TWO-DAY FESTIVAL HITS NORTHERN QUARTER THIS WEEKEND

The fourth A Carefully Planned Festival, which includes more than 120 bands playing seven venues, will hit the Northern Quarter this Saturday and Sunday. The eclectic festival, which has previously attracted the likes of Alt-J, Everything Everything and Peace, will be held in The Castle, Cord, Gullivers, Kraak, Mint Lounge, Soup Kitchen, and the Whiskey Jar. This […]
To mark their forthcoming tour with Eagulls, and to bridge a gap between their last EP and debut album, AUTOBAHN have recorded their own version of ‘New Age’ by Blitz and made it available as a free download. “We wanted to record something to bridge the gap between our last release on Tough Love Records […]

AUTOBAHN GIVE AWAY FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘NEW AGE’

THE FALL ‘IT’S NOT REPETITION, IT’S DISCIPLINE’

Twisted Reel have announced the Manchester premier screening of a brand new unofficial documentary about Mark E Smith and The Fall. Featuring extensive exclusive interviews with Mark E Smith and John Peel as well as many many more including Thurston Moore, John Cooper Clarke, Henry Rollins, Stephen Malkmus, Grant Showbiz, Dee Dee Ramone. A tribute […]
Ahead of the release of their new album Rip This, Bass Drum of Death is back sharing the video for early single ‘Left For Dead’. The NSFW Dick Thompson-directed clip documents a day in the life of an eligible bachelor whose home is filled with a veritable harem of dangerous women. Its release comes in […]

BASS DRUM OF DEATH RELEASES VIDEO TO ‘LEFT FOR DEAD’

THE WAVE PICTURES ANNOUNCE NEW COLLABORATION ALBUM WITH BILLY CHILDISH

The Wave Pictures have announced their brand new album, Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon, which was created in collaboration with one of their all-time heroes, Billy Childish. Bursting with energy and ignited with a garage-rock spark, the album rings loud and bold, showcasing Dave Tattersall’s searing guitar solos and sharp lyrical wit. The album will […]
Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album The Big Other, London based Fiction announce a new EP on November 3rd via Vaguely Pagan/Tip Top Recordings. The In Real Life EP – named after the web-chat acronym IRL – forms a compelling bridge between their debut and their forthcoming second LP which is due […]

FICTION NEW EP ‘IN REAL LIFE’ + HEAR FIRST TRACK

TELEMAN UNVEIL NEW ‘MAINLINE’ VIDEO

Teleman have unveiled the playful – and somewhat disturbing – video for new single ‘Mainline’, due for release on 10th November via Moshi Moshi Records and taken from their debut album, Breakfast. Directed by the band’s own Jonny Sanders, the video utilizes slo-mo to great effect; tea dresses and windswept wigs are teamed with bursting […]
Gruff Rhys has unveiled the video for Lost Tribes, the 3rd single from his critically acclaimed 2014 album American Interior. Lost Tribes is a song about the 18th century explorer John Evans’s misguided quest to find a lost Welsh tribe in the American interior – thought to be descendants of the mythical 12th century prince […]

GRUFF RHYS SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘LOST TRIBES’

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING SECOND ALBUM DETAILS AND TRAILER

Following the critical and commercial success of their debut album last year and 18 months’ extensive touring across the world, Public Service Broadcasting have confirmed the release of their eagerly anticipated second album, The Race For Space. To mark the occasion, the band will perform two very special live transmissions from the National Space Centre, […]
This week sees the release of Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa second album “Savage Imagination” as a duo, and shows their collaboration in full bloom. It is an collection of vibrant pop music, laced with the sounds of video games (Mario Kart!!), radiophonic experiments, and indigenous music from around the world. Watch the brilliant animated […]

DUSTIN WONG & TAKAKO MINEKAWA SHARE HAND-DRAWN VIDEO FOR ‘PASTEL ICE DATE’