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Drake to headline Barclaycard Wireless Saturday 7 July

By on Jan 31, 2012 in Festival Line-Up Announcements, Festivals, News

Barclaycard Wireless Festival is excited to announce that Grammy nominated recording artist Drake will headline the festival on Saturday 7 July.

UK superstar Example, Pennsylvanian rap lyricist Wiz Khalifa (this will be his only UK show of 2012) and London rap star Professor Green will also join the bill. With Rihanna already confirmed to headline Sunday 8 July, Barclaycard Wireless Festival is set to be an unmissable weekend in London’s iconic Hyde Park.

Canadian born rapper Drake is a bona fide superstar. [...]

WIN CLUB ANTICHRIST PRESENTS STEAMPUNK SPECIAL TICKETS!!

By on Jan 31, 2012 in Win

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Massive 10 zone steam-themed party!  Feat. live sets from Ghostfire & Sunday

Driver, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing album launch

 

PLUS – AC promoter Missy’s Sponsored Striptease!

“One of our favourite [...]

CLUB ANTICHRIST PRESENTS STEAMPUNK SPECIAL ON MARCH 9TH

By on Jan 31, 2012 in News

CLUB ANTICHRIST PRESENTS STEAMPUNK SPECIAL ON MARCH 9TH

 

Massive 10 zone steam-themed party!  Feat. live sets from Ghostfire & Sunday

Driver, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing album launch

 

PLUS – AC promoter Missy’s Sponsored Striptease!

 

“One of our favourite club nights” – Bizarre magazine

“Downright deviant and gloriously goth” – The Guardian

“Surely the most sinful way to spend your weekend” – Time Out

“Colourful, vibrant and accessible” – [...]

Sziget Festival 2012: First Names Unveiled

By on Jan 31, 2012 in Festival Line-Up Announcements, Festivals, News
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SZIGET FESTIVAL 2012

6th -13th August 2012, Budapest, Hungary

“Sziget Festival is a 21st Century rarity, by way of it’s eclectic bill and beautiful location and a crowd that isn’t cynical about the pleasures of sharing music and art with others……Sziget truly feels like Paradise City.”

Garry Mulholland, THE GUARDIAN, May 2011

                                     NEW NAMES CONFIRMED FOR SZIGET 2012

 

Following the recent announcement that The Stone Roses will be one of the world class headliners of Sziget Festival in Budapest this year,  the [...]

Live At Leeds: First Line-Up Unveiled

By on Jan 31, 2012 in Festival Line-Up Announcements, Festivals, News
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LIVE AT LEEDS

First bands announced including Example, Marina and the Diamonds, Ladyhawke, The Subways, Turbowolf, I Like Trains, Spector, Los Campesinos! and many more

 

We are once again very pleased and excited to announce Live at Leeds Festival 2012. Now in its 6th year the festival takes place over the bank holiday on 4th May to 7th May.

Rebranded this year to The Live At Leeds Weekend, it has quickly become an institution in the UK festival [...]

Reverend & The Makers Unveil Noel Gallagher Support, Free Download & Headline Tour

By on Jan 31, 2012 in News
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Reverend & The Makers

30th Jan 2012

Reverend & The Makers announce Noel Gallagher arena  supports, free download, headline tour dates and new label.

Reverend & The Makers have announced a string of support shows with Noel Gallagher in February and March which will be preceded by a free download taken from the band’s as yet untitled new album, scheduled for release in April /May 2012. The download will available from RATM facebook and will go live on Friday 10th February.

The album, which is [...]

Primavera Sound 2012 line up revealed!

By on Jan 30, 2012 in Featured, Festival Line-Up Announcements, Festivals, News

Rufus Wainwright, Refused, The Rapture and Kings Of Convenience, among the new confirmed artists.

The festival will offer two days of free concerts in the Arc del Triomf, under the umbrella of Primavera a la Ciutat.

This morning San Miguel Primavera Sound presented their twelfth edition, that will take place from the 30th May until the 3rd June in Barcelona. The most significant novelty is the expansion of Primavera a la Ciutat which will considerably increase its scope this year [...]

NME Awards 2012 Nominations

By on Jan 30, 2012 in News

NME is excited to reveal the nominations for its prestigious NME Awards 2012 which take place at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday 29 February.  They can also reveal that Kasabian, and The Vaccines are amongst the performers on the night and that Florence Welch and The Horrors are gearing up for a very special collaboration. British comedy’s hottest new star, Jack Whitehall, is confirmed to host the awards, tickets for the iconic ceremony go on sale at 9am on [...]

Hip Hop Legend Talib Kweli Announces Two Exclusive UK Shows

By on Jan 29, 2012 in News
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One of the most respected names in hip-hop, Talib Kweli returns to the UK this March. The shows will have support from two of the UK’s hottest rappers – Lowkey and Mic Righteous.

Talib Kweli has built up a strong live following with shows where he interacts directly with his audience.Both Jay-Z and 50 Cent have cited him as one of their favourite rappers and Kweli has collaborated with musical pioneers such as Mos Def, The Roots, and Kanye West.

He will [...]

HOLY Debut EP Release Moved To Feb 20th

By on Jan 29, 2012 in News
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Four friends gave birth to HOLY in the hot summer of 2011 in Milano, Italy. Whilst most people were hanging out in shorts and sunglasses, planning their holiday and heading to the seaside, HOLY were locked inside a hot, sweaty rehearsal room writing songs, which were to become part of their debut release.

8 furious songs in 11 minutes, comprising their self-titled debut EP, is to be to be released on 12” vinyl though Italian DIY label Hell, Yes! – the [...]

School of Seven Bells European Tour Dates

By on Jan 29, 2012 in News
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School of Seven Bells have announced a short run of European shows kicking off on March 8th at The Garage in London. The Brooklyn duo made up of Benajmin Curtis and Alejandra Deheza are set to release third album ‘Ghostory‘ on February 27th on Full Time Hobby with their new single ‘Lafaye’ due February 20th.

Listen to ‘Lafaye’ HERE

Ghostory is the follow-up to the band’s past releases, Alpinisms and Disconnect From Desire. On the new record, the duo strings together nine lush pieces to tell the story of the [...]

Charlotte Gainsbourg – Stage Whisper

By on Jan 29, 2012 in Albums, Reviews

Charlotte Gainsbourg is back, with a little help from her friend Beck, with a double album named Stage Whisper. It is half new material, half live recordings: it is the first half that we’re going to look at.

The album opens with Terrible Angels, a future-tastic explosion of sampled spirituality – “I want release from absolution” croons the French artiste. It sounds like Midnite Vultures would if it were a black and white album, rather than a fluorescent one. Paradisco embraces [...]

Thomas Truax – Monthly Journal

By on Jan 29, 2012 in Albums, Reviews

Written with the help of his dedicated fans through PledgeMusic, Thomas Truax brings us Monthly Journal. Not just a follow up full length album, Monthly Journal does exactly what it says on the tin. Written from the experiences of Truax himself, every month came the next instalment of the New Yorker’s life telling tales of romance, dreams, and desires. Everything Truax experienced over the twelve months of last year is added together on one disc to make a compilation album [...]

Capital Sun – Forgotten Songs

By on Jan 29, 2012 in Albums, Reviews
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Capital Sun must be doing something right. Formed a little over a year ago and having managed to nail support slots for massive bands like The Enemy and The View, Capital Sun are well on their way in the industry even drawing in a nice following that are dedicated to the bands every release, sitting them in a nice place for the upcoming future.

Influenced by a lot of the late 60′s and early 70′s classic bands lie The Doors and [...]

LOSTPROPHETS Are Back This April With Weapons

By on Jan 29, 2012 in News
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LOSTPROPHETS have announced the release of their fifth and brand new album ‘Weapons’ and their first headline UK tour in two years.

The new album is released on April 2nd and is followed by a 14 date tour of the UK and Ireland culminating with a show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.

The Welsh six-piece will be performing at the following venues -

16-Apr-12 Belfast Ulster Hall
18-Apr-12 Liverpool O2 Academy
19-Apr-12 Liverpool O2 Academy
20-Apr-12 Manchester O2 Academy
21-Apr-12 Leeds O2 Academy
23-Apr-12 Birmingham O2 Academy
24-Apr-12 Aberdeen Music [...]

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