Collaborative Music Blogging Project
Pleasing Swedish indie popsters Simian Ghost, who release new single Automation on June 16th, will be in the UK for a brief tour in July co-headlining with Stealing Sheep. The tour is promoted by The Line of Best Fit, and the dates are: 6th July Cardiff – Buffalo 7th July London – The Lexington (Clash…
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Following on from the remastered double CDs of classic Kinks albums that have been released recently, Sanctuary Records have put out the first seven albums (Kinks, Kinda Kinks, The Kink Kontroversy, Face to Face, Something Else, The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society, and Arthur, or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)…
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Melody-loving label Great Sheiks are putting on a special gig at North London’s Lauderdale House. Advance tickets are available for this event where acts from their roster The Rosemary Works, Whelligan and The A Train, will be joined by strings, woodwind, harmoniums, toy pianos, glockenspiels, theorbos (no us either, until we googled it!)….any way, you get…
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Kill It Kid came back to Bristol last night, as part of their intense-sounding Pray on Me tour. I was really glad to see that this time Bristol showed up. Kid Vinyl has been one of only about 5 people at their shows too many times, which is a real pity because this band is…
Continue reading [In Pictures] Kill It Kid, The Fleece, Bristol, March 1st 2011
So the Monday blues are out of the way, and spring is virtually tapping on the door: hurray! Here are some sweet audio and video delights doing the digital rounds this week. Gorrilaz are streaming their new album Plastic Beach a week ahead of its release, and they take over Gaurdian Music for a week.…
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Jack White/Alison Moshart’s shouty guitar band The Dead Weather have announced details of a special, Halloween show in London. The gig will take place at Shoreditch church at 19:00 and is being broadcast on NME Radio. It is a free gig, but entry is strictly on a first come, first served basis so get down…
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Following a run of US tours with The National, Band of Horse, Girls and The Walkman Cass McCombs will be visiting the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. He will be playing a low-key date at London pub venue The Lexington on Monday 30th November, which is also the release date for forthcoming single ‘Dreams Come…
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The extremely lovely Gregory and the Hawk is on tour, and stops at the following venues this month: 21/6 Rep. Ireland Cork Infirmary 22/6 Rep. Ireland Dublin Whelans (upstairs) 23/6 UK Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach 24/6 UK London Queen Of Hoxton (w/Kelli Ali) There’s also a free giveaway track, Grey Weather, over on The Line…
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‘Send me an Angel Down’ is the debut single from Kill It Kid on One Little Indian, out on May 18th on 7″ and download. The band are already winning favourable comparisons to the likes of Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and (unsurprisingly when you hear Chris Turpin’s voice) the wondrous Antony Hegarty. UK-based readers can…
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‘Quiet Little Voices’ is the debut single from We Were Promised Jetpacks, out on FatCat Records on May 4th. The song is fanstastic blast of frantic yet melodic poppy post-punk goodness, and a highly recommended listen. The band are playing the following UK dates in May: 1 May – Hinterland Festival, Glasgow 14 May –…
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