BADLY DRAWN BOY ANNOUNCED AS SPECIAL GUEST FOR GUY GARVEY CONCERT

This summer some of the most acclaimed live artists are taking over Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl for Sounds Of The City 2016. Opening the series on Friday 1st July for a special hometown show is one of Britain’s great vocalists and songwriters Guy Garvey. Guy Garvey has spent the last twenty five years as a member […]
American Thomas Truax is one of many characters on the pop music fringe. Since the early 2000’s, he’s been releasing records and traveling the world performing with his evolving “band” of surreal self-made Harry Partch-esque instruments including a motorized drum machine made of bike wheels called ‘Mother Superior’ and a souped-up Dr. Seuss-ian Gramophone called […]

THOMAS TRUAX AND HIS ROCKIN’ INVENTIONS TOUR HITS THE UK

TELEMAN ANNOUNCE ‘GLORY HALLELUJAH’ VIDEO

London based four-piece, Teleman, will release the hook-laden, joyful stomper, Glory Hallelujah, as their next single, on 17th June. The track is taken from their critically acclaimed second album, Brilliant Sanity, which is available now via Moshi Moshi. Watch an intimate live performance of the track filmed in the band’s studio below… Teleman  Official | Facebook | Twitter
Firecracker is the new single from Victoria+Jean, a duo linked artistically and romantically. Originally a smoky blues song, Firecracker mutated into a full on electric anthem, with punchy guitar and an insistent beat. “I was really inspired by the film version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” says Victoria (vocals). “Particularly the way Johnny […]

VICTORIA+JEAN RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘FIRECRACKER’

A.R. KANE HEADLINE FIRST NON-FESTIVAL SHOW IN OVER 20 YEARS

Just ahead of their two performances at this year’s Primavera Sound Festival in June, legendary dream pop outfit A.R. Kane have announced they will be playing Manchester’s Soup Kitchen on Monday, May 23 (openers to be announced). If you hadn’t heard, A.R. Kane reformed for this year’s touring season, which will see dates in the […]
Cardiff indie-rockers Tibet, renowned for their raucous brand of pumped up melodic pop, have announced the release of a double EP Above The Moon on limited edition vinyl, out May 23rd 2016 on both Alcopop! and the band’s very own label Rat Trap Recordings. After garnering support from the likes of Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, and Nick Grimshaw, the band are also releasing a brand […]

TIBET SIGN TO ALCOPOP! RECORDS AND ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF ‘ABOVE THE MOON’

BAND OF SKULLS ANNOUNCE TOUR AND NEW TRACK ‘EROUNDS’

Band of Skulls have announced a UK Autumn tour- incl. Manchester Albert Hall on October 21 – alongside a new advance track from forthcoming album By Default.    The new 7 date run (on sale April 22) follows a string of already announced UK and EU dates, including a sold out night at London Electric […]
Berlin-based Still Parade has announced his debut full-length album, Concrete Vision, will be arriving June 3 via Heist or Hit and premiered a video for their latest single, “Walk In The Park” today via DIY Magazine – share via YouTube.  This will be a big year for Still Parade, who made his North American live […]

STILL PARADE STREAM NEW TRACK ‘CHAMBER’

ANTELOPES ANNOUNCE NEW EP ‘WRESTLEMANIA’

Liverpool independent label Blak Hand Records are happy to announce Wrestlemania, the new & final EP from Antelopes. Although it’s been around nine months since the Warrington trio called it quits, Antelopes and Blak Hand Records have teamed up one last time to bring their fans a big going away present. Wrestlemania features nine songs that were intended for release with […]
Moniker formed when Jordan Scott, the band’s multi-instrumentalist songwriter and vocalist moved to New York City at the beginning of 2015 and reconnected with an old friend TD Crowley through their work at WCWM college radio. Jordan invited TD to form a band, quickly recruiting a high school friend Jeremy Burke on bass along with […]

BROOKLYN QUARTET MONIKER ANNOUNCE NEW LP