-THE EAGLE INN, SALFORD- Just two weeks after the release of their third album The Official Body, dance-punk trio Shopping are in town and tonight is a sell-out in the Eagle Inn – it seems we are in some need of some retail therapy and everyone who made it in tonight has bagged a bargain. […]
Post-punk trio Shopping are excited to announce their new album, The Official Body, due Friday 19th January 2018 on FatCat Records and recorded and produced by Edwyn Collins. “We’ve always felt like what we do is political, in that it’s cathartic and healing in some way, but at some point it just felt like making ‘political’ […]
Having spent the past few years touring the UK, EU and US, as well as splitting their time between other creative and musical projects, post-punk trio Shopping now return with bold, spiky new single ‘The Hype’ (out Friday 17th November 2017 on FatCat Records), is the first taste of new music since their 2015 album, Why Choose?. […]
Last week, post-punkers Shopping released their second album, Why Wait, via FatCat Records (reviewed here). Now, they’re sharing a brand new video for their single “Straight Lines”, setting the stage for their first-ever tour of the U.S. and Canada. Watch the new video below: Formed in East London in 2012 by members Rachel Aggs (guitar), […]
October sees the return of Shopping with their first full length since their 2013 début Consumer Complaints (difficult to find on a search engine on two counts, I know). The band have been busy of late, having supported Montreal post-punk outfit Ought on their UK tour last month, the London trio continue with a plethora […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Well summer’s over, the tent is packed away and the sun cream remains unused. Don’t shed a tear though, because dark nights drawing near ushers in months of fantastic gigs. Two days into September and we’re already under way, another stellar line up from prolific promoters Now Wave. Headliners […]
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