ALBUM REVIEW: Magazine – No Thyself
To reform or not to reform? For many grey-haired rockers, post-punks and Manchester indie sorts (hello Stone Roses!) the answer has of late been in the affirmative. The results of these reformations have been mixed. The Go-Betweens and Gang Of Four both picked up like they never stopped, successfully pushing their original sounds to new horizons. Others, like The Specials and the Pixies, are clearly in it for more monetary reasons. Seeped in critical theory, Magazine was always... Read More
NEWS: BRETON – A SHORT FILM FOR THE DEBUT SINGLE
Visual experimentalists Breton have released a short film for their forthcoming debut single ‘Edward The Confessor’, due for release on Fat Cat Records on 21st November 2011. The track’s lyrics are based on a field recording of a conversation taking place between two unknown men, the subject matter of which is immigration and the frustration of surviving in a foreign country. It’s a similar frustration that’s echoed in the young faces of the disaffected youths... Read More
NEWS: DAVID LYNCH – TRAILER FOR DEBUT SOLO ALBUM
With the release of his first solo musical project ‘Crazy Clown Time’ through Sunday Best Recordings on November 7th, David Lynch marks a departure from his revered and influential musical collaborations in the past with Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks), Polish pianist Marek Zebrowski (Inland Empire), and Sparklehorse and Danger Mouse (Dark Night of the Soul). Lynch has released a video trailer for Crazy Clown Time, featuring in-the-studio footage shot in the director’s... Read More
NEWS: SUMMER CAMP – ‘WELCOME TO CONDALE’ ZINE / NEW SINGLE & FORTHCOMING DEBUT LP
With their debut LP “Welcome to Condale” just around the corner, the duo Summer Camp are announcing the release of a brand new single, “Down”. While their album evokes a cinematic microverse of teenage lovers and loners, freaks and high school geeks in American suburbia, “Down”, appropriately enough, comes across as a cry of frustrated independence and a longing for escape from dead end towns, as Elizabeth Sankey sings, “I don’t know what I’m waiting for/ but... Read More
NEWS: TING TINGS – UK TOUR
Platinum selling British duo The Ting Tings are set to embark on a string of intimate shows with a creative difference as they team up with some of the best arts and music courses in the country as part of their ‘Show Me Yours’ UK tour. Renowned for their artistic edge the band are on a mission to discover and champion new UK talent from the world of music, art, fashion and film. They’re giving students the chance to create fashion items for them to wear, make a music video,... Read More
NEWS: THE LEISURE SOCIETY – NEW SINGLE /VIDEO & ALBUM REISSUE DETAILS
Symphonic pop band The Leisure Society have released a Bandstand Busking session on the eve of their support tour to Laura Marling’s UK Cathedral tour. Full details of all the dates are below. The Bandstand Busking session shows what people can expect from the current tour, which will be an acoustic set featuring band leader Nick Hemming and co-frontman Christian Hardy with 2 band members, scaled down from their 8-piece ensemble. The session witnesses The Leisure Society stripped... Read More
LIVE: THE HORRORS/THE KILLS – 15/10/2011
– THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT, MANCHESTER – With less than three weeks to go to Halloween, tonight’s event seems like a completely suitable way to start the gothic season, right down to the names of the headliners – The Horrors and The Kills, playing in an old air raid shelter in the dead of night. Spooky. My friend and I try our best to stick to the dark atmosphere by shooting zombies on her iPod on the train there. This is part of the last ever Warehouse Project, a... Read More
NEWS: BENJAMIN SHAW – DEBUT ALBUM, SINGLE & TOUR DATES
‘Somewhere Over the M6’ is the first single from Benjamin Shaw’s forthcoming debut album ‘There’s Always Hope, There’s Always Cabernet’ – out November 21st. Born to soiled genes in ‘80s Blackpool and loathed in soiled scenes of 2011’s London, Benjamin Shaw was perhaps best described by one reviewer as “a ‘singer-songwriter’ who obviously isn’t happy with the connotations that tag would bestow upon him.” – Shaw’s debut EP ‘I Got The Pox, The... Read More
NEWS: THE VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMENS CLUB – EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club, who released their third album ‘Bag Of Meat’ via This Is Fake DIY Records in June this year, have just announced details of a Europe wide tour. The album, the follow-up to 2009’s ‘Love On An Oil Rig’, was recorded over Autumn/Winter 2010/11 in Cardiff, with producer Charlie Francis. The band describe the record as having ‘two halves’: the first, “a reaction to the last album, heavier and darker... Read More
NEWS: GIVERS – FREE DOWNLOAD OF DEERHOOF REMIX & ORIGINAL VIDEO
Givers released their debut album ‘In Light’ last Monday, via Glassnote/Island Records and to mark the release they’ve made available a remix of their current single ‘Meantime’, by Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier. Bombay Bicycle Club have also remixed the tune, which follows their debut single ‘Up Up Up’. Givers was formed by Taylor Guarisco (singer & guitarist) and Tiffany Lamson (singer, ukulele & percussionist), who met at the... Read More
