Bombay Bicycle Club this morning unveil details of their third album ‘A Different Kind of Fix’, which will be released through Island Records on 29th August. The album’s first single ‘Shuffle’ will be available to buy on iTunes from 23rd June. In a little over three years, Bombay Bicycle Club will have released three LPs. From the teenage […]
From the North East of England comes a new project from The Futureheads’ Dave Hyde and ex-Golden Virgins’ drummer Neil Bassett and it goes by the name of Hyde & Beast. Hyde & Beast have released a video. Not only that, but their brand new website www.hydeandbeast.co.uk is now live, and if you sign up to their […]
London band Cymbals can announce a headline show on 18th June onboard The Light Ship in Trinity Buoy Wharf, East London. Presented by Tough Love Records, support will come from tropical London trio Fair Ohs with DJ sets from Off Modernand emerging talents Slime and Vondelpark with a back to back set. Limited to a capacity of 100, you can get on the guestlist by emailing [email protected]. […]
The evolution of Kitty, Daisy and Lewis from front room jammers to critically lauded professionals has been an expeditious one. Since their beginnings, the trio have released a debut album as well as numerous singles, secured themselves a cult following and supported Coldplay on their U.S tour. This year has seen more developments with the band […]
Beirut release their first album in four years with ‘The Rip Tide’ on 29th August. ‘The Rip Tide’ marks a shift from ‘The Flying Club Cup’ (2007) and his ‘stop-off in Mexico’ by way of the ‘March of the Zapotec’ EP (2009). The album will feature ‘East Harlem’ and ‘Goshen’ which appear on the band’s new […]
‘Mad By Moonlight’ is the second album from Southampton’s Thomas Tantrum. Thomas Tantrum have created this album based solely around sleep, or lack of it. Including references to female insanity, insomnia and things that go bump in the night, each song is wrapped in a dream like sonic cotton wool. It’s twelve tracks are influenced […]
Mirrors release a new double A-sided single today, ‘Look At Me / Perfectly Still’ through Skint. The release will be available on limited edition 7” and mp3. This follows on from recently remixing Lady Gaga’s ‘Judas’. ‘Look At Me’ is taken from Mirrors’ debut album, ‘Lights & Offerings’, which was released in February of this year, while […]
Three years since their last album, CSS are back with ‘La Liberación’. Recorded in Sao Paulo and featuring contributions from Ratatat and Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, it’s both a true melding of their debut’s riotous anarchy and ‘Donkey’s grungey maturity. It also shows the band pulling off some most excellent sonic tricks and, as it […]
Hurts are set to launch a European tour this Autumn starting in September in Stuttgart and ending at the O2 Academy Brixton in November. Theo and Adam released their debut single “Better Than Love” 12 months ago. Since then they have sold over 700,000 albums and more than 1 million singles so far worldwide. Crowned […]
Beirut release their new single ‘East Harlem’ b/w ‘Goshen’ (POMP 04) on 6th June 2011. Released via Zach Condon’s own label, Pompeii Records (via Forte Distribution), the single is available on limited edition blue or white 7” vinyl and digitally on 7th June. ‘East Harlem’ and ‘Goshen’ are the first new songs from Beirut since […]
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