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Latitude announces the Sunday midday performance

By on May 31, 2011 in Festival Line-Up Announcements, Festivals, News
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Latitude is proud to announce the Sunday midday performance will be:

Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Confirmed for the prestigious Sunday midday performance this year are the phenomenal Scala & Kolacny Brothers, comprising the two Kolacny brothers, Steven and Stijn and Scala, an all-girl 26-piece choir. This visually stunning and sonically breathtaking collective have been a cult success since they started releasing albums in 2002. Drawing inspiration from modern pop, dance, rock and even metal, Scala, under the tutorage of conductor Stijn Kolacny [...]

AAAMusic Meets Gunning for Tamar

By on May 31, 2011 in Featured, Interviews
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AAAMusic: Hello there, first of all congratulations on sounding so accomplished this early in your career. Tell us, what’s the secret?

Gunning for Tamar: Thanks, I think neglecting our studies at university helped. Joe and I were also in a band at college which was terrible so we got a lot of that out the way early I guess.

AAAMusic: Listening to Deaf Cow Motel, I couldn’t quite put my finger on your sound. What would you say are [...]

Driver Drive Faster – It’s All Over It’s Everywhere

By on May 31, 2011 in Reviews, Singles

‘It’s All Over It’s Everywhere’ is the brand new single from Manchester band ‘Driver Drive Faster’.

Taken from there upcoming début album which is to be released later on this year, ‘It’s All Over It’s Everywhere’ paves the path the band’s new lease of life after the demise of ‘Polytechnic’ (‘Driver Drive Faster’ previous band apart from drummer ‘David Schlechtriemen’), giving us a taster of there fresh sound perfectly displaying ‘Driver Drive Faster’ talent and individual take on the Indie Pop/Rock [...]

Three Trapped Tigers – Route One Or Die

By on May 31, 2011 in Albums, Reviews

‘Route One Or Die’ is the début album from London trio ‘Three Trapped Tigers’.

A brilliant début, full of life from the very beginning as shown by the album opener ‘Cramm’ which is a fusion of the less known and relate-able conveyed through instrumental construction and structure which is simply amazing, remaining evident throughout each and every track as the album progresses.

Through the collective input of the trio’s members Tom Rogerson (keyboard, vocals & piano), Matt Calvert (guitar, synths & vocals) [...]

Sweetheart – The Avenue

By on May 31, 2011 in Reviews, Singles

There is nothing necessarily wrong with “The Avenue” but it is a puzzling track that has to make the listener wonder what exactly Sweetheart were trying to achieve. The juxtaposition of lyric and melody can either come across as incredibly clever or intensely dislikeable dependent on which camp you are situated in. The track is full of catchy hooks that frankly sound  like The Hoosiers meeting Scouting For Girls whilst the lyric is menacing featuring pleasantries such as “she is [...]

JESSIE J ANNOUNCES UK LIVE DATES

By on May 31, 2011 in News

It’s been a whirlwind of a year so far for Jessie J who since winning the Brits Critics Choice and topping the BBC Sound Poll charts in January, has sold over 1 million albums and 3 million singles worldwide. Jessie’s debut album ‘Who You Are’ has not left the UK top 10 since it’s release, while hit single ‘Price Tag’ has had global chart success hitting the #1 spot in 14 countries world-wide!

Already making her mark across the pond Jessie’s [...]

Kaiser Chiefs “Little Shocks” Video Released Online

By on May 31, 2011 in News
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Tthe new Kaiser Chiefs single ‘Little Shocks‘ which was premiered last night on Zane Lowe’s show and their site.
The single is from their forthcoming 4th album with more details to be announced soon.
They’ve got shows in Falmouth on the 7th and 8th June and announced a London date, 16th June @ Electric Ballroom, Camden.

Watch the video here:

The Finger ‘Die! Die Superhero’

By on May 31, 2011 in News

The Finger debut cd single “Die! Die Superhero!”.

Die! Die Superhero! by the finger band

Sankeys in June – Kaluki Launches Every Saturday from June 11th

By on May 31, 2011 in News

Sankeys kick start the summer in spectacular style as June showcases the club’s forward thinking approach to line-ups in resplendent fashion. Whilst Sankeys continues its global surge with the breathtaking announcement of their second club in Ibiza’s fashionable Playa d’en Bossa district, the pedal won’t be taken off the throttle back home with a relentless ensemble of dance music’s finest adorning their bookings. Along with the recent inauguration of new resident Jozef K who plays on June 4th and 18th, [...]

Kerrang! Magazine celebrates 30 years – Special Anniversary Issue out Wednesday

By on May 31, 2011 in News

KERRANG! MAGAZINE CELEBRATES 30 YEARS

SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY ISSUE:

TOP 30 COUNTDOWN OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ROCK BANDS EVER

‘KERRANG! FOREVER’ EXCLUSIVE CD FEATURING METALLICA, OZZY OSBOURNE, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, BIFFY CLYRO

On 6 June 2011 the world’s greatest rock magazine Kerrang! will celebrate 30 years with a special issue of the magazine dedicated to the last three decades of rock!

“When the first issue of Kerrang! was printed 30 years it ago, it’s no exaggeration to say that it changed the world [...]

Kindest Lines – New video

By on May 31, 2011 in News
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Kindest Lines release their debut album ‘Covered in Dust‘ on 20th June via Wierd Records.

Watch the video for ‘Destructive Paths To Live Happily‘ here:

the kindest lines from todd taylor on Vimeo.

THE TRAVELLING BAND – ‘Screaming Is Something’

By on May 31, 2011 in News

THE TRAVELLING BAND
release eagerly awaited second album
‘Screaming Is Something’
- out 6 June 2011 on Cooking Vinyl -
and announce May / June UK Tour

http://www.thetravellingband.com/

“The Travelling Band take me back to my musical roots. Marvellous music to savour and enjoy” Michael Eavis, Glastonbury Festival

The Travelling Band’s shimmering blend of cosmic-country-pop, understated psychedelia, vocal harmonies and nu-folk has made them one of the most talked about artists to emerge from the Manchester music scene – “If you consider the term Mancunian Americana to [...]

Hey Today, Music Video

By on May 31, 2011 in News

Hey Today!‘s long awaited new single “Minor” will be out on Kitsuné on June 6th 2011 and will contain huge remixes by Black Strobe, Para One, Abstraxion and a special Hey Today video edit.

Hamburg based duo Hey Today! are currently two of the most hotly tipped electro producers around. Already garnering critical acclaim from their original works, including releases on Kitsuné, Turbo Recordings, Bang Gang et al, Raik Krause and Robert Nickel are also gifted remixers and are in demand [...]

THE ANTLERS – UK DATES

By on May 31, 2011 in News

THE ANTLERS

ANNOUNCE NOVEMBER UK DATES

“Lush hauls of sedated lullabies and multi-hued pop” – Independent Information

“A beautiful, string-plucked epic” – NME

“The Antlers magnify private sorrows to overwhelming scale…for (them), misery brings majesty” – New York Times

“Heartbreaking… tethered to a magnanimity and expressive clarity that makes it almost every bit as devastating” – Pitchfork, Best New Music

2009 saw the release of The Antlers’ astonishing album “Hospice”, an elaborate song cycle dealing with life, death and all the in-between, a record which earned [...]

Sparrow and the Workshop – New album

By on May 31, 2011 in News

RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘SPITTING DAGGERS’ ON MAY 30TH

‘Ethereal  and Electric’- The Guardian

 

‘They sound like Emmylou Harris meets Jack White in a sexy headlock’ – Word Magazine

‘This is genuine, honest music impeccably crafted by three individuals with an obvious desire for their chosen path.’ – Drowned in Sound

www.myspace.com/sparrowandtheworkshop

 

Sparrow and the Workshop will be releasing their new album ‘Spitting Daggers’ on May 30th through Distiller Records. The album was produced and mixed at the new recording studio, The Distillery, by [...]

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