Kings of Leon are playing at Hyde Park tonight. The band is currently through a rocking set, playing the classic such as Crawl, The Bucket, Sex on fire, as well as showcasing new tracks. The band has also played the cover of pixies’ where is my mind? Which was absolutely amazing.
Keep checking www.aaamusic.co.uk for further updates.
Make room on your mp3 players as bursting onto the UK rock scene come new sensation H.S.A.T.D. or to give them their full title ‘HORSEMAN, SHAKES AND THE DRAYMEN’.
Their long awaited second E.P is finally released today available via stream on their myspace page and by download via 7 Digital’s Indiestore:
http://indiestore.7digital.com/hsatd
Included is FREE DOWNLOAD ‘The Burn’ – a soaring riff-driven track infused with hefty beats that to date has proved an ultimate live favourite with fans.
H.S.A.T.D. are Alex ‘Bill Shakes’ [...]
Rose Elinor Dougall has announced her next single, Carry On, to be released through her own Scarlett Music imprint on the 23rd of August 2010. Carry On is the calling card for Dougall’s debut album Without Why, which comes out a week later on August 30th.
Carry On sees Dougall and her band The Distractions operating amidst a wall of sound dominated by tribal drums, swirling and piercing guitars and Dougall’s fractured art-attack vocals, all punctuated by a gorgeously melodic chorus. B-Side, Grateful For The Grey [...]
After releasing ‘The Good News‘ 7″ vinyl earlier this year through the Beggar’s Too Pure Singles Club (it is the most successful single released on the label in terms of radio play, receiving support from Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens and John Kennedy), Philadelphia Grand Jury are set to continue this theme with a release of ‘Going To The Casino (Tomorrow Night)’ on the wonderful Communion Records – run by Ben Lovett of Mumford and Sons and Kevin Jones of Cherbourg.
“When I [...]
Andy Fairweather Low, one of the leading UK’s all time great guitarists will be touring with Robert Cray as his special guest this July.
He has been the guitarist choice for many of the Rock Music’s legends over the past 30 years and has played with Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman, B.B King, The Who, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Van Morrison to name but a few.
Andy and his band ‘The Low Riders’ will be joining Robert Cray on the following UK dates [...]
Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce a second night at London’s Hammersmith Apollo in October.
Tickets for the band’s Autumn UK tour went on sale this morning, with the first London date selling out in two hours.
Mumford & Sons will now play the venue on the 8th and 9th October, with tickets for the new show on sale now through www.mumfordandsons.com
Support for these dates comes from Johnny Flynn and Matthew & The Atlas.
Mumford & Sons play:
1st October – O2 Academy, Glasgow
2nd October [...]
Following on from a blinding performance on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury this weekend, Kid Adrift has announced the release of the Oxytocin EP on July 12th 2010 through Island Records. A personal manifesto from Iain Archer, the brains behind the Kid Adrift project, it’s passionate, intense, and is set to establish him as a rare talent in 2010.
The title track Oxytocin leads with guitars, brutal beats and waves of dense electronics, whilst synthesized strings and mechanical beats bring the song to a thrilling [...]
Chiddy Bang have been putting the finishing touches to their debut mini album entitled, ‘Swelly Life‘ due out in September. ‘Swelly Life’ promises to give everyone a glimpse of their world – a whirlwind six months where the guys have been championed by Kanye West, played shows with Snoop Dogg, Wale and Kid Cudi and had worldwide success with their debut single, ‘Opposite of Adults’. ‘Opposite of Adults’ is one of the biggest selling debut singles of the year and has sold over a quarter [...]
Already one of the defining bands of 2010, Pendulum’s summer profile will receive another huge boost with the release of the new single ‘Witchcraft’ on July 19th on Earstorm / Warner Bros. Records. The single is taken from the band’s recently released third album ‘Immersion’ which went straight to the top of the charts.
Commencing with a stripped back Pendulum sound featuring Rob Swire’s vocals set to a simple background of guitar and piano, ‘Witchcraft’ bursts into life with energising drum ‘n’ bass beats and [...]
John Lennon’s solo albums have been remastered to mark the late singer’s 70th birthday.
Yoko Ono and a team of engineers led by Allan Rouse at London‘sAbbey Road Studios and by George Marino at New York‘s Avatar Studios have helped re-work all eight of his albums and several newly-compiled titles.
“In this very special year, which would have seen my husband and life partner John reach the age of 70, I hope that this remastering/reissue programme will help bring his incredible music to a [...]
Led by the single ‘Birds And Planes’, released on digital download and limited-edition 7” vinyl, available just prior to the album on July 26, ‘Growing Pains’ is the sound of a one of the UKs most exciting bands hitting their stride, Dinosaur Pile-Up. It comes, following a handful of introductory independent releases over the past year and a bit, after which the band’s frontman and creative force Matt Bigland entered Bridlington’s Lodge Studios with producer James Kenosha to record the debut, taking [...]
Regarded by his peers as one of the most creative artists around, David E. Sugar has firmly cemented himself as one of the most promising talents on the UK underground. A multi-talented singer, songwriter, producer and the latest signing to Rob da Bank’s label Sunday Best, his new single ‘Party Killer’ looks set to get the festivals and dancefloors moving this summer.
Party Killer is the perfect antidote to mundane indie-electro. David’s spitted spiky vocals cut through the intricately layered guitars [...]
LATITUDE ANNOUNCES THE LEGENDARY TOM JONES
FOR A VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE ON THURSDAY AT MIDNIGHT
IN THE WOODS
~ TOM JONES ~
Latitude is absolutely delighted to announce that the legendary Tom Jones is set to appear at this year’s Latitude Festival with a special performance on Thursday July 15th. The appearance with his band will see Tom performing songs from his forthcoming album ‘Praise & Blame’ at midnight In The Woods.
This landmark album comes in the singers 70th year, [...]
Currently in the studio working on the follow up to their much loved debut album ‘Do The Job‘, essex’s finest Baddies have today released a free download EP.
Last year saw the Southend 4 piece playing 35 european festivals, the most of any band in 2009, and in honour of that fact, plus in recognition of the success they have achieved in mainland europe, the band have re-recorded album track ‘We Beat Our Chests’ in [...]
Following their triumphant surprise performance at Glastonbury 2010 - where they packed out not just the Avalon tent, but the entire field around it - Keane have today announced an exclusive acoustic show as part of this year’s iTunes Festival.
On 14th July, the band will play in the Hub, underneath the London Roundhouse. Only 50 tickets are available for this special show which will be given away via facebook.com/iTunesUK. The performance will be recorded and sold exclusively on all 23 iTunes Stores worldwide. It will also be filmed by [...]
