A Christmas Eve fire in a Bradford furniture shop has caused serious problems for New Model Army: their studio was right above and... well, it didn't come out of it well: People have been rallying round, and Justin Sullivan sounds optimistic, although not unaware of the size of the task of rebuilding: We have really been amazed by the response and the generosity of the offers of assistance we have received. Of course we are all upset about what has happened especially the loss of irreplaceable musical instruments and three or four [...]
Now this, this here, is the kind of stuff I not only grew up on, but also the stuff I care to still listen to. Why? Because this is the kind of consistency I like. Good, solid, band music with harmony, passion and feeling. It never lets you down. New Model Army released another album, (their eleventh!?) titled Today Is A Good Day last year and with the support that they get from their fans and the Read more.. No related posts.

New Model Army fall in the arena of The Alarm and U2 as far as articulate UK-based rock bands formed in the early 80s that were able to successfully address social conscious subjects. NMA more so than the other UK peers ran a bit closer to reaching Midnight Oil type levels of urgency and contemporary topicality, which, along with being a bit rougher around the edges sonically, might have kept them from becoming quite as popular as, say The Alarm . At their best, such as with [...]

After 11 albums, 17 band members and seven record labels, New Model Army is celebrating its 30th year as a band with two concerts at the Bell House in Brooklyn. Tickets for the shows, which are scheduled for September 3 and 4, are available through the venue's website as both a two-night pass and separately. New Model Army began in 1980 in West Yorkshire, England. The band quickly became known for the leftist rhetoric of their lyrics (they were named an anti-royalist militia from the 17th century) and their vitriolic mix of wiry post-punk [...]

ONLY US SHOWS: Even 30 years ago New Model Army has always been a band way ahead of their time. Always political in nature to the point of keeping them out of US according to Wiki. If I had to batch them together you could say they were a mash up of The Cult when they go acoustic or solo, Killing Joke (when they light torches) and Jesus and Mary Chain because of the leather except they played with large rusty axes and played fast with lots of chicks dressed in animal skins (imagination runs wild). Fronted by [...]
New Model Army play two nights at Whelan's as part of this year's thirtieth anniversary world tour. Writing on their website, the band previewed the gigs on October 29th and 30th: "We have always been a band concerned with looking forwards rather than back. However, to mark the 30 years, this autumn we will indulge in a moment of nostalgia and pride in what we have created. Each weekend we'll be in a city for a two-night stand. The format of the shows will be very similar to what we did in 2000: two sets on each [...]

I NEW MODEL ARMY il 15 e 16 Ottobre saranno al Circolo degli Artisti di Roma per festeggiare il loro 30° anniversario. Quelli di Roma saranno i primi due show europei del tour celebrativo. I due live avranno una setlist differente che ripercorrerà l'intera carriera della storica band inglese. Ogni sera verrano proposti 2 brani da ognuno dei loro 13 album, per un totale nelle due serate di 4 brani per disco. Continua a leggere New Model Army: 30° Anniversary Tour, due live a Roma... [...]
Last year's Bearded Festival was the one that got hit by a tornado. Which means, what with lightning never striking twice and everything, that it's probably going to be the safest festival of all this year. If you need more encouragement, Dreadzone are playing. So are Banco De Gaia. And, in increasing order of "oh... are they still going, then", so are The Wonder Stuff, Dodgy, New Model Army and The Cheeky Girls. There's also going to be a world record attempt for the most false beards in one place at a time - i think [...]
New Model Army are still storming the fraternity, 26 years later.

I just did a quick search, and found out that I haven't done any posts on the brilliant New Model Army since I changed the blog over to rarities, more than 2 years ago. That's something that has to be corrected. This won't be the easiest task, since they have released much of their previously non-album tracks on various compilations and expanded editions of their many fine albums. Lucky for me, there are still a few stragglers out there for me to help out with. For [...]
Here at TVD HQ, we're the happy recipients of a lot of good will arriving via the mail each day. Like, a lot of good will ...from bands, PR folks, labels, etc. SO much good will that we're passing on the clutter...to you. Typically a record or CD arrives, we preview, burn the suggested tracks, and more often than not, post for you guys to download and spread like a healthy dose of H1N1. But there's only so much room. So, in an effort to actually see the floor once more, [...]

[Wishing happy 40th birthday to Damon Gough, who's Badly Drawn Boy to most folks, and zooming into the weekend. I have keep this real brief this morning ...] Today: If you don't win the lotto and get into the Thom Yorke "rehearsal" at the Echoplex, there are a couple of other shows that have my heart atwitter: The Postmarks and Brookville at Spaceland, and World Party and Parade of Lights at the El Rey. ... There's also the release [...]
Mad busy this week. Quiz fundraiser for local charity Special Effect raised £1,500 last night, and today tackling assembling the trampoline for the children.I hate trampolines.Enjoy these appropriate, stomping classics from the 80s and enjoy the weekend.Buy New Model Army from Amazon here.Buy Julian Cope from Amazon here.Download New Model Army - Stupid Questions mp3 (from Thunder And Consolation

Wow, I was blown away when I started compiling a list of new music releases for this week (September 15th). Weeding through a master list, I found twelve that I thought were worthy of mentioning. Unfortunately, for me, I already blew my music expenses for this month and probably next month too. So, I can't afford to buy copies of these new LP's at this time. Sure, a lot of this stuff has probably "leaked" a long time ago and people have already been listening to it. But, I don't and never will subscribe to "leaked" music. It probably puts [...]
After selling over 250,000 of I Started out With Nothing and Still Most of it Left Seasick Steve returns with a new album entitled Man From Another Time , released in Ireland on Friday October 16th. Sub Pop re-issue a special 20th Anniversary edition of Nirvana's Bleach on October 30th. Aside from a re-mastered version of the original album, the set will include an unreleased live recording of a complete February 9th, 1990 show at the Pine Street Theatre in Portland, Oregon. The show features performances of "Love Buzz," "About a Girl" and [...]

DOWNLOAD: Red Collar - "Pilgrim" (MP3) Durham, NC alt-rock band Red Collar announced that a limited edition red vinyl pressing of their debut release Pilgrim will be coming out soon on Loose Charm Records . It looks like there will be 300-500 copies pressed on transparent red vinyl. "All of them will be hand numbered and on nice, red vinyl. All of the sleeves will be screen-printed. The track order was re-worked to give [...]

THEORY REALLY HAS HAD IT THIS TIME, THE YOUTH SCENE IS POLARIZING BETWEEN THOSE WHO WANT MEDIA BLOW OUT AND THOSE WHO WANT TO BLOW OUT THE MEDIA. FUCK ANYONE WHO IS STILL PREPARED TO PLAY A ROLE: COMMUTER AND POP STAR, MYSTIC AND HOUSEWIFE. ALL IN ALL THE BASTARDS IN BLUE ARE JUST A RED HERRING. THE UNDERGROUND PRESS IS PURE CRAP BUT THE DIGGERS APPEARING OUT OF THIS ARE REALLY GOING SOMEWHERE. THE REFUSAL implicit in the dropout lifestyle [...]
My friend Kate recommended The Termites to me. She said I would like them and, as usual, she was right. And if you like any of punk, psychobilly, rockabilly, if you like any of New Model Army, Dropkick Murphys, Swamptrash, Left Lane Cruiser, if you like any of moshpits, slam dancing, tattoos, then I'm saying you'll like these guys too. A lot.On their Myspace page it says: "Described excitedly as
It's that mega-post time again - lots of goodies have been coming our way recently and so here is a sampling of some of the best, both new and old favourites.Firstly, lo-fi noiseniks Wavves have released a demo of a new track titled Mickey Mouse. Thankfully recent problems seem to have been overcome for the time being, and we're looking forward to what else Nathan Williams has got lined up for us
Awww, shite, I got myself all tangled up in this 80's stuff and I can't stop. This is a redux post since I posted it about 3 years ago to the date. I was twenty years old in 1980 and these were some of my favorite bands. They are all stellar and worth looking up and listening to. This series is about the year that these bands were formed. The tracks are not necessarily from that year. So, to the best of my knowledge and research these bands were formed in the year 1980. This is [...]