NEWS: EXITMUSIC – DEBUT EP ANNOUNCED AND FREE DOWNLOAD
Secretly Canadian have announced that Exitmusic will issue their debut EP ‘From Silence’ exclusively through independent record stores on October 3, with a full retail release scheduled for November 7. Church and Palladino started writing together several years ago, when Church moved to New York following a year teaching English in Taiwan and India. “We had a funny dynamic musically, at first,” says Church, who grew up in Winnipeg. “I was listening... Read More
NEWS: JOSH T. PEARSON – NEW SINGLE, SUPER LIMITED LIVE ALBUM AND TOUR
Josh T. Pearson announces the release of ‘Sorry with a Song’, on 3rd October. His debut solo album ‘Last Of The Country Gentlemen’ is a collection of seven songs drawn from the lessons of what he describes as “a rough year”, which was released in March to universal acclaim after a self imposed hiatus that stretched out over ten years. Josh T. Pearson will also release a super limited vinyl-only live album ‘The King is Dead – Live at the Union Chapel’... Read More
LIVE: My Reading Festival -26-28/08/2011
My Chemical Romance: They are the first headliners of the weekend, and boy do they kick things off in style. Now many people often slate My Chemical Romance, be it because they are secretly trying to mask their forbidden love for them, or that they really just hate them, but whether you like it or not these guys really know how to put on a show. I am a new comer to the ‘MCR’ stage show but it is all singing and all dancing. And not only that, but they can actually perform,... Read More
INTERVIEW: GHOSTPOET
London–born Obaro Ejimiwe aka Ghostpoet is one of the freshest UK MC’s to surface over the last year. Not content with flying the flag for the UK Hip Hop scene, Ghostpoet’s softly spoken, casual vocals mix seamlessly with an experimental electronic edge; creatively knocking out vibes of trip-hop, dub-step and beyond. Having received deserved kudos from the likes of The Guardian, NME and new music pioneers Rob Da Bank and Huw Stevens over at Radio1 for his debut album ‘Peanut... Read More
OCTOBER 2011
We have trawled through the forthcoming gigs in and around Manchester so you don’t have to. We believe that if we are going to recommend a gig to you, then it should be exactly that, a recommendation. There are many other sites out here on the internet that have a gig guide, but how many of them can say they have actually listened to every single band/act they have listed? Well to be honest I don’t know the answer to that, but I’d guess not many, if any at all. Anyway,... Read More
NEWS: SQUAREHEAD ANNOUCE DEBUT ALBUM ‘YEAH NOTHING’
Surf pop harmonies, guitar jangles and old school rock ‘n’ roll rhythms all come together on Yeah Nothing; the debut album from Irish garage pop trio Squarehead. A meeting point somewhere between the melodies of The Beach Boys and punk of Portland’s The Wipers, the record is scheduled for release through the Richter Collective on September 19th. This shall be preceded by lead single ‘Fake Blood’, on September 5th. What initially started as the solo acoustic project of... Read More
NEWS: THE NAKED AND FAMOUS NOVEMBER TOUR
The Naked And Famous have announced a UK tour for November. The New Zealanders picked up the Philip Hall Radar Award at the Shockwaves NME Awards in February as well as a place on the BBC Sound of 2011 longlist. Their album Passive Me Aggressive You (Fiction) has received positive reviews as have their recent shows around the country. Formed in New Zealand, in various Auckland bedrooms by David Beadle, Thom Powers, Aaron Short, Jesse Wood and Alisa Xayalith, The Naked & Famous... Read More
Album Review: Cranium Pie – Mechanisms Part 1
I used to go to music college with this guy: http://youtu.be/6eehugX2zOI *. I occasionally went to his house to listen to mind-bending music, look at his (insane) art and borrow books like Robert Sheckley’s ‘Dimension of Miracles’. He has an amazing collection of 60s garage and psychedelia as well as obscure gold, like The Residents’ 3rd Reich and Roll. Cranium Pie’s first LP: Mechanisms Part 1 reminds me of nothing more than these consciousness-testing... Read More
NEWS: BIG DEAL ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES
Big Deal have announced additional dates for their UK tour. The band have taken to the road for a headline tour of the UK that includes a London date with support from Weird Dreams and Netherlands at Tamesis Dock on 7 September. The tour coincides with the release of their debut album Lights Out, and the new single Chair, out on 5 September 2011. In addition to the September tour, Big Deal appear at several festivals across the UK including Reading & Leeds, End Of The Road,... Read More
SEPTEMBER 2011
We have trawled through the forthcoming gigs in and around Manchester so you don’t have to. We believe that if we are going to recommend a gig to you, then it should be exactly that, a recommendation. There are many other sites out here on the internet that have a gig guide, but how many of them can say they have actually listened to every single band/act they have listed? Well to be honest I don’t know the answer to that, but I’d guess not many, if any at all. Anyway,... Read More
