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DO IT WITH A ROCKSTAR FREE MP3 give-away from Amanda Palmer’s Website & 6 City Exclusive Art and Acoustic Events

By on May 21, 2012 in Live, News
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Singer, songwriter, piano-slayer, super blogger, Amanda Palmer is preparing to release her first new studio album in four years, in conjunction with her new band, The Grand Theft Orchestra, featuring Michael McQuilken, Chad Raines and Jherek Bischoff. The album, ‘Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra’, recently recorded in Melbourne and produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Modest Mouse), will be released in September 2012.

‘Do It With A Rock Star’, is the first new track from the album to be made available online as a FREE download [...]

Gurrumul to perform at Queen’s Jubilee concert and announces European festivals

By on May 21, 2012 in Festivals, Live, News
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Gurrumul Yunupingu will be joining a host of stars to perform at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert on June 4th 2012. The blind indigenous Australian singer and musician, who also performed for Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh in Canberra in October 2011, will perform ‘Sing’, the Diamond Jubilee Song*, with various artists from across the Commonwealth

The concert will be broadcast live on BBC One, BBC One HD and on BBC Radio 2 in [...]

DEEZER TO EXCLUSIVELY BROADCAST LIVE VIDEO STREAM OF TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS LONDON SHOW

By on May 18, 2012 in News
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Deezer, the world’s premier music streaming service, is delighted to announce they will be exclusively broadcasting a live video stream of electro-genius Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs’ must-see show at London’s Koko on Wednesday 23 May 2012. At 21.30 GMT, the broadcast will go live via http://deezer.com in the 49 countries where Deezer is currently operating.

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) is the solo project of Oxford bred Orlando Higginbottom. Orlando has seen his star rise rapidly, [...]

Mumford & Sons Announce ‘Gentlemen of the Road Stopover…’ Shows

By on Apr 13, 2012 in News

Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce details of a series of ‘Gentlemen of the Road Stopover…’ shows this Summer.

The one-day, outdoor events will tour globally, kicking off in Greenhead Park, Huddersfield (UK) on Saturday 2nd June, followed by Salthill Park, Galway (Ireland) on Saturday 9th June.

Both shows will be headlined by Mumford & Sons, and will feature full bills of support acts curated by the band themselves.

Mumford & Sons said: “The Gentlemen of the Road Stopover is based loosely upon our favourite festivals like [...]

HOP FARM ANNOUNCES LINE-UP: SUEDE, BOB DYLAN, PETER GABRIEL

By on Mar 27, 2012 in Festival Line-Up Announcements, Festivals, News

BOB DYLAN, PETER GABRIEL, SUEDE AND MANY MORE ANNOUNCED BY HOP FARM MUSIC FESTIVAL AS 1ST ACTS FOR THE FESTIVAL’S 5TH YEAR

 

Folk legend BOB DYLAN (UK exclusive), iconic singer-songwriter PETER GABRIEL AND THE NEW BLOOD ORCHESTRA (UK exclusive) and alt-rockers SUEDE (UK festival exclusive) are the headline acts for Vince Power’s HOP FARM MUSIC FESTIVAL 2012.

Other acts announced for Hop Farm include: DAMIEN RICE (UK festival exclusive), PRIMAL SCREAM, MY MORNING JACKET, MAXIMO PARK, PATTI SMITH AND [...]

Prinzhorn Dance School @ Locanda Atlantide

By on Mar 25, 2012 in Live
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Rome, 17th March

Two years after the last show inItaly, Prinzhorn Dance School come back toRome,  at Locanda Atlantide, to showcase their second album “Clay Class”. They kick off their live set with “Right Night Kay West”, introducing well the post punk mood of this night to people who still don’t know their sound.

The new track “Seed, Crop, Harvest”  warms the audience up, right afterwards served with “Crackerjack Docker”, one the masterpieces taken from the Prinzhorn’s debut album, and “I Do [...]

Kasabian @ Atlantico

By on Mar 06, 2012 in Live
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Rome, 24th February

The Leicester lads came back to Italy, after a successful gig in November, playing two sold-out dates, eagerly awaited by their Italian fans.
I was in Rome to see the first date and it was mega, as usual.
I was a bit reluctant because the sound of Atlantico used to disappoint me, there are loads of reverbs, audio feedbacks and it sounds like a metallic shed, but in this case Kasabian’s sound engineer made a very good job, if you [...]

Death In June @ Underworld

By on Jan 10, 2012 in Live

London, 23rd December

There is a massive police presence outside the venue tonight and protesters that tried to get tonight’s show banned but after a statement made by the band on the London Underworld website that they, are not a Neo Nazi band and that Neo-Folk was just about the music and that they used Nazi Imagery; but were not actually – Nazi’s the venue let the show go ahead. The evening begins with a delightful piano renditions of the band’s [...]

PLACEBO announce release of ‘Live At Angkor Wat’ album exclusively via iTunes

By on Dec 12, 2011 in News

On the 7th December 2008, PLACEBO began their 2 year ‘Battle For The Sun’ tour, by playing an incredibly beautiful semi-acoustic show for MTV EXIT at the UNESCO world heritage site of Angkor Wat in Cambodia and becoming the first ever rock band to play at the 12 Century temple.

For the first time ever, fans will be able to download the album ‘Live At Angkor Wat’ exclusively via iTunes. The download also includes a 10-Page PDF Art Booklet, featuring photographs taken [...]

Fleet Foxes @ Atlantico

By on Nov 19, 2011 in Live

Rome, 17/11/2011

Fleet Foxes gave un unforgettable night to the crowd who filled the venue, I experienced two hours of pure cosmic peace.
The band showcased their sophomore album, “Helplessness blues“, 
Their American soul was clearly showed when you hear their voices harmonized, the gospel legacy doesn’t lie, they were so perfect that it was like hearing a choir of angels, and I’m not exaggerating, it was like a natural dolby surround. Fleet Foxes are a real band, in the sense that they are like a [...]

The Whip announce ‘Live From Leeds’ video

By on Oct 05, 2011 in News

These are the highlights of the bands recent show at 02 Leeds Academy supporting The Music.

BORN BLONDE new single ‘Radio Bliss’ + video

By on Oct 03, 2011 in News

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New single Radio Bliss
Released October 31st
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Born Blonde return hot on the heels of their debut 7 ‘Solar’ with new single ‘Radio Bliss’. Already NME endorsed, this hypnotic, soulful five-piece are set to build on the soaring atmospherics of ‘Solar’. ‘Radio Bliss’ offers a more structured side to the band’s songwriting. Chiming, hypnotic guitars and keys intertwine to create a lush, widescreen palette of swooning psychedelia.

With reference points from The Doors to Cluster to the Verve, this [...]

Liz Green announce new single ‘Midnight Blues’ 7th November

By on Oct 03, 2011 in News

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Title: ‘Midnight Blues’ single
Label: Play It Again Sam
Release Date: 7 November 2011
Distribution: PIAS
Format: Digital
Website: www.lizgreenmusic.co.uk

“Wonderful” ‘Single of the Week’ Guardian Guide
“A deliciously dark and serpentine journey” 4/5 Daily Mirror
“Haunting and beautiful” Sunday Times
“Her enchanting mix of muddy blues-tinged folk songs possess a warmth that gets immediately under your skin” Music Week

“Well I kissed my baby and we put out the lights” ‘Midnight Blues’ Liz Green

The least exotic thing about tragi-comic pop artist Liz Green is her name. According to [...]

ALEXI MURDOCH NEW UK DATES & LIVE VIDEO

By on Oct 02, 2011 in News

ALEXI MURDOCH

NEW UK DATES & LIVE VIDEO
(City Slang)
www.aleximurdoch.com ● www.myspace.com/aleximurdoch

Following two packed-out London shows and the release of his album ‘Towards the Sun’ earlier this year, critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch is returning to Europe this November and has announced three UK dates, including a show at London’s Union Chapel. More details below.

You can watch a live performance of ‘The Light (Her Hands Were Leaves)’ recorded for German website hauskonzerte.com

‘The Light’ is taken from ‘Towards the Sun’, Murdoch’s second full-length [...]

The War On Drugs Announce Second London Date, ‘Slave Ambient’ Out Now

By on Aug 29, 2011 in News

The War On Drugs Announce Second London Date, ‘Slave Ambient’ Out Now

www.thewarondrugs.net
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“Classic rock reborn with added sizzle and drone.” UNCUT, 5/5
“A work of real wonder.” MOJO, 4/5
“Anthemic and affirming.” PITCHFORK
“A near-flawless rock album, and certainly one of the best you’ll hear all year.” THE QUIETUS
“When frontman Adam Granduciel and his band hit home they can do no wrong.” THE TIMES, 4/5
“An unqualified triumph.” THE SUN, 5/5
“Mainstream scale and ambition are matched with alt-rock sonics.” THE SUNDAY TIMES, 4/5
“A horizon expanding [...]

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