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News: Dead Rat Orchestra announce 18 date UK Tour
Now traversing their second decade, the ambitious post-folk trio, Dead Rat Orchestra, embark on an eighteen-date multimedia performance tour of English public execution sites. The work will comprise of a live soundtrack to James Holcombe‘s new film, Tyburnia. Named after London’s ‘Tyburn Tree’ gallows, the experimental film explores the different social and historical events surrounding …
Track: Frankie & The Heartstrings – Save it for Tonight, plus new album news
Frankie & The Heartstrings return following their much lauded 2013 album ‘The Days Run Away’ with their third long player, Decency – which comes out on 10th July via the Pop Sex imprint. Recorded at the back end of last summer in Leeds with (you guessed it) Hookworms MJ at the helm, Decency also sees …
News: Steve’N’Seagulls announce UK tour dates
It’s one of those videos everybody’s seen. Well, 12 million and counting anyway. There’s these hillbilly dudes, one of them arriving on a motorised grasscutter or some such contraption in a beaver hat, playing a mandolin – who’s joined by an acoustic guitarist/vocalist; a banjo player; a double-bassist and a cajon-straddlin’ percussionionist, and they proceed …
See: The Orielles announce UK tour
The Orielles are a surf-pop/rock trio that are creating waves on the indie circuit this year with their DIY approach and summer vibes that have you longing for the season of sunshine and music festivals. Infuriatingly talented for musicians so young, The Orielles are setting on a UK tour to share their tracks with cities across …
News: Fish retirement, tour, final album and remasters
It was a sad moment when Fish announced the plans for his retirement back in January. Having been a fixture of the progressive rock scene since rising to prominence in the early 80s as the talismanic vocalist of Marillion, he evolved into an eye-catching and unique frontman, penning the lyrics to the band’s best known …
News: I Am Kloot to play rare club gig in Hebden Bridge
Mercury Prize nominees I Am Kloot play a very rare club date at the Trades Club as part of the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival. Lead singer John Bramwell played a solo show at the Holme Street venue in the Arts Festival two years, enjoying the experience so much he managed to persuade his bandmates Peter …
News: Long Division Festival returns to Wakefield 12th – 14th June
Five years in and Long Division festival in Wakefield has become as much a part of the festival season as any of the offerings its big city rival, Leeds, can offer. 80+ bands – three days – eight city centre venues ! It’s a winning formula with an ever impressive line up ranging from the …
News: Soul Legend Percy Sledge dies
Percy Sledge is one of those rare artists who secured their pension pot with their debut single as When a Man Loves a Woman must be played on the radio somewhere in the world every second of the day. Sledge, who died today, is not unusual in the soul world for having one classic single …
News: The Church announce May/June tour dates
One of Backseat Mafia’s favourite bands, The Church, is touring Europe next month and in June, and have also just announced a series of special gigs for Australia in July. Off the back of their superb and much lauded album, Further/Deeper (which we reviewed late last year) and following their sell-out tour to promote the …
Track: Phosgore – Pestbringer
German electro-industrial outfit Phosgore are set to dominate club dancefloors again with the imminent release of Pestbringer the follow up to 2011’s Warhead. Originally founded by Florian Dietz after years of experience as a DJ in the Electro/EBM/Industrial scene, he was soon joined by partner in crime Sonja and the pair have been making dark, …