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News: PJ Harvey announces Gunnersbury Park show for summer 2024
Following widespread praise with the release of her latest record I Inside the Old Year Dying, PJ Harvey will be returning to London next summer bringing her beguiling live show to Gunnersbury Park on Sunday, August 18, 2024, for her only London summer performance of 2024, with support coming from Big Thief, Tirzah and Shida Shahabi. Tickets go on general sale on Friday 27 October at …

Live Review and Gallery: CANNONS Shine Bright with ‘Heartbeat Highway’ Tour – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney 19.10.23
Sydney was set aglow last night as Cannons took the stage for their ‘Heartbeat Highway’ album tour show at the iconic Oxford Art Factory. This marked a significant stop on their debut headline tour of Australia, and the Los Angeles trio did not disappoint as they enchanted the crowd with their unique blend of alternative …

News: Mike Shinoda releases new single ‘Already Over’
Turning the page on another chapter, Linkin Park’s multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer Mike Shinoda makes a stunning return to form on his new single “ALREADY OVER” out today via Warner Records. Presenting a visceral and personal vision, Shinoda notably wrote, recorded, sang, and performed every instrument on the track. Powered by kinetic live drums, coarse distorted guitar, and his uncanny vocal delivery, “ALREADY …

News: All Time Low and Avril Lavigne team up for new single ‘Fake As Hell’
Multi-platinum-selling rock band All Time Low have shared “Fake As Hell,” a brand-new collaborative single featuring eight-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated, multi-platinum singer, songwriter, designer, and philanthropist Avril Lavigne – listen HERE. Elaborating on “Fake As Hell” frontman Alex Gaskarth shared, “‘Fake As Hell’ is a song about recognizing what’s real and saying goodbye to what’s not— …

Live Review: Grandson – Academy 2, Manchester 13/09/23
Tonight marks the first visit that Canadian-American artist grandson (also known as Jordan Benjamin) has made to Manchester as he takes to the stage at Manchester Academy 2 as part of his ‘I Love You, I’m Trying’ tour, with this tour celebrating his recent album which was released back in May. Before taking to the …

News: Normandie announce new album ‘Dopamine’
Stockholm trio, Normandie, have today announced their new album, ‘Dopamine’, for a February 9th 2024 release on Easy Life Records. To mark the announcement, the band have released a brand new single, ‘Flowers For The Grave’, in-keeping with the band’s ‘Dopamine Clinic’, which sees new songs prescribed on the first of every month leading up …

Premiere: Stream New Yorkers FORAGER’s essential debut album Pipedream Firewood
We’ve been lucky enough to live with this album for a little bit. If there’s one thing you need with New York trio FORAGER, it’s time – there’s an immediacy to their music that’s quite refreshing, but the added layers of complexity will take more than one listen to begin to reveal themselves. It also …

Track/Video: Lo-fi songsmiths Ernold Same preview new EP ‘The Reader’ with the weary pop wonder of ‘Together’.
DIY troubadour, singer-songwriter and purveyor of lo-fi lucidity Chris Barrett reveals his new post Post Yoga project, the Syd B/Blur referencing Ernold Same. Working with fellow Bristolian resident, musician and producer Connor Jones, the duo will be releasing their debut Ernold Same offering, ‘The Reader EP’ on 15th September via Nothing Fancy. So what to …

Gallery and Setlist: Father John Misty / Jealous of The Birds – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 15.07.2023
On a rainy Saturday night, July 15th, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer Father John Misty took to Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens for a show that can only be described as ethereal. The former Fleet Foxes drummer performed Support on the night came from Belfast-based artist Naomi Hamilton, commonly known as Jealous Of The Birds. Jealous Of …

News: The Xcerts release new track ‘Blame’
Alternative three piece THE XCERTS announce their new album track ‘BLAME’, taken from their upcoming album ‘LEARNING HOW TO LIVE AND LET GO’ out August 18th via UNFD. Pre-order the album on CD and vinyl here, listen to ‘Blame’ on all streaming services here, and check out the band’s self directed one-shot, one-take live vocal video for the track here. …