TICKET GIVE-AWAY: POST WAR YEARS
Post War Years, signed to Chess Club/RCA and due to release their new EP called ‘Glass House’ on 23rd July. The EP was produced by James Rutledge (MGMT/Grizzly Bear/Late of the Pier/The Kills) , reminiscent to me of Yeasayer/Wild Beasts, in parts Foals, and even Editors/Interpol at times vocally. They recently wowed the crowds supporting [...]
TICKET GIVE-AWAY: ODONIS ODONIS – DOWNLOAD ‘BUSTED UP’ SINGLE FREE + UK LIVE DATES
Taken from the debut album ‘Hollandaze’ – a grimy, gum-splattered ménage of surf-gaze, punk and lo-fi – ‘Busted Lip’ becomes the latest single from Odonis Odonis on 21st May. ‘Busted Lip’ was actually OO’s debut ultra-limited edition 7″ single on Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies prior to signing to FatCat last year. Originally a solo project for [...]
NEWS/COMPETITION: BRETON – NEW SINGLE, DEBUT ALBUM + VIDEO / FREE GIG TICKETS & CDS
Sonic and visual experimentalists Breton will release their second single, ‘Interference’ on 19th March 2012 on FatCat Records. It’s taken from the band’s hugely anticipated debut album ‘Other People’s Problems’ - due for release on 26th March 2012 - and lyrically touches on compulsive, destructive relationships, their internal compromises and justifications. It’s a bold, epic production oozing in attitude thanks to the brass and strings courtesy of German composer [...]
COMPETITION: STRUMMERCAMP – PAIR OF TICKETS UP FOR GRABS
The Jubilee Bank Holiday, June 1-3rd, sees the ‘Magnificent Seventh’ Strummercamp festival return to Manchester Rugby Club for another weekend of great music to celebrate the music and influence of Joe Strummer and the Clash. The Jim Jones Revue have been confirmed as Saturday night headliners with Dub Pistols, Rotten Hill Gang + a full [...]
NEWS: DUM DUM GIRLS – UK TOUR & HEAR THE NEW ALBUM IN FULL + GRAB YOURSELF A PAIR OF FREE TICKETS TO THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE TOUR
Write about what you know. That’s what they say. But that’s a lot easier said than done when what you know is very, very difficult to bear. That was the challenge Dum Dum Girls’ leader Dee Dee faced when writing the songs for the band’s moving second album Only in Dreams. Listen to the slowdive [...]
COMPETITION: WIN TICKETS TO SEE THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE AT DEAF INSTITUTE
The good people at Manchester’s Deaf Institute have given us a pair of tickets to give away for this Friday’s The Electric Soft Parade gig. After supporting Noel Gallagher’s High flying bird at The O2 Apollo, The Electric Soft Parade return to the city as headliners at the ever popular venue, a favourite with fans and bands alike. [...]
NEWS: WU LYF – WIN TICKETS FOR THEIR MIF APPEARANCE
On Saturday 16th July, WU LYF will play their only UK festival show at the Manchester International Festival. This unique event will see WU LYF completely closing off Manchester’s Great Bridgewater Street road tunnel (the tunnel that runs underneath the city’s landmark GMEX centre) to traffic and pedestrians, and opening it up as a gig [...]
