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News: Trivium Announce UK & European Tour
For those of you who may have missed the last Trivium UK tour, do not fear, the band are hitting the UK again early next year. The massive run of dates across Europe sees them hit, Ireland, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland before spending over a month in mainland Europe, so there’s no excuse to …
News: Charles Bradley cancels tour dates amid health fears
Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires have spent much of the year out on the road, following int he success of his recent album Changes. However, upon getting the news that Charles’s doctors have discovered a cancerous tumour in his stomach, Bradley has cancelled his upcoming tour dates as the 67 year old begins his treatment …
New Music: Kevin shields remixes The Undertones: Get over You, plus reissue news
Dublin punks The Undertones were there right at the start of things, so it’s perhaps fitting that as this year marks the 40th anniversary of both the band and punk rock itself, Union Square music has announced that they are to remaster and reissue on vinyl the bands first two albums – 1979’s self titled …
News: Bob Mould UK Tour Autumn 2016
In support of his critically acclaimed new album Patch The Sky, Bob Mould (Sugar, Husker Du) returns to the UK this October to play five shows backed by his band, bassist Jason Narducy and drummer Jon Wurster. Patch The Sky has already made both MOJO and Rolling Stone’s Best Albums lists of 2016. “Black Confetti”, …
See: Rob Zombie drops video for The Hideous Exhibitions Of A Dedicated Gore Whore
Rob Zombie has just unveiled his video for the track ‘The Hideous Exhibitions Of A Dedicated Gore Whore’ taken from his latest album ‘The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser’. This is the latest of several memorable videos Zombie has done for tracks taken from his latest album. Along with decaying shuffling zombies …
News: Six by Seven launch kickstarter campaign for London live show
Fans who’ve harked back to the days of the spectacular live performances that Nottingham rockers Six By Seven churned out, particularly towards the beginnning of their career are going to be in a state of high excitement at the new that after 16 years, the original members – lead singer and guitarist Chris Olley will …
News: Prince Buster, An Obituary 1938 – 2016
Ska and Rocksteady pioneer Prince Buster died on the 8th of September, at his home in Miami at the age of 78. Cited as creating the ska sound when he told his band to play on the off-beat, his influence on Jamaican music was vast. Buster (real name Cecil Campbell), a street boxer, teamed up …
News: The Magnetic Fields reissue 69 Love Songs on vinyl
When a colleague recently turned around and asked me out of the blue what the one album I would take to a desert island with me, I said The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs without hesitation. Okay, so naming an album which stretches across three CDs was something of a cheat, but really, I couldn’t …
News: Baywaves announce European tour dates, plus new vinyl releases
If you enjoyed ‘Only For Uz’, the debut EP from Madrid’s Baywaves, with its sunny psych-y indie pop, then you’ll non doubt be delighted to hear that UK collective Flying Vinyl is releasing the bands singles, “Marsupilami” and “Time Is Passing U By” on 7″ vinyl. Staples on the Spanish scene, having played festivals such …
Live Review: The Wired / Ashley Holland, The Rocking Chair, Sheffield, 19.08.16
The Wired are a blossoming little indie pop band from Sheffield who clearly have their sights set on the big time and following in the footsteps of the local greats who came before them like Pulp, the Arctic Monkeys and new kids on the block, the Sherlocks. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the Wired …