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News: Cherry Red release C88 deluxe 3CD box set
Cherry Red follow on from the Classic C86 and follow up C87 with this new 3 CD deluxe Set featuring music from the DIY indie Scene of 1987. When the likes of Depeche Mode, New Order and Kylie were propping up the top end of the indie charts in 1988, the smaller self funded UK …
Track: Girl Ray – Don’t Go Back At Ten, plus UK tour news
Girl Ray announce their eagerly awaited debut headline tour and share an ode to friendship with new track ‘Don’t Go Back At Ten’. The North London trio – comprising Poppy Hankin (guitar/vocals), Iris McConnell (drums) and Sophie Moss (bass) – recently announced details of their highly anticipated debut album ‘Earl Grey’ (out 4 August via …
SEE: Toro y Moi Announces New LP ‘Boo Boo,’ & Video “Girl Like You”
Following on from last years simmering and sparkling ‘Live from Trona’ and the outstanding interstellar ‘Star Stuff’ collaboration with equally ingenious act The Mattson 2 yet. Chaz, the Bear formerly known as Bundick, has announced that, with his band, as Toro y Moi will release a new LP this summer. The first track shared from …
See: Dan Croll releases new video for ‘Bad Boy’, plus US/UK tour dates
Dan Croll, the 26 year old über-talented, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter from Newcastle-under-Lyme, returns with the new single ‘Bad Boy’ from his forthcoming album ‘Emerging Adulthood’. The single and album are both released on July 21st on Communion Records. ‘Bad Boy’ is written by Croll and produced by Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Cee Lo Green) and like …
News: Cabbage announce September / October headline tour dates.
Following on from the record store day release of ‘Young, Dumb & Full of…’ which collected the bands first three EP’s together, Mossley five piece indie/punks Cabbage have announced details of a headline tour, coming your way in September. They will be supported by Doncaster’s The Blinders, Liverpool’s Queen Zee and The Sasstones, and Proletariat, …
See: Vukovi release new video for Weirdo (plus tour dates)
Scottish neon-rock band Vukovi release new music video for their single ‘Weirdo’, which features on their self-titled debut album, released last month. The song itself highlights the battle between fitting in or standing out, and the consequences that may arise from either option. Do you lose yourself in the crowd, or get bullied for being a …
News: Dark Mofo Festival
Over the past few years, the city of Hobart in the Australian state of Tasmania has been transformed by the building of a privately-funded art museum called the Museum of New and Old Art (MONA) on the banks of the Derwent River. The museum has achieved international recognition for its innovative and eclectic collection and …
Track: Secret Shine – For You, plus new album news
Secret Shine’s new release “There is Only Now” is a classic brew of shoegaze and dream pop – elements of Disintegration-era The Cure mixed in with a clearer and more distinct My Bloody Valentine or Lush. It is an album filled with waves of sonic reverb and chorus, with arpeggiated synthesisers interweaving with a more …
Track: Sprinters – Figure it out, plus tour news
Is it possible to do melancholy and good time indie pop? Yeah, course it is, just check out ‘Figure it out’ the new track taken from Manchester’s Sprinters self-titled debut album, which drops on May 5th on vinyl & digital platforms via Icecapades (Slowcoaches, Sex Hands, Joey Fourr etc..). The brain child of Wigan born, …
News: Fazerdaze announce European tour dates
New Zealand indie quartet Fazerdaze are about to release an album, Morningside. It’s a record that has an evocative mix of angular, chiming music and ultimate pop sensibility. What is even more astounding is that Fazerdale frontwoman Amelia Murray wrote, recorded and produced the album by herself. The three singles released so far perfectly capture …