ALBUM REVIEW: HARKIN – HARKIN

Being a touring member of bands such as Sleater-Kinney, Wild Beasts, Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett, guitarist for Sky Larkin, as well as venturing into the pop world by being a backing vocalist for Dua Lipa on U.S. show Saturday Night Live, have all somehow fed into Katie Harkin’s debut solo album.  The album was […]
With both local and external talent alike forming the nucleus of this year’s line-up, Manchester’s annual commemoration of all that is paisley has once again returned to the forefront. The seventh annual edition of Manchester Psych Fest takes place across five stages in three great Manchester venues on Friday 30 August. Alongside an eclectic mix […]

MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST RETURNS THIS WEEKEND

ALBUM REVIEW: JADE IMAGINE – BASIC LOVE

Let’s face it, if the blurb in the press release says signed to Courtney Barnett’s record label, you’re gonna take notice, well, I am anyway cos I think she’s great, and yes, I am easily swayed by this sort of thing! So, having not heard anything by these Aussies before, purely on the Courtney Barnett […]
-PARC DEL FORUM, BARCELONA- A sun drenched Barcelona sea front played host to a very exciting lineup of aging cult heroes, rising talents and globally known superstars. Primavera Sound 2019 was a shining example of how a major city festival can be delivered at an extremely high standard. From the latest in all things working […]

LIVE: PRIMAVERA SOUND FESTIVAL 2019

COURTNEY BARNETT SHARES BRAND NEW SINGLE “EVERYBODY HERE HATES YOU”

Courtney Barnett has just released her brand new single – Everybody Here Hates You. Recorded late in 2018 during a rare break at the height of her Tell Me How You Really Feel world tour, Everybody Here Hates You is the closest Barnett has ever come to capturing the extraordinary weight and swagger of her […]
Courtney Barnett fans have been treated to a surprise new song. ‘Small Talk’ is an unheard and unreleased track from the sessions which gave birth to her critically acclaimed second album, “Tell Me How You Really Feel”.  The song itself shows Courtney’s stylistic versatility as she winsomely sings over a walking bass-line before launching into a joyful […]
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COURTNEY BARNETT RELEASES NEW SONG “SMALL TALK”

LIVE: COURTNEY BARNETT – 04/06/2018

-ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- Courtney Barnett chooses a brave route for the first half of the show, playing the whole new album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, in full. No smattering of previous hits to keep the crowd appeased. But it pays off. The new album is brilliant and well received. There is a greater […]
By now you would have heard that Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, are releasing a special collaborative album, Lotta Sea Lice out Friday 13th October 2017 – a glorious peek behind the studio doors of two artists and an unabashed celebration of their unique, long-standing friendship. After the release of opening single ‘Over Everything’, the […]

COURTNEY BARNETT & KURT VILE SHARE A ‘CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST’ WITH US

COURTNEY BARNETT & KURT VILE ANNOUNCE ‘LOTTA SEA LICE’ LP RELEASED OCT – WATCH FIRST SINGLE VIDEO ‘OVER EVERYTHING’ NOW

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, have joined forces to release on Friday 13th October (Marathon Artists/Matador/Milk! Recordings/Mom & Pop) a new album collaboration, Lotta Sea Lice. First single ‘Over Everything’, features dovetailing vocal lines and intricate, guitar stylings from the pair. The lyrics play out as a rambling dialogue as they compare notes about song-writing and inspiration – it was the […]
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile have revealed that they have completed a collaboration album for release later this year. In support of this they will be leading an all-star band on a once-in-a-lifetime tour of North America this autumn. Kurt Vile said of the collaboration: “It started out as, maybe we’ll do a split 7″ […]

LP COLLABORATION BETWEEN COURTNEY BARNETT & KURT VILE TO BE RELEASED