NEWS: SONIC FUSION FESTIVAL

The University of Salford is to play host to an exciting new music festival. Salford Sonic Fusion Music Festival will bring cutting-edge experimental music to Salford, showcasing a range of genres from art music and jazz, to folk and audio-visual work. Both international music stars and students will be gathering at the MediaCityUK campus to […]
Aftershock celebrates its 10th anniversary with a stellar line-up of Nitin Sawhney, Kirk McElhinney, Sam Carter, Denis Jones, Aruba Red, Mieko, Arun Ghosh, Mathew Halsall and Clive Hunte. There is no other project like Aftershock in the world. Over the last 10 years Artistic Director Nitin Sawhney has worked with some of the best new […]

NEWS: AFTERSHOCK – 10TH ANNIVERSARY

NEWS: RICHARD HAWLEY – NEW ALBUM DETAILS

Following the success of his award-winning, hugely acclaimed 2009 album ‘Truelove’s Gutter’, Richard Hawley will release his sixth studio album, ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’ – his first for new label Parlophone – on 7th May. Recorded at Sheffield’s Yellow Arch Studio in 2011, ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’ marks a seismic shift in direction for Hawley. The album is a euphoric, […]
From The Muppets on Sesame Tree to Mother Courage at the National Theatre. From Huckleberry Finn and silent movie stars to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. From Belfast to the British Expo in Shanghai, via live performances around the world, the career of the inimitable Duke Special has been, to say the least, a varied and […]

NEWS: DUKE SPECIAL – UK TOUR DATES

NEWS: SALFORD NOISE FESTIVAL DETAILS

– COME AND FEEL THE SALFORD NOISE – It’s about to get noisy for residents of Salford, as the city launches a brand new music festival. Salford Noise 2012 will be held over a number of nights at Salford’s best venues, The Crescent Pub, The Black Lion and cotton-mill-turned-creative-hub Islington Mill, in a bid to […]
In anticipation of their upcoming headlining North American tour, Caveman are sharing an exclusive live performance of “Vampirer/Old Friend” that they shot in Los Angeles last year on their first visit to the West Coast. Their debut CoCo Beware will get a wide release on March 27th via Fat Possum Records after the self-release on the […]

VIDEO: CAVEMAN – ‘VAMPIRER/OLD FRIEND’ (IN THE BACKYARD SESSIONS)

NEWS: LIZ GREEN – NEW SINGLE & TOUR DATES

The unique Liz Green received a plethora of praise for her wonderful debut album ‘O, Devotion’! upon its release in November 2011. She played a multitude of radio sessions that included a varied array from 6 Music’s Marc Riley and Radcliffe & Maconie (the station also gave her the ‘Album of the Day’ accolade) and Radio 1’s Gilles Peterson to Radio 4’s Loose Ends & XFM’s John Kennedy and […]
Aficionado is a Manchester institution, a Sunday night session devoted to the musical miracles which many overlook. Moonboots and Jason Boardman have, over many long years at the helm, championed an endless list of lost classics and new delights. It’s the very definition of Balearic, without genre or agenda… So it’s high time the pair […]

NEWS: AFICIONADO RECORDINGS – DEBUT RELEASE

VIDEO: GRIMES – ‘OBLIVION’

  Visions, her debut album for 4AD, is out a week today (March 12th) Grimes is currently on tour in North America and reaches the UK in May to play a handful of dates. Her show at London’s XOYO has sold out already so a headline show at London’s Heaven on September 5th is ready to be announced. May  6th – Simple Things Festival, Bristol 7th – Berkeley […]
Spector are pleased to announce their third headline tour to date; Spectour III. Currently rounding off Spectour II with 2 sold out shows at London’s legendary 100 Club, the quintet are supporting Florence + the Machine throughout the UK and Europe in March, before embarking on their first live dates in North America, including gigs in […]

NEWS: SPECTOR – HEADLINE TOUR & VIDEO