TOM HINGLEY TO RELEASE SINGLE FOR RECORD STORE DAY

Tom Hingley of Inspiral Carpets fame is releasing his first single in three years for Record Store Day 2016, Saturday 16 April. All proceeds from the 7” of ‘Beggar’s Hand’ sold in Manchester and Liverpool go towards two local charities, Lifeshare in Manchester and Hope Fest in Liverpool. Both charities work with homeless people, providing […]
With her new album ‘Empire Builder’ set for release this Friday, April 1st via City Slang, Laura Gibson has shared a new video & track ‘Not Harmless’. “In very simple terms, ‘Not Harmless’ is about standing up for myself: defining womanhood on my own terms” Laura explains. “It may be a critique of social expectations, but more so it’s a […]

LAURA GIBSON SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR ‘NOT HARMLESS’

WEAVES ANNOUNCE UK TOUR AND SHARE NEW SINGLE

“Candy,” the latest track to be pulled from Weaves’ forthcoming self-titled debut LP, has premiered on Stereogum and with Zane Lowe on Beats 1. Encapsulating the Canadian band’s high-wire approach to pop songwriting the track is, according to singer Jasmyn Burke, one of her earliest collaborations with guitarist Morgan Waters and remains one of her […]
Liverpool quartet, Strange Collective, are pleased to announce they will release their debut EP ‘Super Touchy’ via Salvation Records on 1st July 2016. To celebrate the news they’re streaming brand new single ‘Heavy’ in full ahead of its release on 22nd April. Strange Collective are: Alex Wynne: guitar/vocals Ali Horn: guitar Michael Robinson: bass Sian […]

STRANGE COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCE ‘SUPER TOUCHY’ EP

SOUND CITY+ CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED

Sound City+ is the UK’s premier music and digital business conference that runs in parallel with the award-winning Liverpool Sound City music festival. Sound City+ returns 27th May with an intensive programme of speakers, T.E.D-style talks, debates, workshops and the acclaimed Sound City+ marketplace, that will feature the cream of the UK’s and international independent […]
Air, Brian Eno, Lanterns on the Lake, Helen Keen, The Clangers, Krysco, Marc Riley and many more join the line-up Taking place 22-24 July at Jodrell Bank, the Cheshire observatory at the cutting edge of humanity’s quest for knowledge, bluedot is a brand new three-day festival of discovery that promises to fuse a complex mix […]

BLUEDOT FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LATEST LINEUP

PURE JOY SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘O’SULLIVAN ON SONG’

Rising from the smoking embers of several leading Merseyside acts, newcomers Pure Joy have now readied their psych-rock to tape in the form of debut LP ‘Bang Flower.’ From the blissed out cloudburst of ‘Bubblegum Husky’ to the driving pulse of first single, ‘Katie’s Gone Home’, the timeless sleaze of ‘Thunderlooper’, the lick-sodden Morrissey-esque weavings […]
The Big Moon have revealed their new track ‘Cupid’, which will be out via Fiction Records on the 12th May. You can check the track below… Following a tour with The Maccabees, the London quartet are also set to head out on their first ever headline tour today. As one of the most exciting new bands in the UK, this is definitely […]

LONDON QUARTET THE BIG MOON REVEAL NEW SINGLE ‘CUPID’

PURS stream debut single ‘Tame’

Who: ‘Tame’ is the debut single from London shoe-gaze rockers PURS. Lifting melodies juxtaposed with loud, shimmering guitars will make you feel like it’s 1994. Dreamy yet melancholy, backed by a driving beat, PURS could be the soundtrack to a hazy summer road-trip or break-up. For fans of: My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Cocteau Twins and Alice […]
The original Manchester Record Store Day all-dayer is here again at Soup Kitchen on Saturday 16th April from 4pm-10pm. Tickets are £4 on the door The Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear St, Manchester M1 1DF Hot Vestry – Signed to Tim Burgess’ O Genesis Recordings, the Macclesfield group deal in dark, glinting post-punk and have appearances […]

SOUP KITCHEN’S ANNUAL RECORD STORE DAY ALL-DAYER INFO