2012 has been a quintessentially British year, so why let that stop in 2013? (If the world doesn’t end next week...) The Specials are doing 10 dates around Britain and are undoubtedly a band that must be seen before you snuff it. With huge tunes like 'Ghost Town', 'Too Much Too Young' and 'A Message for You Rudy' (our editor's favourite), this band always give an electric and exciting live show. Tickets are on sale now and priced at £35/each, except London, which is priced at £37.50/each. Friday 10th May [...]
Keane have announced details of a UK/Irish arena tour for this winter. A 48-hour fan presale begins at 9 AM on Wednesday 8 August on their official Web site. The general sale follows on Friday 10 August. Monday 19th November 2012 - Edinburgh Usher Hall Wednesday 21st November 2012 - Dublin Olympia Thursday 22nd November 2012 - Belfast Waterfront Hall Wednesday 28th November 2012 - Nottingham Capital FM Arena Thursday 29th November 2012 - [...]
It's a short and (not so) sweet podcast from Raz and Hugh this week, looking at some last minute controversies surrounding Hevy Festival, the consequences of British metal bands moving to major labels, and what the impact will be of Terror deciding to boycott the Czech Republic on their forthcoming European tour in support of Randy Blythe. We might've been too busy being drunk and watching the Olympics this last week to prattle on for as long as usual, but that doesn't stop it degenerating into a discussion regarding the quality of a naked arse pinned to the wall of [...]
Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls have announced a massive tour for winter 2012. Tickets go on sale this Friday (20 April) at 9 AM. He's such a nice guy, he even switched the Norwich gig to be at the UEA so the show would be all ages. What a gent! Sunday 11th November 2012 - Nottingham Rock City Monday 12th November 2012 - Leeds Academy Tuesday 13th November 2012 - Liverpool Academy Wednesday 14th November 2012 - [...]
Two Wounded Birds are truly the British equivalent to the USA’s Brooklyn based vintage surf pop dreamers, The Drums. They share a similar love for 50/60s throwbacks, conventional pop structure and cliched song titles (Together Forever), but yet still hold onto that familiar British sense of melancholy. Replacing quirky synths and tie dye for a stricter regime of leather jackets and crackly amps, It’s was the almost perfect match up then that this Margate quadruplet supported the Drums during their European tour. Since then, the band have gone from strength to strength, honing their idiosyncratic fusion of hazy pop and [...]
You Me at Six will be touring the UK in October. Tickets for this tour are on sale now. Saturday 8th October 2011 - Preston 53 Degrees Sunday 9th October 2011 - Middlesborough Empire Monday 10th October 2011 - Aberdeen Music Hall Wednesday 12th October 2011 - Leeds O2 Academy Thursday 13th October 2011 - Southampton Guildhall Friday 14th October 2011 - Margate Winter Gardens Saturday [...]
Popular rapper Example will be embarking on a pretty extensive UK tour in November and December. Tickets go on sale Friday (10 June) at 9 AM. Monday 21st November 2011 - Margate Winter Gardens Tuesday 22nd November 2011 - Southend Cliffs Pavilion Wednesday 23rd November 2011 - Plymouth Pavilions Friday 25th November 2011 - Sheffield O2 Academy Sunday 27th November 2011 - Lincoln Engine Shed Thursday [...]
'All We Wanna Do' - Two Wounded Birds. No pissing about here with epic guitar solos, show off drum centerpieces or dreary slap bass funkathons. Instead Two Wounded Birds just get the fuck on with it, ' All We Wanna Do' clocks in at just over 1 minute and 50 seconds in and that time manages to have more fun than most prog rockers have over an entire career. A perfect summer song .. It's a double A side backed with Midnight Wave, which comes out on Monday 18 [...]
Have you ever been to Margate? Have you even heard of Margate? I've never been but I have heard of the small English town, just over the water from France on the English east coast. Being a beach town it's probably where Two Wounded Birds got a lot of their inspiration, given that they sound like The Drums doing a Quintin Tarantino soundtrack. Margate, or even the English east coast for that matter, isn't known for producing some of the most melodramatic and sun-shiney music you can wrap your ears around, but Two Wounded Birds might just change [...]
"They formed in 2008 and are originally from the seaside town of Margate, South East England. The debut EP release, featuring 5 tracks taken from the bands first recording sessions at Medway garage recording hotspot Ranscombe Studios, showcases the full spectrum of the sound of Two Wounded Birds, they have managed to combine their sound from light and dreamy to dark and broody. They’ve just finished supporting The Drums on their European tour throughout November and December". To my knowledge the Kent coast is not renowned for big waves and hip surfing circles, Margate [...]
Two Wounded Birds are the ultra surfer goo your parents dropped their first tabs to on the sandy shores of cali. In reality though they're actually a four piece from the sea side town of Margate and have just finished a UK dash with the infectious indie kids The Drums. 'Night Patrol' of fthe 'Keep Dreaming Baby' ep keeps the lazy surfer flow going with piercing melodies and waffling vocals sure to set any bohemian into a sway. Two Wounded Birds - Night Patrol 320 Head to [...]
Neverest Songs is the one-man project of 28 year old songwriter Luke Twyman from Margate, UK, and it's also the name written on one of my absolute favourite albums so far in 2010. I actually think it may be THE favourite album of mine so far this year. The best thing about this is that it's one of thos rare albums that keeps getting better for each listen. I always discover something new when I listen to it. His debut album is called "Small Voyages" , and was released on Unlabel [...]
It's a bit over-generous to describe the Dolly Rockers as "X Factor losers", when they got 12th place. Also-rans, maybe. But, I guess, if you're going to work up a froth of outrage about them, throwing in their appearance on Karaoke Cowell Richer adds a certain something. Anyway, they managed to upset all of Thanet, or bits of it, at the Thanet Pride festival : According to kentnews.co.uk, the three piece-band began their set by asking if anyone was p****d and then continued to swear between songs, at one point asking if anyone else had [...]
Paul Weller has announced another sizeable UK tour for the end of the year. The former Jam legend will be playing 14 UK shows. Tickets go on sale on Friday (10th July) at 9am. Catch him at: Wednesday 25th November 2009 - Derby Assembly Rooms Thursday 26th November 2009 - Norwich UEA Saturday 28th November 2009 - Preston Guildhall Sunday 29th November 2009 - Glasgow Barrowlands Monday 30th November 2009 - Dundee Caird Hall [...]
Breaking the rules today with the following. They are not by or about a football team or by or about any football players. What they are about is some seasonal tunes done by a couple of musical acts who are well know for their footie supporting. With the first one literally putting his money (or as you will see - his tongue) where his mouth is: A few years ago Mr B. Bloodvessel was involved with his local team, even going as [...]
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