Album Review: Spector – Moth Boys

CHEVY THUNDER, CHEVY, CHEVY THUNDER!!! Sorry, love that tune. Anyway, Spector return with their second album, Moth Boys, which is an ambiguous title to say the least and baffling to someone not in the know like myself. What the fuck is a moth boy and where can I find one? Answers on a postcard please. […]
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

NEWS: FICTION – VIDEO TO NEW SINGLE ‘BE CLEAR’

A strutting piece of art pop, resplendent with spiky guitars, a soulful croon and soaring falsetto, Be Clear is the latest single from Fiction’s critically acclaimed debut album. Having toured with Everything Everything, Warpaint and Metronomy, headlined their own NME awards show and embarked on their first full UK tour, Fiction released their debut album […]
UK LIVE DATES: Feb 25, London, Electrowerkz Mar 15, Portsmouth, The Registry Mar 16, Bournemouth, Sixty Million Postcards Mar 17, Guildford, Boileroom Mar 18, Cambridge, The Portland Arms Mar 19, Brighton, Green Door Store Mar 20, Bristol, Louisiana Mar 21, Birmingham, Rainbow 250 Mar 22, Leeds, Cockpit Mar 23, Manchester, The Soup Kitchen  Mar 25, […]

NEWS: FICTION – LIVE DATES

NEWS: FICTION – DEBUT ALBUM + NEW VIDEO

In the weird, hyper-speed blog-world of the 21st century musical underground Fiction’s ‘80‘s inflected, thoughtful, outsider indie has served to set them apart from a revolving door of faddish trends and fly by night ‘scenes’. Taking a template determined by debut single Curiosity, the London based quintet of James Howard, Mike Barrett, Nick Barrett, Dave […]
– THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER – The Castle Hotel is a perfect example of how Manchester’s Northern Quarter has always been an interesting place. I’m not referring to the last decade or so since a few overpriced clothes shops, bars and apartments appeared; I’m talking about since its inception over two and a half centuries […]

LIVE: FICTION/FILMS – 04/03/2011