy vocals float over a shimmery background of space age harp music, before …
See: Glen Hansard reveals new video for Roll on Slow, plus European Tour Dates
Sometime Frames and Swell Seasons man Glen Hansard has returned with a new album, Between Two Shores, which dropped last Friday (January 19th) on Anti-. From it he’s revealed a new video for the albums opening track ‘Roll on Slow’. It’s a mixup of folk rock and brass heavy soul, akin in a way to …
News: Concert for George, the George Harrison tribute concert, reissued and available for the first time on vinyl
The legendary George Harrison tribute concert, featuring performances by Eric Clapton, Joe Brown, Dhani Harrison, Jools Holland, Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Monty Python, Ravi & Anoushka Shankar, Ringo Starr and more is going to be available for the first time on streaming platforms, and on vinyl – as a 180gram 4-LP box set, …
News: Stiff Little Fingers Announce 12-date Spring/Summer UK tour
Stiff Little Fingers are set to embark on a 12-date headline tour in March of 2018 with special guests Ruts DC. The band will also be playing 3 large outdoor summer shows with a rotating bill including The Selecter, The Beat and Buzzcocks. Stiff Little Fingers live shows are always special events. None is more …
News : Yo La Tengo Announce New Album ‘There’s a Riot Going On’, plus UK tour dates
It’s been 5 years since Yo La Tengo released an album of new material. Fade was released in January of 2013, and now in January of 2018 the New Jersey indie rock stalwarts have announced they are dropping a brand new album on March 16th with longtime label Matador Records. There’s A Riot Going On …
News: Pop Punk Pile Up Festival (Selby) reveals 2018 line up incl. Room 94
2018 welcomes a brand new festival, POP PUNK PILE UP FESTIVAL that will take place at The Venue in Selby from the 27th – 29th April 2018. Riff Media has been running successful events all over the country for a decade and 2018 sees them branching out into the festival circuit. 2017 was a huge …
News: Thrash Legends Kreator to reissue classic 90’s era albums this February
Thrash legends KREATOR are pleased to share that four of their classic ‘90’s era albums will be reissued via BMG on 23 February 2018. Formed in Essen, Germany in 1984, KREATOR are arguably the most influential and successful European thrash metal band ever, racking up multi-million album sales over the years. KREATOR fused Metallica’s thrash …
New: Charlie Barnes announces UK tour dates
Sometime Bastille touring sideman Charlie Barnes has announced a full-band UK tour ahead of the release of his sophomore album ‘Oceanography’ ‘Oceanography’, his second album for Superball Music is the follow up to 2015’s post-pop monster ‘More Stately Mansions’, finds Barnes in a different place in his life. The past two years have seen huge …
See: Robyn Hitchcock releases new video for ‘Autumn Sunglasses’ plus UK tour dates
Prior to a UK tour comprising of two shows with a full live band, LA Squires, followed by an extensive string of solo acoustic shows around the country, Robyn Hitchcock releases a video for the song ‘Autumn Sunglasses’. Taken from last year’s self-titled album,and recorded in Nashville, it’s a slice of strings-driven dreamy psychedelia. The Ex-Soft Boy, …