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Somerset House have added a performance by Charlotte Gainsbourg which will be the closing night concert and an additional show by Paloma Faith has been added. The full support bill has also been announced been announced including Alt J and Chet Faker supporting Temper Trap, Emmy The Great opening for Tindersticks and Eugene McGuinness and…
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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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Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Summer Series at London’s beautiful Somerset House throughout July. The programme includes flamboyant songstress Paloma Faith, musical comedian Tim Minchin and the ever-lovely Tindersticks. The full programme this year includes: July 07 TIM MINCHIN July 08 KATY B July 09 JILL SCOTT July 10 JILL SCOTT July…
Continue reading Somerset Series @ Somerset House gigs on sale featuring M83, Tindersticks & Tim Minchin
A Big weekend in the North… Liverpool Sound City has announced its full line up with D/R/U/G/S, Chew Lips, Pond, Eleanor Friedberger, Fossil Collective, Theme Park, PEACE, Post War Years joining the bill. The event takes place on 17th-19th May with 3 day wristbands priced at £45 Full details here: Interpol frontman Paul Banks will…
Continue reading News round up: 22nd April
Drugstore have announced a new single, ‘Aquamarine’, to be released on Rocket Girl on April 2nd. There will also be some live shows .MAR fri 16th HEBDEN BRIDGE/Trades Club – http://www.wegottickets.com/event/148681 . .APR fri 6th LONDON/The Lexington (single launch party) – http://www.wegottickets.com/event/150675 .w/ special guests: VADOINMESSICO .APR fri 13th NORWICH/Arts Centre – http://norwichartscentre.co.uk/drugstore/ You can…
Continue reading News roundup – February 8th 2012
Hospitality – Friends of Friends from fire records on Vimeo. New York trio Hospitality have signed to Fire Records in the UK, and will release their debut album in April. To get a taste of their music, watch the video for ‘Friends of Friends’ above, or download the track. North Carolina band Bowerbirds have made…
Continue reading News Roundup – February 4th 2012
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…
Continue reading Great Sheiks presents: a night of multi-instrumental music!
We’re adding our message of sadness and support for all the labels and associated acts who were affected by the Sony DADC warehouse fire this week. PIAS and AIM (Association of Independent Music) have set up a fund for those who wish to help and issued the following statement earlier today: [PIAS] have…
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Cheeky Mr Malkmus & co are looking to censor their ‘Senator’ For the uninitiated, the forthcoming single features a line declaring the man from the Senate’s love of fellatio. This as you might imagine isn’t going to make the task of radio plugging too easy, so the band are appealing to fans to find a…
Continue reading Help Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks clean up their act!
