SOUNDS FROM THE OTHER CITY 2017 FIRST ACTS UNVEILED

Sounds from the Other City (SFTOC) returns on Sunday 30th April 2017 showcasing the best in new music within Salford’s incredible array of venues, alongside world class street food, art and craft beer. The cultural celebration brings over 2,000 people to the Chapel Street area each year, hosting the most innovative, exciting bands in the […]
Cowtown have unveiled the video for new single ‘Emojicore’; a meticulously created clip which sees the band running through a glitchy mash up of the SEGA  Nintendo, Playstation and Windows PC systems. Created by Emily Garner, the video was built frame by frame using MS Paint and Adobe PS. She says of the process: “The method is archaic but stupidly fun and it […]

COWTOWN SHARE CLASSIC 8-BIT STYLE VIDEO ‘EMOJICORE’

BLUEDOT FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS WITH HEADLINERS ORBITAL, PIXIES, AND ALT-J

Following an inaugural event last summer packed with incredible performances from across the musical spectrum, spectacular scientific happenings and a mind-expanding programme of arts and culture, bluedot with Ovo Energy have revealed the first wave of its musical line-up including all three headliners; Orbital, Pixies, and ALT-J. Taking place 7th, 8th, and 9th July 2017 […]
Well connected and extremely involved in a burgeoning Brussels garage rock scene, Charles (drummer of Thee Marvin Gays), Aurelien (guitarist and fill in bassist of Thee Marvin Gays), Étienne (guitarist and lead vocalist of Toulouse, France based Warm Toy Machine) and Stefano (guitarist of Warm Toy Machine) shared an ear for catchy melodies which, in turn, […]

MOUNTAIN BIKE SHARE NEW TRACK

THE WOODEN SKY ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘SWIMMING IN STRANGE WATERS’

Toronto alt-rock quartet The Wooden Sky will release their new album Swimming in Strange Waters on April 7th via Nevado Music. Drawing its title from a line in Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel, Dune – “Survival is the ability to swim in strange water” – The Wooden Sky’s fifth full-length record finds frontman and multi-instrumentalist […]
Temples have announced details of the release of ‘Strange Or Be Forgotten’, the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming second album, Volcano, which is due for release on Friday March 3rd 2017 on Heavenly Recordings. Talking about the track,  bassist Tom Walmsley said: “We’re continually inundated with pressure in modern life to have […]

TEMPLES ANNOUNCE UK TOUR IN MARCH

GNOOMES announce new album: Tschak!

From adversity can come triumph, and from catharsis inspiration. Such has been the case for GNOOMES, the threesome hailing from Perm, Russia, whose second release for Rocket Recordings, Tschak! arrives in the wake of considerable turbulence and tumult, all of which has only been fuel for a creative epiphany that has seen them create a […]
The Courtneys have shared “Tour,” the latest from their upcoming album The Courtneys II. After naming Flying Nun Records as their number one influence for years, the legendary label signed the Vancouver trio as their first non-New Zealand act. The Courtneys II is available for pre-order now and due out February 17th on Flying Nun Records. About The Courtneys: The Courtneys drift back […]

THE COURTNEYS SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘TOUR’

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN RETURN TO MANCHESTER

The Jesus And Mary Chain will play Manchester Academy as part of their UK tour in March… Fronted by the Reid brothers Jim and William, The Jesus And Mary Chain first reformed to play the Coachella festival back in 2007. Despite regular touring – most notably a 2015 world tour which revisited their landmark album Psychocandy – […]
Manchester’s idiosyncratic art-popologists and Silent Radio firm favourites Dutch Uncles return with Big Balloon, their new studio album, on 17th February via Memphis Industries. Today, the band shares one of the new album’s standout tracks Oh Yeah which features backing vocals from Stealing Sheep and Everything Everything. Frontman Duncan Wallis explains the positive sentiment behind […]

HEAR DUTCH UNCLES NEW TRACK ‘OH YEAH’