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See: Justin Currie – ‘This Is My Kingdom Now’ plus album news and tour dates
Justin Currie returns to his songwriting throne with the announcement of his fourth solo album, ‘This Is My Kingdom Now’. 2016 seemed like a busy year for Justin Currie – with various performances including the Kelvingrove Bandstand (when the weather finally permitted) and a stunning collaboration with the RSNO in Paisley Abbey, along with helping …
News: Camden Rocks Festival Adds The Rifles Plus Many Other Bands To 2017’s Line-Up
The Damned, Orange Goblin and Ruts DC were some of the first acts to be confirmed for Camden Rocks 2017. However, following this week’s announcement, it seems the first batch of bands is now in very good company! The recently reformed Milburn will join Camden’s line-up, as well as Carl Barat and the Jackals, The …
Preview: 110 Above Festival – Twycross, 4-6th August 2017
110 Above Festival returns on 4th August 2017, welcoming bands and punters back to their site in Twycross, Leicestershire, for a weekend of indie pop music and festive revelry. The independent festival have just announced 10 bands forming the line-up of 2017’s festival, welcoming back returning artists and introducing a few new ones, too. I …
Track: Los Campesinos! – I Broke Up In Amarante, plus album news
Los Campesinos! return with a new track ahead of a tour and their 6th album “Sick Scenes”. “I Broke Up in Amarante” is the track, and Gareth from the band says : “The song’s about battling with bad mental health, trying to comfort and reason with yourself over something you can’t control. Specifically it’s about …
Track: British Sea Power – Bad Bohemian, plus new album news
It’s been more than three years since we last heard from the magnificent British Sea Power and the wait is over: they have announced a new album entitled “Let the Dancers Inherit the Party” due for release on 31 March 2017 and, in anticipation, they have released a new song with video called “Bad Bohemian”. …
Track: The Dears – To Hold and Have, plus UK tour dates
Montréal husband and wife duo The Dears will return with their sixth studio album, Times Infinity Volume One, due out on February 3, 2017 through Dangerbird Records. From it, the band have today shared a new track, to have and to hold. As the album title suggests, it’ll be followed by volume two later in …
Track: Agnes Obel – Stretch your eyes, plus new London date news
Stretch your eyes is the new single from Danish star Agnes Obel, the fourth taken from her critically acclaimed album Citizen of Glass. It Obel’s most successful album to date in the UK, doubling the first week sales of her previous album, 2013’s Aventine, and affording Obel her first top 30 record. It’s easy to …
News: Nick Cave film, One More Time With Feeling, gets DVD release date
It’s fair to say, that 2016 wasn’t a great year for popular culture, as we lost more than a handful of our musical greats. With the loss of such legends as Prince, Bowie and George Michael, it’s important that whilst we remember them, we also appreciate our living legends. Legend is a word that gets …
Track: Los Campesinos! – 5 Flucloxacillin
As if we didn’t love indie pop/rockers Los Campesinos! enough, they’ve announced a new album, Sick Scenes, and a new single 5 Flucloxacillin, and who doesn’t love songs named after antibiotic used for treating skin complications and what have you. The song is supposedly a depiction of what life is like for people who fall …
C Duncan Announces May Headline Dates
Glasgow’s breathtakingly talented composer and songwriter C Duncan has added May dates to his 2017 tour in support of his second album, The Midnight Sun, released in October. He will also be supporting Elbow on their UK tour in March. C DUNCAN TOUR DATES Monday, 23rd January – Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, UK Tuesday, 24th January – …