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Interpol are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their third album, Our Love to Admire, with three special expanded-edition reissues via UMC: a two-LP vinyl set, a double LP with bonus DVD, and a CD/DVD set. The DVD features a live set from 2007 at London’s Astoria The band are also celebrating fifteen years of since…
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(Diet Cig photo by Daniel Dorsa) I love this, even if I was mouthing ‘duck!’ at my screen towards the end there. From Diet Cig’s debut, I Swear I’m Good At This. The duo are coming to Europe this autumn: ep 23 – Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix Sep 25 – Paris, FR @…
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Roya Arab, who has collaborated with the likes of Grooverider and her sister, the electronic artist Leila, will be singing her songs of protest at City University on May 2nd at 7pm in the Performance Space at City, University of London. Admission is free. According to the University event page, ‘Reflecting the concept of Weltschmerz,…
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Guest post by Zara Woodward. Just days before Christmas, a GoFundMe campaign was launched for singer Greg Gilbert after it was revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer, which has spread to his lungs, and that the NHS were limited in what they could do for him. The initial target of…
Continue reading [News]Call to Delays fans – last push to get the song ‘Valentine’ back in the charts for Valentine’s Day, download the song before midnight tonight (9th February).
Bristol’s excellent Idles have just unveiled an excellently anarchic video for their new single Stendhal Syndrome, starring handsomely bearded bassist Dev. The band embark on a UK tour this spring, calling at March 2017 Monday 6th – Cambridge – Portland Arms Wednesday 8th – Bristol – The Fleece Thursday 9th – Colchester – Arts Centre…
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From their fifth album Enter the Kingdom, out February 17th on Loose. Frontier Ruckus tour Europe in March March 8 – York – The Fulford Arms March 9 – Glasgow – Hug and Pint March 11 – Northampton – The Lamplighter March 13 – Bristol – The Crofters Rights March 14 – Brighton – The…
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The UK Music documentary film festival returns to London for a 3rd year at various venues across the city, including the BFI Southbank, Hackney Picturehouse, Picturehouse Central, the ICA, Moth Club, The Social and Rich Mix.This year’s line includes documentaries about Parliament/Funkadelic, The Orb, The Melvins, Frank Zappa, Sid and Nancy, Bonnie Prince Billy, Bad…
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Portland, Oregon quintet Radiation City release their new single Milky White via Polyvinyl today, and have announced a slew of European tour dates this spring. The band will be taking in 20.04.2016 Hamburg (DE), Aalhaus 21.04.2016 Berlin (DE), Kantine am Berghain 22.04.2016 Leipzig (DE), Baustelle 23.04.2016 Schorndorf (DE), Manufaktur 25.04.2016 Munich (DE), Café Muffathalle 27.04.2016…
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The SHHH festival, a moving festival established by The Local and dedicated to quiet music, is coming to Bristol this year on September 15th at the Folk House. The event will be curated by the excellent Rachael Dadd, and features live appearances from the deeply odd Ichi, kora player Will Newsome, and the phenomenal Rozi…
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I’ll let that one sink in for a while. Tears for Fears‘ synth-pop debut The Hurting was released in 1983. That being thirty years ago, it has received some special attention from Universal Music Catalogue and Virgin/EMI and will be reissued on October 21st as a box set including the original album, a disc of…
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