NEWS: DOT TO DOT ANNOUNCE NEW WAVE OF ACTS

Already well-established as the festival that brings you future stadium-fillers before any other event, Dot To Dot is set to unveil the second wave of acts on this year’s bill.  The UK’s only touring festival, Dot To Dot will visit a multitude of venues in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester this coming Jubilee bank holiday weekend headlined by The Drums and Pulled Apart […]
Edward Shape & the Magnetic Zeros will release their second studio album ‘HERE’ on 28th May via Rough Trade Records. The album, which is the follow-up to the LA group’s 2009 debut ‘Up From Below’, was self-produced and recorded in Bogalusa, LA and in their studio in Ojai, CA. Of the new album, frontman Alex Ebert says: “The making of this album has […]

NEWS: EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS – NEW ALBUM ‘HERE’ + MAKING OF VIDEO

NEWS: WE ARE AUGUSTINES – MAY TOUR DATES + ABBEY ROAD VIDEO

Brooklyn’s We Are Augustines released their ‘Rise Ye Sunken Ships’ album via their own label, Oxcart Records this month and have lined up a short run of dates in the UK for May. The band lit up the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas last week with various gigs and secret acoustic shows and are currently taking their […]
Coloradan two-piece Moon Duo, formed of Wooden Shjips’ Ripley Johnson and his partner Sanae Yamada, have confirmed a special Record Store Day 12” vinyl release and a string of UK dates. Due to popular demand, 800 white vinyl LPs featuring the remixes of their highly praised 2011 album ‘Mazes’ will be released exclusively on Record […]

NEWS: MOON DUO – RECORD STORE DAY 12” + UK LIVE DATES

NEWS: PARKLIFE 2012 – LAST YEAR AT PLATT FIELDS PARK

Only 12 weeks are left until what is set to become Parklife Weekender’s third consecutive sold out festival, seeing revellers fillPlatt Fields Park in Manchester on 9th and 10th June. Promoters have now confirmed that 2012 will be the festival’s final year at its current location as plans for ever more impressive production and next-level line-ups supersede the potential of […]
To coincide with their Marc Riley 6 Music session on Monday April 2nd, Manchester promoters Cloud Sounds are putting on Y Niwl at The Kings Arms, Salford. Back in 2009, Cloud Sounds gave Y Niwl their first ever gig in England. They soon built a reputation for being one of the most exhilarating live bands […]

NEWS: Y NIWL – BBC 6 MUSIC SESSION & SALFORD GIG

NEWS: KARIMA FRANCIS – RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE & ALBUM + LIVE DATES

From the bright lights of Blackpool to the recording studio and now the open road, singer-songwriter Karima Francis returns after a three-year break. Blackpool based Karima is about to grab 2012 by the scruff of its neck with a massive 22-date spring tour, taking her much lauded live show to every major UK town or […]
With such a poetic shot at their name I Used To Be A Sparrow is a unique compromise between the powerful impact of an arena rock act and the urgency and dirt of a garage band, with a fondness for heartfelt songs. Dick Pettersson and Andrea Caccese definitely know how to stay busy. The former has been […]

NEWS: I USED TO BE A SPARROW – DEBUT ALBUM + ‘LIFE IS GOOD’ VIDEO

NEWS: FRANK TURNER – NEW SINGLE FOR RECORD STORE DAY

Following Frank’s epic headline show at London’s Wembley Arena on 13th April 2012, a very special limited edition double A-side 7” single of ‘I Still Believe’/Somebody To Love’ will hit the shops for this year’s Record Store Day. A rousing declaration of Frank’s unwavering faith in music ‘I Still Believe’ is a call to arms for those who are enraptured by the […]
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 […]

NEWS: SONIC FUSION FESTIVAL