NEWS: KENDAL CALLING ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE OF ACTS

The Lake District’s award-winning Kendal Calling has announced a second wave of artists playing at this year’s event. As Spring has firmly stuck it’s head through the door, more than 60 new acts are confirmed to join the bill for the first weekend in August. Having headlined the festivities back in 2010 with his band, […]
As Easter approaches, the London foursome Vuvuvultures is getting set to release their first single of 2014. On April 19th, the pop-noir group from the capital is unleashing an AA single consisting of ‘Arty Party’ and ‘Song Bot’, entitled ‘I’. This first of four 7” AA side singles is the starting point of a year […]

NEWS: VUVUVULTURES REVEAL FIRST OF FOUR SINGLES FOR 2014

NEWS: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING ANNOUNCE RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE

Public Service Broadcasting have announced their first new music, since their debut album Inform – Educate – Entertain in May 2013, as part of Record Store Day 2014. Available on exclusive, limited edition white 7” vinyl, it samples archive footage from the Netherlands’ Eleven Cities Tour: the Elfstedentocht – world’s biggest ice skating race. The […]
The London lo-fi quartet has announced a six date tour in support of their brand new self-titled third album that’s out now on Fortuna POP! Headed by frontman Wesley Patrick Gonzalez, the album sees the band enter a new phase of maturity and sophistication, giving Gonzalez a forum to showcase his songwriting talents and love […]

NEWS: LET’S WRESTLE ANNOUNCE APRIL/MAY UK TOUR

NEWS: PEACE ANNOUNCE UK HEADLINING TOUR MAY/JUNE 2014

After their ‘In Love’ campaign last year, Peace are returning to the road with an 18-date headlining stint across the UK. It’s only one year since their debut album and they are already forging ahead with album #2 – something fans can keep track of on www.peacelandworld.com. In celebration of this (and in true Peace […]
Grey Lantern and Night & Day are teaming up to bring former Grammatics’ man Owen Brinley’s brilliantly shimmering electronic pop project, Department M, back to Manchester. Overcoming a longstanding tinnitus problem in the wake of his former band’s demise, and with a still on-going stint in fellow Leeds’ act Stalking Horse under his belt; Brinley’s […]

NEWS: DEPARTMENT M RETURN TO MANCHESTER

NEWS: CHERRY GHOST – THIRD ALBUM ‘HERD RUNNERS’ + HEAR NEW TRACK ‘THE WORLD COULD TURN’

For the last couple of years Simon Aldred has been in a state of wilful musical schizophrenia. Since 2007, Bolton-born Aldred has – to all intents – been Cherry Ghost, a band known for perfecting a kind of widescreen North Western country soul. Yet the third Cherry Ghost album Herd Runners arrives after an extensive […]
As part of this year’s Record Store Day, Tame Impala will be releasing an 8-track live recording, simply titled ‘Live Versions’. The limited edition vinyl will be available on Record Store Day, Saturday 19th April, at participating record stores across the world. Additionally, Tame Impala have announced their recent signing in the UK to Fiction […]

NEWS: TAME IMPALA – HEAR ‘BE ABOVE IT’ TAKEN FROM NEW LIVE EP

NEWS: LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY ANNOUNCES THIRD WAVE OF ACTS

Liverpool Sound City has revealed a mighty third wave of artists featuring some of the hottest names in the industry such as Jagwar Ma, Public Service Broadcasting, East India Youth, Bipolar Sunshine, Blood Red Shoes, Pins, Glass Animals, Bird, Factory Floor, Ratking, Say Lou Lou and Sunshine Underground. The new wave includes an additional 75 […]
Bad Grammar kicked off 2014 with the news of their soon to be released EP ‘Forced Fun’. The Manchester based two-piece consisting of Ben Forrester on guitar and Lucy Brown on drums, have so far shared the stage with bands such as Dinosaur Pile-Up, Future Of The Left and Drenge to name but a few. […]

NEWS: BAD GRAMMAR SET TO RELEASE ‘FORCED FUN’ EP + WATCH NEW VIDEO TO ‘TEMPER TEMPER’