No band could have been more suited to performing at a Proms celebrating the centenary of the BBC than Public Service Broadcasting. Their name alone, let alone that their 2013 debut album was titled ‘Inform – Educate – Entertain’, the mantra of original BBC Director General, John Reith, as to the Corporation’s role, make them […]
Public Service Broadcasting have announced their new album, ‘Bright Magic’ for release on September 24th via Play It Again Sam. They share their new single and video for ‘People, Let’s Dance’ ft. Eera. The band’s main songwriter, J. Willgoose, Esq. says: “Doing this felt inevitable, somehow. In my head, it was whirring and pulsing away […]
Bluedot Festival: Official | Facebook | Twitter “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.” The words of the great cosmologist Carl Sagan, the spiritual godfather of Bluedot Festival, the annual celebration of music, science, arts, culture and exploration that this month returns for its third instalment. For the first time the […]
-ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER- The night opens with a public service broadcast of our own. A light-hearted message about not using your phones as “the video and sound won’t be any good anyway”. I agree, enjoy the gig and don’t stick a phone in front of any other gig-goer’s view! Although I’m up in the lofty […]
‘Turn No More’ is the third single to be taken from Public Service Broadcasting’s new album Every Valley, which charted at #4 in the UK album charts in July. Joining them on this single is Manic Street Preachers’ frontman James Dean Bradfield. J. Willgoose Esq. says of the single and how it fits into the […]
Boasting of a “secure future in Welsh coal” and “having enough coal for another four hundred years“, ‘People Will Always Need Coal’, the latest track from Public Service Broadcasting’s new album Every Valley, offers a window into the world of Welsh mining in its heyday. Laced with dark irony given the events that were to […]
Taking their inspiration from the title of the track and concept of their new record, Public Service Broadcasting’s new video for ‘They Gave Me A Lamp’ reflects on the history of coal mining communities in the UK. The clip was shot underground in south-east England in a former mine and incorporates VHS footage of the […]
Focusing on the political awakening among the women’s support groups at the time of the South Wales mining strike between 1984-1985, ‘They Gave Me A Lamp’ is the new single from Public Service Broadcasting, and the second to be taken from their upcoming album Every Valley. The track features instrumental, post–rock trio Haiku Salut. Speaking […]
Public Service Broadcasting have announced details of a major UK tour in October in support of new album, Every Valley (out Friday 7th July 2017). Stopping in twelve cities – including their biggest headline to date at London’s Eventim Apollo, plus a selection of some of the best live rooms across the country – the […]
Public Service Broadcasting have shared the video for their current single ‘Progress’. Directed by Lucy Dawkins and Tom Readdy; previous collaborators of the band on their videos for ‘Sputnik’ and ‘Go!’, and produced by Yes Please Productions – the video is a playful look at a serious and pertinent topic, namely mechanisation and its true […]
GIG GUIDE
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EP REVIEW - FARMER’S WIFE: FAINT ILLUSIONS
ALBUM REVIEW - SHUNKAN: KAMIKAZE GIRL
ALBUM REVIEW - SLEEP THEORY: AFTERGLOW
ALBUM REVIEW - EZRA FURMAN: GOODBYE SMALL HEAD
LIVE REVIEW - BRYAN ADAMS: MANCHESTER ARENA - 09/05/2025
ALBUM REVIEW - CAR SEAT HEADREST: THE SCHOLARS
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 9 MAY 2025
LIVE REVIEW - HAMLET HAIL TO THE THIEF: AVIVA STUDIOS - 07/05/2025
ALBUM REVIEW – JEFFREY ALEXANDER + THE HEAVY LIDDERS: SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT
ALBUM REVIEW - THE KOOKS: NEVER/KNOW
