LANTERNS ON THE LAKE – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER TOUR DATES

Two years on from the critically acclaimed Until The Colours Run, Lanterns On The Lake return with their third full-length record Beings, released 13th November on Bella Union and available now to pre-order via iTunes The band have unveiled a track from the LP entitled ‘Faultlines’ which you can listen to below: They also announced a 6-date UK tour including a […]
Battles can now reveal a video for album track ‘Dot Net’, the first part of a new Warp Arts film series for Channel 4’s Random Acts, comprised of collaborations between filmmakers and Warp artists. Dave Konopka from Battles discusses the collaboration: “Ben Jones and I went Massachusetts College of Art together in the 90s and […]

BATTLES RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘DOT NET’

RADKEY RELEASE NEW FACE-MELTING CLAYMATION VIDEO FOR ‘GLORE

It took ten weeks of seriously hard work from Blinkink to complete Radkey’s new two minute Claymation video for ‘Glore. Directed by Nicos Livesey for Channel 4’s revised Random Acts strand, the ‘Glore’ video that will be coming to our TV screens soon, is made up of a combination of influences from Celebrity Death Match, […]
IDLES announce new MEAT EP for self-release on October 30th. After taking a hiatus from the live circuit since the release of their debut EP, Welcome, the band aptly describe how they took the time out to perfect their writing process and, “bleed out a s**t tonne of songs that we’re truly proud of.” The […]

IDLES – BRISTOL POST-PUNKS RETURN WITH NEW EP ‘MEAT’

KING KOREA ANNOUNCE DEBUT SINGLE

London-based garage rock trio King Korea unleash their debut single ‘Zoo Generation’ on 23rd October King Korea formed in October 2014 after Spanish-Canadian frontman Bruno G. Roth moved to the UK. Drummer Roger Piazza left his home in Italy to do the same thing, and together with bassist Jim Hosking The band have built up […]
Meet & Jam has launched a series of UK-wide Jam Nights which will culminate in a Grand Finale at The 100 Club in London. They are on the hunt for the best jamming musicians AND original acts from across the UK. From bands and solo artists to vocalists, guitarists, drummers and trombonists, everyone can apply […]

UK-WIDE JAM NIGHT COMPETITION ANNOUNCED

BEANS ON TOAST ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM & LIVE DATES

10 years into his career and now with seven albums under his belt, cult hero and all-round legend – BEANS ON TOAST will be embarking on a UK tour in support of new album ‘Rolling Up The Hill’ and will be calling into Manchester Gorilla on 18th November. Album track listing 1.The Mudhills Crew 2. […]
Ewan MacColl wrote The Young Birds in 1961 in memory of 34 South London schoolboys (including friends of his oldest son, Hamish) who were killed in a plane crash while on a school trip. Ewan is best known for his pivotal role in the British folk revival and his vast catalogue of songs including The First Time Ever I Saw Your […]

JOY OF LIVING: A TRIBUTE TO EWAN MACCOLL – LIVE IN MANCHESTER

O>L>A ANNOUNCE EP LAUNCH IN SALFORD WAREHOUSE

For their EP launch on Saturday October 24th O>L>A are going underground, to a former garage situated in the last outpost of un-gentrified sprawl in Manchester’s city centre overlooked by Strangeways Prison. They’ll be joined by Dialect, the solo moniker of Andrew Hunt, also front man of Liverpool’s Memphis Industries-signed five-piece Outfit.  He’ll be collaborating with previous creative […]
Last week, post-punkers Shopping released their second album, Why Wait, via FatCat Records (reviewed here). Now, they’re sharing a brand new video for their single “Straight Lines”, setting the stage for their first-ever tour of the U.S. and Canada. Watch the new video below: Formed in East London in 2012 by members Rachel Aggs (guitar), […]

SHOPPING SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘STRAIGHT LINES’ & ANNOUNCE UK LIVE DATES