VIDEO: WE ARE AUGUSTINES – ‘PHILADELPHIA’
Brooklyn’s We Are Augustines have released a live video of Philadelphia (The City of Brotherly Love) this week following successful appearances at both Reading and Leeds Festivals playing in front of packed audiences. The video was recorded at The Neptune in Seattle this year, one of their favourite venues on the gig circuit since they started touring. The track will be released as a Double A-Side single that also features ‘Book of James’ on September 3rd ahead of their... Read More
LIVE: FRIGHTENED RABBIT – 19/09/2012
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – With a name like Frightened Rabbit, you could be mistaken that this bunch of Glaswegians are all about the self-indulgent, emo vibes; the type you have a good old cry to when your parents don’t understand you or your homework’s dead hard. Frightened Rabbit are helping to fly the flag for big, epic Scottish rock. They formed in 2004 with front man/guitarist Scott Hutchinson and his drummer brother Grant. Bassist Billy Kennedy,... Read More
NEWS: MAGIC ARM – DOWNLOAD THE TITLE TRACK FROM THE ‘PUT YOUR COLLAR UP’ EP
DIY pop raconteur Marc Rigelsford – the mastermind behind Manchester’s Magic Arm – has got some nerve. It takes a brave soul to pen a debut album as daring and different as 2009’s acclaimed Make Lists, Do Something – a record that tumbles through the kaleidoscopic pop sprawl of early McCartney and Beach Boys adding a sinister electronic edge. The prodigious Mancunian’s much anticipated new EP, Put Your Collar Up, is every bit as adventurous. Recorded alone with... Read More
VIDEO: FIRST AID KIT – ‘WOLF’
First Aid Kit have unveiled the dreamlike and kaleidoscopic video for their new single ‘Wolf’ which is out now on Wichita Recordings. Shot in the forest of Järvsö, Hälsingland in Sweden and directed by Johan Söderberg. “It’s about our destruction of the planet,” said the band. “But it’s also about finding the animal within you. Because we know that underneath that polished, civilized exterior there is definitely a wild creature longing to howl or roar.”Last... Read More
IN-DEPTH REVIEW: FESTIVAL NO. 6
Well it’s after lunch time on Friday and we’ve just arrived at Porthmadog Football Club, as this is the nearest parking for the park and ride facility for getting to the festival. It would appear that we have arrived at roughly the same time as many others and there is a healthy queue of eager campers, some heavily laden, some not, awaiting the ticket/wristband exchange and then the shuttle bus to neighbouring Portmeirion. There are two types of shuttle bus being used here,... Read More
IN-DEPTH REVIEW: FESTIVAL NO. 6 – DAY 2
After a sleep of sorts it’s a new day and the weather is holding out again as it did yesterday. First things first and it’s time for breakfast then time for me to see what all this Portmeirion Village fuss is all about. From where we are camped it’s maybe a three or four minute walk to the village and it doesn’t take me long to see how mad this place is and why science fiction programs have used it as a backdrop. It really is as ace as everyone told me and my camera is... Read More
IN-DEPTH REVIEW: FESTIVAL NO. 6 – DAY 3
As we all know, all good things must come to an end, and not only is Sunday the last day for Festival No 6, but also the dry weather has decided to pack up a day early and head elsewhere. The rain isn’t leathering it down, but it’s enough to warrant that the waterproof coat and wellies make an appearance. The festival site is pretty much set out into three areas. There’s the village in the middle, the main arena/camping to one side and then on the other side is the woods.... Read More
LIVE: JENS LEKMAN – 19/09/2012
– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – “This album was a cycle that I had to go through.” That, explains Jens Lekman before the final song of an emotionally resonant night, is the most satisfying way to describe this confusing point in his career. Having built up a passionate following from his first two albums proper, both stunningly beautiful, lyrical and unashamedly sentimental celebrations of life and love, his current album, “I Know What Love Isn’t” is the... Read More
NEWS: THE MINX – LIVE DATES
Mixing an energetic blend of punk, ska and northern soul with a healthy dose of pop sensibility and hometown swagger The Minx have been tearing up venues around the UK collecting an ever growing fanbase. With support from Mike Joyce (The Smiths), Jennie Matthias (The Belle Stars), Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets) and a number of North West based promoters their live shows are not to be missed. Performing at sold out support shows for the likes of Badly Drawn Boy, The Fall, Tim Burgess... Read More
NEWS: DUTCH UNCLES – NEW ALBUM DETAILS + FREE DOWNLOAD
Dutch Uncles have announced the release, via Memphis Industries, of their new album ‘Out of Touch in the Wild’ on 14th January 2013 and new single ‘Fester’ on 12th November. Isn’t it great to see a young band growing the old fashioned way? Three albums into their career, Manchester’s Dutch Uncles, a group who pitched their tents firmly in pop’s leftfield with their eponymous first album before releasing Memphis Industries debut Cadenza... Read More
