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Annuals New Album Out 6th September

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News

The second album from North Carolina’s Annuals comes out iminently on Monday the 6th September.
Their first album Be He Me came out over here a few years back and got brilliant reviews all around. This album Count The Rings is basically a collection of their favourite songs since then including the blog smash and NME Daily Download Eyes in The Darkness.
They’ve toured with likes of The Flaming lips, Bloc Party, Calexico and Minus The Bear. Their shows are famous for [...]

Chiddy Bang Announce New Album & Single

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News

Chiddy Bang release an eight track prequel to their debut album entitled ‘The Preview’ on October 11th. ‘The Preview’ documents the incredible journey the band have had over the last year emerging from underground US blog darlings to become U.S hip – hop’s leading lights.

Having met at Drexel University in 2008, the multi- talented duo uploaded a mix tape entitled ‘The Swelly Express’ on to Myspace – an album of heavy party jams which circulated around the American college circuit [...]

The Orb feat. David Gilmour: First glimpse at ‘Metallic Spheres’

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News

Those of you intrigued by the recently-announced new project ‘Metallic Spheres’ from The Orb feat. David Gilmour can head over to David’s official website now to get a first glimpse at moments from the recording of the album as well as hear exclusive snippets of some of the music.

 

Head to the following to watch in full now:

http://davidgilmour.com/orb/ /

Columbia Records will release Metallic Spheres by The Orb featuring David Gilmour on Monday 11th October.
The Orb, the successful and influential [...]

The Flaming Lips announce special Soft Bulletin show at Alexandra Palace

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News

We’re very excited to be able to present one of the greatest albums of the last 20 years live in it’s entirety next July at London’s stunning Alexandra Palace. On the 1st July 2011 The Flaming Lips will perform their seminal classic The Soft Bulletin as part of ATP Concerts Don’t Look Back season. On the album’s release in 1999 it was hailed by critics as ‘The Pet Sounds of the 90s’, receiving adulation from fans and writers alike, topping [...]

Champagne Riot Unveil Debut Single Details

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News
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Champagne Riot is the brainchild of two Scandinavians, Caspar Bock and Anders Reuter.  In their own words “Their mission is to create perfect pieces of timeless pop music that are sophisticated and gloriously irresistible”. They are set to release their debut double A-sided single “Heart Stab/ A Friend of A Friend” on the 27th September.

Champagne Riot started as a solo project of Danish born, at the time Berlin based, Caspar Bock who released the EP “Paris and I” on the [...]

The Candle Thieves to support Badly Drawn Boy on October tour

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News
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The Candle Thieves are pleased to announce they will be heading out on a UK tour supporting Badly Drawn Boy in October.

The tour will follow the release of the perky duo’s forthcoming EP, ‘The Happiness Blues’ which is released on the 13th September, through Carnival Town Records. Fronted by the Casio-led pop squiggle of the deliciously oddball ‘Sunshine Song’, ‘The Happiness Blues EP’ continues where ‘Sunshine & Other Misfortunes’ left off, with more endearing and evocative leftfield indie-pop.

Since their introduction at [...]

Fenech-Soler Announce UK Tour Dates with David E Sugar

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News

Fenech-Soler announce the release of their eagerly anticipated debut album and a maiden headline tour, both kicking off at the end of September.

Borne of a true faith in pop and fermented in the spirit of self-determination, Fenech-Soler’s radio-friendly nous and festival verve has brought them to the gates of an explosive debut. Having seen their independently released single Stop & Stare
playlisted at Radio 1 in May, and reach the Top 10 of the Dance and Indie singles charts, the band [...]

Joe Bonamassa adds Dublin concert to October tour

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News
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Due to popular demand, the critically acclaimed blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa will perform an Irish concert at the Dublin Vicar Street on Friday October 7th. The Irish date happens two days before Bonamassa’s nationwide UK tour which kicks off on October 9th at the Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall.

Tickets for the Dublin Vicar Street concert are available from the following ticket hotline – 0818 719 300 or book online – www.ticketmaster.ie.

For further information about Joe’s October 2010 UK Tour – [...]

Justin Townes Earle Announces UK autumn tour

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News
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Justin Townes Earle – one of Americana’s most exciting songwriters – has announced details of a seven-date UK tour including a headline show at London’s beautiful Union Chapel on the 7th November.

The full list of dates are as follows – just give me a shout back if you’d like to be popped on the guestlist for any of these:

Justin Townes Earle // UK tour dates
November 2010

1 Nottingham, The Maze
2 Bristol, St. Bonaventures
3 Brighton, Komedia
7 London, Union Chapel
8 Sheffield, The Polish [...]

Jaymo & Andy George Announce New Music Video

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News

 

‘Hold Me Back’ is the first full release from Jaymo & Andy George, an almighty floor-shaking anthem featuring Roll Deep’s J2K.

Jaymo & Andy’s previous club productions and remixes for Miike Snow, Passion Pit and Fenech-Soler have earned them an army of fans including Fake Blood, Annie Mac, Crookers, Kissy Sell Out, Jack Beats, Armand Van Helden and many more.

‘Hold Me Back’ displays the fervent disregard for genre boundaries that has become Jaymo & Andy’s [...]

Joe Stretch and Hurts collaborate on interactive novel

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News
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Joe Stretch (Performance/novelist) and Hurts have created a wonderfully unique experience on Spotify in which you get to play the protagonist.Narrated by actress Anna Friel, ‘Don’t Let Go’ is an interactive audio novel which utilises Spotify in a completely new and unexpected way. Each chapter of the novel has been published as a track on Spotify, and can be located by typing a unique code into the search field. After listening to each chapter of the story you’ll be offered [...]

GRINDERMAN – Extra London Show added

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News
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Due to strong demand, Grinderman have added an extra London date to their UK tour. Tickets for their show at The Coronet on 2nd October are now on sale. Grinderman’s UK tour kicks off at Nottingham’s Rock City on 25th September.

The band’s new album Grinderman 2 will be released on Mute on 13th September and streamed on MySpace from 6th September. Heathen Child (the first single off Grinderman 2) is out on 6th September. Visit http://grinderman.com to download the Heathen [...]

Absynthe Minded release single ‘Envoi’ on 25th October 2010

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News
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Following a string of successful album releases in their native Belgium and Europe, Absynthe Minded are set to break out and take on the UK with their single ‘Envoi‘ taken from their fourth LP entitled ‘Absynthe Minded’ released in 2009.

Having stormed the Belgian Music Industry Awards in 2009 – winning four awards including Best Album and Best Band – Absynthe Minded are sure to become their country’s finest musical exports. ‘Envoi’ maintains the band’s lasting affinity with jazz & blues, but channels [...]

Arcade Fire Release Music Video With Google

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News
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Arcade Fire have released a pioneering video with Google for their song ‘We Used To Wait’.

The video allows viewers to type in the address of their childhood home and see Google Street View images of the area incorporated into the video.

The main plot shows a hooded figure running through empty streets. As it plays, seperate windows open projecting Street View and Google Earth images.

The video has been developed using HTML5 and works exclusively with Google’s Chrome Browser.

You can watch it [...]

Topman CTRL & Bestival Join Forces

By on Aug 31, 2010 in News
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Bestival is one of the hottest festivals around selling out quicker than ever, if you weren’t lucky enough to get your hands on tickets, never fear! Bestival, in conjunction with Topman CTRL and Channel 4 are your access to this year’s action. With a blistering line up of headliners including Dizzee Rascal, The Flaming Lips and The Prodigy, if you love music you won’t want to miss it.

For your viewing pleasure Topman CTRL has teamed up with Bestival and Channel [...]

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