Twin Atlantic announce headline tour for the new year Plus: In-store appearances and tracklisting details for 'What Is Light? Where Is Laughter?' Acclaimed Glaswegian rock band Twin Atlantic are set to release the latest cut from their recently released 'Vivarium' mini-album on the 30th of November, in the form of "What Is Light? Where Is Laughter?" . Buy Music: Twin Atlantic [...]
This Saturday I'll be in Crawdaddy for Bobby Noonan and his band The Musicians with support from The Cosmic Sweethearts (Dublin) and Úna McLoughlin (Galway). Bobby's debut EP is amazing and this gig is his big headlining gig in the capital. See ya there? http://www.myspace.com/bobbyno onansongs I was delighted with the news that the amazing Margaret Healy has got the Colin Devlin support for his Irish tour which begins this Saturday; [...]
The Noisettes have announced yet another UK tour for next February and March. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, 30th October, at 9am. Catch the guys at: Thursday 18th February 2010 - Aberdeen Music Hall Friday 19th February 2010 - Edinburgh Picture House Saturday 20th February 2010 - Sheffield Academy Monday 22nd February 2010 - Nottingham Rock City Tuesday 23rd February 2010 - Cambridge Corn Exchange Wednesday 24th February 2010 - Bournemouth Opera [...]
This is an ever changing and (hopefully) expanding list of some of the songs I have mentioned before in this blog or simply stuff I have found somewhere on the web that I find interesting, but have no time to write about. All files have been found somewhere in cyberspace (and NONE of them have uploaded by me, so I cannot help you with any requests you might have - just keep returning and something new might pop up), so they will be available until the artists, record labels, fans, whatever decide to remove them. Thanks to a few readers, [...]
Today's roundup includes John Vanderslice, Vessels and Marginalised @ Union Chapel. *Remember! The news roundup gets updated throughout the day, so make sure you come back later for more news! John Vanderslice John Vanderslice (pictured above) will play the following UK and Irish shows in support of his latest album Romanian Names , released earlier this year. November 2 London, Upstairs At The Garage 7pm, £7.50 adv November 3 London, Pure Groove instore 1pm, free [...]
Inspired by Raine Maida 's busking for charity event in 2007, War Child Canada has put together Busking for Change. Many of our country's established musicians will take to the streets of Toronto to raise money for war-affected children around the world. If you're in town, take in some culture, and spare some change. Today's list of performers (as taken from Chart Attack's list ) include: Chantal Kreviazuk IllScarlett Sass Jordan Neverending White Lights - The World Is Darker (mp3) ( amazon ) ( iTunes ) Shiloh Down With Webster Kevin [...]
Happy Monday! Today's roundup includes This Town Needs Guns , The Dodos , Clues , Girls and A Place To Bury Strangers . This Town Needs Guns This Town Needs Guns (pictured above) will be touring their album Animals for the last time this year. Catch them at the following venues: 01/10/09 Glasgow Classic Grand w/ Jocasta Sleeps 02/10/09 Aberdeen Snafu w/ Jocasta Sleeps 03/10/09 Middlesborough Uncle Alberts w/ Jocasta [...]
Gallows 'Lives Of The Artists' trailer Relentless energy filmed the punk rock band Gallows on Warped Tour for a 3 part film they've put together called ' Lives Of The Artists' . The video features live performances, interviews with the band and behind the scenes footage. Check it out. Tour dates 2 Oct 2009 Epic w/ AFI Minneapolis, MN 3 Oct 2009 Reggie's Rock Club (Headline) Chicago, IL 4 Oct 2009 Newport Music Hall w/ AFI Columbus, OH 5 Oct 2009 Bogart's w/ AFI Cincinnati, OH [...]
Bryan and Lorn catch Calvin Harris doing a DJ Set at Club Vanguard in Hollywood, CA on Saturday 09/12/2009 Calvin Harris had an excellent DJ set the night we saw him and Vanguard has some of the best sound in Los Angeles. These factors came together for a total party! Calvin recently released a new album called "Ready for the Weekend" which has a departure from the simple dancy pop tunes of his first album "I Created Disco." The new album has a [...]
A couple of weeks ago saw And So I Watch You From Afar play the final ever secret show in the basement of AU Magazine . From these photos by Richard W. Crothers it doesn't look as if it was that secret. The gig was eventually shut down by the PSNI, although they did let the band finish 'Set Guitars To Kill' first. The band are on tour to the end of the year, and we really do mean on tour - see them at: 22 Sep - Marquee, NORWICH 23 Sep [...]
After a summer spent criss-crossing the continent playing a host of festivals, The Wave Pictures get ready for a run of UK autumn dates and the release of a new single. 'Strawberry Cables' is out on the 26th October on 7" and download through Moshi Moshi. Full details of the headline UK tour, including a show at London's The Garage, are below. The band will be supported on the tour by long time collaborator Stanley Brinks (aka Andre Herman Dune) plus Freschard. Stanley's horn playing also features 'Strawberry Cables' – a song [...]
Flood Of Red "Leaving Everything Behind" Oct 19 Flood Of Red will release debut album " Leaving Everything Behind " on their own label Dark City on October 19th, produced by Brian McTernan (Cave In, Thrice, Converge). September 29 - Garage Upstairs - London September 30 - Hamptons - Southampton October 1 - Civic Bar - Wolverhampton October 2 - Orange Box - Yeovil October 3 - Rock City Basement - Nottingham October 4 - Barfly - [...]
My obsession with this thing called music started at university. Up until that point my cassette collection had contained an unhealthy number of works by European dance legends 2 Unlimited and Maxx . Then came Freshers' Week and my first introduction to live music. It was loud, it was beautiful, it was B*Witched . All four of them were miming but oddly that didn't seem to offend me as my feet danced the most perfect Irish jig in unison with these goddesses off the telly. Surely, but slowly, my music tastes evolved [...]
Damon & Naomi I arrived at Cafe OTO shortly before opening act Amor de Dias took to the stage. The venue was already fairly crowded so I shuffled in and found a spot near the front but tucked in behind a pillar. Most of the folk around me were sitting so I felt a bit conspicuous but held my ground, reasoning to myself that if I wasn't obstructing their view the pillar would be. Amor de Dias is the new project of Alasdair MacLean of The Clientle and Lupe Núñez-Fernández [...]
Today's roundup includes Brand New, The Xcerts and Har Mar Superstar. *Remember! The news roundup gets updated throughout the day, so make sure you come back later for more news! Brand New Brand New (pictured above) announce their largest ever UK headline show. They will play London Wembley Arena on Saturday 23 January 2010. Tickets for the show go on sale Friday 4 September 2009 at 9am and are available from the box office on 0844 815 0815, online @ gigandtours.com and via [...]
Enter Shikari return to US for fall tour St. Albans, England electronic/punk and hardcore alchemists Enter Shikari will be returning to the US for a fall tour, followed by a headlining stint in UK/Ireland with The Devil Wears Prada, and a Europe tour with The Prodigy. The band is playing Reading and Leeds this weekend. Catch them if you can US tour w/ Alesana, The Bled, Asking Alexandra and Broadway 9/4 Nashville, TN Rockettown 9/5 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre 9/6 Tulsa, [...]
I've featured Joe Pug here on these pages before . He's a local Chicagoan and sings these Americana-folk songs that have probably some of the best, modern lyrics I know of. I've been hiding from this here blog for a couple of days, not sure exactly why. It seems to be full of things I feel I have to talk about, in terms of reviews promised and artists wanting mentioned. I hate when it gets that way instead of being a place where I'm excited to sit down and spout off about what's turning me on. I [...]
Regular readers will be aware that I've occasionally mentioned my affection for Raith Rovers FC . The team earned promotion last season to the Scottish First Division, which means we are just one more promotion away from the regular games against the big city teams like Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs , Dundee United and Aberdeen and a handful of others in the Premier League. Today is the biggest game of the season so far as we head 10 miles across the county of Fife to take on our fiercest rivals [...]
Since we last heard from Enter Shikari , the U.K. based post-hardcore outfit has released its sophomore studio effort, Common Dreads , and played sold-out shows in nine different countries. Showing no signs of slowing down, the foursome has added a whole slew of upcoming engagements, which include headlining dates in both the U.S. and U.K. and a support stint on The Prodigy 's European tour. What's more, Enter Shikari has also announced a partnership with DGC/Interscope , which will result in a more proper U.S. release for Common Dreads in early [...]
I am not sure if I emphasised enough how gutted I was when De Rosa split earlier this year, having only really 'discovered' them at the start of the year, it was like getting a new toy for Christmas then breaking it on Boxing Day. Gutted as I was to hear of their demise, it was good to hear that lead singer Martin Henry would continue to make music, of which I have been keeping a keen ear listening to any demos he posted on his Myspace (sounding good it is too). Now he's announced some additional dates to [...]
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