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Brooklyn based three piece The Depreciation Guild (who include two members of The Pains Of Pure At Heart) have announced their debut UK tour. Described by Pitchfork as ” Laptop pop and shoegaze” the band bring their dream-pop meets 8-bit sound to our shores to play both headline slots and support dates with The Pains Of Pure…
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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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Yes dearest reader, they’ve only gone and bloody reformed (with a *caveat) but after going on ‘indefinite hiatus’ in 1999; Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich, Mark Ibold, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannenberg and Steve West are reuniting for a world tour in 2010. The tour won’t kick off until September (well, they are certainly giving fair warning for…
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Our hero and indie-rock legend Lou Barlow will release his forthcoming album ‘Goodnight Unknown’ on October 5th through Domino records which he describes as a “a cross between my later work with Folk Implosion and my earlier work with Sebadoh…to my ears, anyway.” For the eager among you: take a wee look at Lou’s 30 minute documentary…
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The Tenessee, multi instrumentalists and music school alumni release their second album Balletesque through End of the Road records on 12th October. The band will be on tour in the UK during October and November. Download the title track for free here: http://www.musicglue.com/theyoungrepublic See The Young Republic at the following places: 22 Oct CARDIFF…
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The rather sterling Noah and the Whale release their second album The First Days Of Spring on August 3rd. Pre-orders will be available from this week and you can grab an audio morsel for free here: http://www.noahandthewhale.com/FDOS.html
Scottish Folk gent James Yorkston releases a limited edition 7″ single of ‘Martinmas Time’ on August 3rd. This is taken from his forthcoming ‘Folk Songs’ album (in collaboration with The Big Eyes Famiy Players) to be released on August 10th on Domino. Yorkston has sent out blank record sleeves, which the likes of Steve Mason, The Lone…
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Moshi Moshi and Anorak London bring you a headline set by those dapper indie rockers from the land of Adrian Mole: The Young Knives at a small club in Hoxton where they will preview new songs. The band are taking a break from the studio where they are working on their third album, to be…
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Pixies will play their only UK festival date of 2009 at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival at Seaclose Park, Newport ahead of Neil Young’s headline set on Sunday 14th June. I wonder if they will join forces for a rendition of ‘Winterlong’? Either way, it’s a cracking double bill. The Isle of Wight…
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