LIVE: BLUEDOT FESTIVAL 2018 – FRIDAY

-JODRELL BANK OBSERVATORY, CHESHIRE- [The first of three parts of our Bluedot Festival 2018 review, one for each day. Come back over the next 48hrs for our coverage of Saturday and Sunday’s festivities.] “All things are artificial,” goes the famous saying of Thomas Browne, one of our country’s most acrobatic thinkers, “for nature is the […]

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 […]

BLUEDOT FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR ITS THIRD YEAR, TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

NEW FUMES SHARE SOME ‘RIOTER’S MILK’ TAKEN FROM THE NEW ALBUM TEEMING 2

New Fumes is Daniel Huffman from Dallas, TX. A noise musician and visual artist, Huffman has lent his talents to a multitude of diverse bands. He was a member of the 90s space rock outfit Comet as well as the Bitches Brew-loving improv group Ghostcar, and was a touring guitarist for the Polyphonic Spree, and […]

Celebrating its special sixth year, the multi-award winning Festival No.6 has today announced more details of the arts and culture programme. This includes Irvine Welsh discussing Trainspotting, and Acid House, Kevin Allen on ‘Tin Town’ (the eagerly awaited sequel to ‘Twin Town’), iconic French musician Jean-Claude Vannier rescoring Serge Gainsbourg (live), the brilliant Maxine Peake […]

FESTIVAL NO.6 UNVEILS EVEN MORE OF THEIR ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMME

HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE CELEBRATION ANNOUNCES DUTCH UNCLES AND FONDA 500 AS SUPPORTS FOR HEADLINERS THE FLAMING LIPS

In honour of the Hull UK City of Culture celebrations this Summer, Innercity Live brings to the party a night of exceptional live music. Taking place at Zebedee’s Yard, and set to feature esteemed headliners The Flaming Lips, plus support from special guests Public Service Broadcasting, further special guests have been announced, and joining the […]

Edwyn Collins and Wayne Coyne will appear as keynote speakers at Liverpool Sound City. The pair will appear in conversation as part of the event’s The Unsung Hero theme, with other ‘mavericks’ and ‘mayhem makers’ set to speak including Mark E. Smith, Julian Cope and Viv Albertine. Former Orange Juice frontman Collins, will talk […]

EDWYN COLLINS AND WAYNE COYNE TO APPEAR IN CONVERSATION AT LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY

THE CRIBS, PEACE AND EVERYTHING EVERYTHING FOR LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY

The Cribs, Peace and Everything Everything are the latest acts to be added to the line up for this year’s Liverpool Sound City. Other acts added in the festival’s second wave of line-up announcements include Swans, Fat White Family, Bill Ryder-Jones and Honeyblood. They join previously announced headliners Belle and Sebastian, The Flaming Lips and […]

The Vaccines have been announced as the third headline act for this year’s Liverpool Sound City. The indie rockers will join previously announced headliners The Flaming Lips and Belle and Sebastian at the three day event, which will be held on May 22, 23 and 24. The London band recently previewed their new single, Handsome, and […]

THE VACCINES TO HEADLINE LIVERPOOL SOUND CITY

Album Review: The Flaming Lips – With A Little Help From My Fwends

While the Beatles are remembered as a band that recorded staggeringly good albums, it is in the live arena that the Flaming Lips truly excel. Their shows are magical and euphoric, whereas even their best albums – The Soft Bulletin (1999) and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) – are patchy. In short, they are […]

– O2 APOLLO, MANCHESTER – By virtue of where I live, my trip to the Apollo this evening takes me past Manchester Arena. Swarming around the arena are many excited young faces. Often the popularity of pop groups irks me a little, but this evening I’m pleased. It was Little Mix that were to be […]