NEWS: PURITY RING – EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

After releasing their debut album ‘Shrines’, Purity Ring have announced they will return to Europe and the UK in November for a month-long tour. Purity Ring is a Halifax/Montreal-based duo comprised of Corin Roddick and Megan James. They make lullabies for the club, drawing equally from airy 90s R&B, lush dream pop, and the powerful, […]
Like an echo from a desperate, war-torn future, Ty Segall’s latest cry of love crashes the party and detonates without warning on the drink-soaked dance floor. Female voices ricochet, deadpanning from ear to ear. Fuzzy thunders reels on high, thudding slam into your life-chest and rolling out the door. Like a quicksilver wire at the […]

NEWS: TY SEGALL – LISTEN TO THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THE FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM

NEWS: TOY – LISTEN TO THE NEW SINGLE ‘LOSE MY WAY’

‘Lose My Way’ is the third single proper from TOY, released through Heavenly Recordings on Monday 3 September 2012. The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming self-titled debut album, set for release on 10 September. Released as a 7″, ‘Lose My Way’ features the B-Side ‘Bright White Shimmering Sun’, a live favourite which does […]
Woods have streamed another track from their September 17th released full length, ‘Bend Beyond’. September Tour Dates: 1st – The Blind Tiger, Brighton 2nd – End of the Road, Dorset 3rd – Cargo, London 4th – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 5th – The Fleece, Bristol

NEWS: WOODS – LISTEN TO ‘SIZE MEETS THE SOUND’ FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM

NEWS: ‘NORTHERN QUARTER TAKEOVER’ STREET PARTY DETAILS

It’s back, 8% better than last time. Common bar have once again teamed up with neighbours Home Sweet Home to bring you a day of live musics, quiz times, DJs, foods, drinks, heads, games, arts, buntings, #laughriots … supporting Mind and Macmillan charities. Joining them for the day will be the Common BBQ, Portable Street […]
A new album featuring actress Maxine Peake (TV’s Shameless, Silk) to make the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials. Exactly 400 years since the trials and execution of the 12 women now known as The Pendle Witches, on 20 August 1612 in Lancashire, England, a purpose assembled collective of artists, sound designers, experimental pop […]

NEWS: THE ECCENTRONIC RESEARCH COUNCIL – ‘1612 UNDERTURE’ ALBUM DETAILS

NEWS: BEAK> – HEAR PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACK ‘0898’ + TOUR DATES

Bristol band BEAK> (Geoff Barrow/Billy Fuller/Matt Williams) will hit the road in support of their second album ‘>>’ freshly released on their hometown label Invada. To coincide with the news, Invada have released details of a special edition fabric boxset of the album which includes a bonus disc of 10 previously unreleased tracks from the […]
London quintet Spector have announced a Manchester instore gig for the day of their debut album release. They will play at Manchester’s HMV at 6pm on the 13th August to coincide with the release of ‘Enjoy It While It Lasts’, as well as their new single ‘Never Fade Away’, a firm fan favourite.  The band […]

NEWS: SPECTOR – MANCHESTER INSTORE GIG

NEWS: 2:54 – HEAR THE NEW SINGLE ‘SUGAR’

Having established themselves as one of the most distinctive and compelling new bands around with their spellbinding, critically acclaimed, eponymous debut LP, released in May on Fiction, sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow -aka 2:54- have been announced as main support to The XX on their highly-anticipated European comeback tour this September.  A teaser date together […]
Sub Pop is pleased to share release details for Dum Dum Girls’ End of Daze EP, due out 24th September. The EP is led by the single “Lord Knows”, along with track highlights “Mine Tonight”, “I Got Nothing”, and a cover of Strawberry Switchblade’s “Trees and Flowers”.  The band recently recorded an acoustic version of […]

NEWS: DUM DUM GIRLS – WATCH THE ‘MINE TONIGHT’ VIDEO TAKEN FROM ‘END OF DAZE’ EP