CIGARETTES AFTER SEX ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ALONGSIDE NEW SINGLE ‘APOCALYPSE’
Cigarettes After Sex Soon to embark on a sold-out UK tour Cigarettes After Sex have today announced the release of their much-anticipated self-titled debut album, Cigarettes After Sex, which will be available Friday 9th June 2017 via Partisan Records. Cigarettes After Sex frontman Greg Gonzalez had a clear vision for his band’s gorgeously cinematic debut album. After the phenomenal online break-out success of ‘Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby’, from the band’s debut... Read More
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN BACK ON THE ROAD WITH NEW ALBUM
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Damage And Joy The Jesus and Mary Chain became a household name in 1985 when they released their critically acclaimed debut album Psychocandy. The East Kilbride outfit, formed by brothers Jim and William Reid in 1983, recorded a series of six studio albums before disbanding in 1999. The band briefly reformed in 2007 to play a string of live dates, including Coachella Festival, but it has been some 19 years since they released a studio album. That... Read More
LIVE: RUSSIAN CIRCLES / CLOAKROOM – 20/03/2017
Russian Circles – GORILLA, MANCHESTER – It’s always a good vibe when a band you dig announce a tour with an equally excellent support, so tonight I excitedly make it down nice and early to see Indiana based three piece Cloakroom open up for instrumental mavericks Russian Circles. Cloakroom is a name I’ve heard a lot over the years but I’d never fully given them a go until quite recently. There’s been quite a bit of speculation, even anger, from... Read More
LIVE: CLOUD NOTHINGS – 18/03/2017
Cloud Nothings – DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Dylan Baldi and his band have one setting: LOUD. That setting is taken to the nth degree tonight at the Deaf Institute, as Cloud Nothings arrive in Manchester to support their stellar new album Life Without Sound (insert joke about my life without sound after this deafening gig etc). This is, in absolutely no way, any kind of criticism by the way; if you go to a Cloud Nothings gig and don’t get a loud, frenetic set, you’d... Read More
LIVE: GLASS ANIMALS – 18/03/2017
Glass Animals – ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – Hysteria might be the only word I know that comes close to describing the atmosphere as Glass Animals walk onto the stage at Manchester’s Albert Hall. The group of girls that tightly pack around me scream for lead singer Dave Bayley – shouts of “Yes Dave!!” will become as familiar as the thud of drummer Joe Seaward’s bass drum over the course of the night. Flying into their set with ‘Life Itself’, the pace... Read More
LIVE: FACTORY FLOOR – 17/03/2017
Factory Floor – THE WHITE HOTEL, SALFORD – It’s midnight in the salubrious surroundings of The White Hotel (actually an industrial unit in North Manchester, with a trapdoor bar in the floor which is all kinds of amazing), and the packed room is watching people make their final tinkerings with the equipment on stage (actually there is no stage, it’s just on the floor in front of us) in preparation for Factory Floor to start their sonic assault on us, everyone shuffling... Read More
SOUND CITY+ ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE OF CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Liverpool Sound City+ Internationally renowned music industry conference Sound City+ has announced a host of new high profile guests, talks and panels to join a programme celebrating the event’s momentous tenth anniversary, with the theme being Revolution. Revolution is often associated with key milestones throughout the development of rock n roll (i.e. The British Invasion, the rise of black music culture, punk, acid house, grime), and The Revolution will be Televised panel... Read More
LIVE: HORSEBEACH / KYOTOYA – 17/03/2017
Horsebeach (Ryan Kennedy) – SACRED TRINITY CHURCH, SALFORD – It’d be easy to pigeonhole Horsebeach into the indie LA beach rock style category (there’s a lot of that knocking about now) but he’s much deeper than that. The new LP, Beauty & Sadness, continues a Horsebeach trend of combining harrowing lyrics and jangly, poppy guitars. Tonight, in Salford’s Sacred Trinity Church, he’s launching the new record with his live outfit at a sold-out show to 150... Read More
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING REVEAL NEW ALBUM RELEASE DETAILS
After two years up in the stratosphere with the hugely successful The Race For Space, Public Service Broadcasting are returning to earth with new album, Every Valley, due to be released Friday 7th July 2017. With J. Willgoose, Esq. who has an established reputation for weaving forensic, historical research into evocative storytelling – this time taking us on a journey down the mineshafts of the South Wales valleys, and using the history of coal mining to shine a light on... Read More
B BOYS NEW ALBUM ‘DADA’ TO BE RELEASED MAY IN THE MEANTIME LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘ENERGY’
B Boys debut album Dada is out via Captured Tracks on Friday 19th May 2017. Listen to first single ‘Energy’ below. B Boys recently met the press – read the transcript of this below. A: It all began with a dream, really. The album. Q: Oh, there’s an album? A: 13 songs, recorded with microphones and such. A variety of instruments. Q: I’d call that an album. A: We call it Dada. Q: Like the art movement? A: Yeah sure, but more like the combination of... Read More
