NEWS: THE LOVELY EGGS – NEW ALBUM ‘WILDLIFE’ + LIVE DATES
The Lovely Eggs return with their third album ‘WILDLIFE’ after a year and a half touring their critically acclaimed second album ‘COB DOMINOS’. This time the Eggs return with an album that encapsulates the isolation of extensive touring and brief time back in their home town Lancaster. The two piece raucous noise pop duo combine their gritty British northern surreal lyrics with thunderous guitars and crashing drums on this their third self-recorded gem.... Read More
SOUP KITCHEN
VENUE NAME: Soup Kitchen ADDRESS: 31-33 Spear Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester. M1 1DF CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER: 0161 236 5100 CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] WEBSITE/FACEBOOK/TWITTER: Soup-Kitchen.co.uk Facebook/soupkitchenmanchester @Soupkitchen_Mcr ESTABLISHED/HISTORY: Serving Soup since 2010. Providing the best DJs CAPACITY: 180 PEAK TIMES OF THE YEAR: End Of Jan – End Of May, End Of Septmber – December BEERS AVAILABLE: Brewdog, Amstel,... Read More
NEWS: MATTHEW HALSALL – NEW ALBUM ‘FLETCHER MOSS PARK’ DETAILS
Manchester based trumpeter, composer, arranger and band-leader Matthew Halsall is one of the rising stars of the UK jazz scene. His unique sound was brilliantly described as “Rain-streaked spiritual jazz from Manchester” by the Independent On Sunday and previous albums have found Halsall exploring the modal jazz of John and Alice Coltrane or paying heartfelt tribute to the hard bop of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, but on Fletcher Moss Park he offers his most personal statement... Read More
VIDEO: CAT POWER – ‘CHEROKEE’
Here is the new Cat Power new video for ‘Cherokee’, starring and directed by Chan Marshall (Cat Power), it’s the first music video to be taken from her new album, ‘Sun’. Shot in the Californian desert, it depicts a post-apocalyptic world in the near future where road gangs rule a lawless land.The video follows the Cherokee MP3 release (with Nicolas Jaar remix) and the previously announced european tour dates, with December’s London Roundhouse... Read More
VIDEO: PINS – ‘LUVU4LYF’
The first track from PINS debut EP LUVU4LYF, released on glittery 10″ vinyl in collaboration with Bella Union. Order hereVideo credits: Director – Sing J Lee Director of Photography – Davey Gilder Editors – Sing J Lee & Dan W Jacobs Read More
INTERVIEW: BETH JEANS HOUGHTON
Before you head out to a live show you check your pockets for your ID, your drawers for your gig ticket and your purse to see if you have enough pounds to buy a drink. It’s the routine we all know so well. The last thing you’d expect to be doing alongside the scramble for extra cash down the sofa is rummaging through your food cupboards for that tin of tomato soup – the one that’s been patiently waiting for 6 months to be devoured or scrambling at the back of your wardrobe... Read More
NEWS: INDIANS – WATCH THE 4AD SESSION
Photo: Piper Ferguson Indians, the musical alter ego of Copenhagen resident Søren Løkke Juul, have just signed to 4AD. While they only played their first concert in their hometown in February of this year and self-released their debut single in April, they’ve already garnered enough attention to perform shows across Europe and in North America, playing shows with the likes of Beirut, Bear In Heaven, Lower Dens, Retribution Gospel Choir, Savages and Weird Dreams over this Summer. On... Read More
NEWS: MIDNIGHT MAGIC – DOWNLOAD ‘SAME WAY I FEEL’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM
Photo: Mariana Juliano Midnight Magic’s blend of funk, soul, and electro-tinged disco has been setting airwaves and dance floors ablaze in NYC where they lay their roots and beyond. Since bursting onto the scene in 2009 with a series of 12” singles, including “I Found Love,” a recent collaboration with Tommie Sunshine, and dance floor smash “Beam Me Up”, the band has become revered for their irresistibly catchy hooks and seductive live show. The psychedelic-soul army... Read More
NEWS: DEPTFORD GOTH – LISTEN TO ‘LIFE AFTER DEFO’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM
South Londoner Daniel Woolhouse sees his music as, “sitting somewhere between real and synthetic”, but the emotional impact of his alter ego Deptford Goth is about as human as it gets. Imbued with an intimate, intense, yearning melancholy, perfectly matched to a seamlessly woven ‘scape of synths, beats and atmospheric vocals, new track ‘Life After Defo’ confirms the arrival of an astonishing new talent. The promise was all there in the Soundcloud preview... Read More
NEWS: THE SOFT PACK – LISTEN TO A TRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘STRAPPED’
The Soft Pack return with ‘Strapped’, which is due for release 1st October on Mexican Summer. It’s an adventurous album that finds the Los Angeles-based foursome breaking with expectations and exploring the possibilities of how they can push their sound. In making it, the group took to heart a quote from the sage Pasadena thinker David Lee Roth that goes something like: “The first rule of rock & roll is if it sounds good, it is good.” The Soft Pack’s history... Read More
