Village Green are a 5 piece rock n roll band hailing from Middlesbrough in the North East of England, their blistering live shows and memorable melodies have already seen them slot themselves firmly in as one of the best live bands of the region, writing songs that not only are catchy, but writing songs that make you feel something, that make you want to make music yourself, songs that make you want to put your arm around your best friend and have the time of your life. In the end this is a band you simply must see, and here [...]
Boro noisey bastards, Year of Birds, have released new track, "Black Pines and Fun In The Fog" on Art is Hard's weekly postcard club. continue reading >>
Hi there, I'm Scott Lloyd. A singer-songwriter born and bred in the northern English town of Middlesbrough, and now living in Manchester. My songs are personal stories, feelings and ideas and sound like a mix of styles like artists such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. I've been writing music for the past 5 or 6 years, both for bands I've been in and for my solo act, and I now have my debut EP ready and waiting to be released around the May/June 2013 time. I'm regularly gigging around Manchester and I have plans to tour the [...]
L.A. duo and BBC Sound of 2013 longlisters Deap Vally have released the new video for their single 'Lies', coming out on the 25th of February on Communion / Island Records. One viewer loving the video says "Hello, successor to The Dead Weather ". See if you agree by watching the video below. Catch the duo on tour in the UK in late February into early March, where they will be co-headlining a jaunt across the country with Sheffield brothers Drenge. All the tour dates [...]
In the mood for something humourous after a long Monday at school or work? Here is Tellison 's new video for 'Freud Links the Teeth and the Heart', a new single from them out the 28th of May as a limited 73 and on digital download. The band have a headlining UK tour in May; all the dates are below. Click here to view the embedded video. Thursday 3rd May 2012 – Andover George Friday 4th May [...]
This is cool. A crowd (cos that's what three is right?) of Hip Hoppers from the north of England come together to do this track. Leddie and Smoggy are duo from Middlesbrough and take the role of MC/Producer and MC respectively, with plans for an album release in the next few months. Yosh is an MC from Rochdale. And what they put together is pretty nice. Leddie and Smoggy: Website • Twitter Yosh: Twitter [...]
It's good to have some downtempo, slightly tripped out beats back from Appo. I couldn't pick anyone better to remix "Devil Woman" than him. A perfect tune to chill out to on this cold & blustery day. Cliff Richard - Devil Woman (Appo Remix) Appo Location: Middlesbrough, United Kingdom Appo on: SoundCloud | Facebook | Appozone.com [...]
The Subways have announced a series of live dates for April and May next spring. They're also scheduled to make an appearance at Live at Leeds. Tickets are available now. Friday 27th April 2012 - Belfast Limelight Saturday 28th April 2012 - Dublin Academy 2 Sunday 29th April 2012 - Cardiff University Students Union Tuesday 1st May 2012 - Bournemouth Old Fire Station Wednesday 2nd May 2012 - Middlesbrough Empire Thursday 3rd May [...]
Beth Jeans Houghton and the Hooves of Destiny will be touring the UK in February and March. Tickets are available now. Watch the video that Houghton directed herself, for the song 'Sweet Tooth Bird', below. Friday 17th February 2012 - Glasgow Captain's Rest Saturday 18th February 2012 - St. Andrews University Sunday 19th February 2012 - Middlesbrough Westgarth SC Tuesday 21st February 2012 - Liverpool Eric's Wednesday 22nd February 2012 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club [...]
The Maccabees have announced a UK tour for March. Tickets will be on sale starting 9 AM tomorrow (Friday 16 December). Monday 5th March 2012 - Edinburgh HMV Picture House Wednesday 7th March 2012 - Middlesbrough Town Hall Thursday 8th March 2012 - Nottingham Rock City Friday 9th March 2012 - Brighton Dome Saturday 10th March 2012 - Leeds O2 Academy Monday 12th March 2012 - Liverpool O2 Academy [...]
Other Lives will be legging it around Britain and Ireland in October for a tour. They also have a one-off gig in November in Brighton. Tickets are available for all dates now. Luke profiled the band in a Bands to Watch feature that you can read over here. Tuesday 18th October 2011 - London Shepherds Bush Empire (with Chapel Club) Thursday 20th October 2011 - Bristol Cooler Friday 21st October 2011 - Cardiff SWN Saturday [...]
First day for our SoundKlout Showcase. Check out the details here and make sure to participate! I decided on Appo as my first pick because he has a handle on the downtempo remixes // re-edits. Even better, he takes 'em and brings back some soulful vocals from waayyy back in the day. There is, however, one thing that got me frustrated going over his fifty tracks on SoundCloud . It didn't bug me that his music averaged over 8 minutes long, downtempo // [...]
Young Rebel Set will be touring the UK in September. Tickets for this tour are available now. Monday 19th September 2011 – Glasgow King Tut’s Tuesday 20th September 2011 – Leeds Empire Wednesday 21st September 2011 - Newcastle Cluny Thursday 22nd September 2011 – Liverpool Academy 2 Friday 23rd September 2011 – Manchester Deaf Institute Saturday 24th September 2011 – Middlesbrough Empire Monday 26th September 2011 – Birmingham [...]
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 [...]
Dalston's TEETH will be touring the UK in September and October. Tickets are on sale now. Their new album, 'WHATEVER', will be released in September on Moshi Moshi. Wednesday 21st September 2011 - London Lexington Thursday 22nd September 2011 - Middlesbrough Medicine Bar Friday 23rd September 2011 - Manchester Kraak Gallery Saturday 24th September 2011 - Nottingham Stealth Sunday 25th September 2011 - Wirral Hudbu Festival Monday 26th [...]
New band for you today, not too much out there on the band yet. But the positive for us is that they're coming from our neck of the woods. continue reading >>
New Zealand synthpoppers the Naked and Famous have announced a UK tour for November. Presale tickets go on sale starting tomorrow (Wednesday, 25 May) through O2, NME and the band's official Web site ; the general sale begins on Friday (27 May) at 9 AM. Wednesday 9th November 2011 - Bristol University Anson Rooms Thursday 10th November 2011 - London Roundhouse Saturday 12th November 2011 - Sheffield Leadmill Tuesday 15th November 2011 - Glasgow O2 ABC 1 Wednesday [...]
With their upcoming appearance at Newcastle's Evolution Festival this year, we've given local band Toyger the once over. continue reading >>
The kooky We Are Scientists have announced a handful of club dates for June. Methinks these are timed perfectly for the UK festival season, don'tcha think? Actually, they are perfect, as they've confirmed appearances at Isle of Wight (10 June), Rockness (11 June) and Beachbreak Live (16 June). Tickets to this short jaunt are available now. Monday 13 June 2011 - Middlesbrough Empire Tuesday 14 June 2011 - Leamington Spa Assembly Wednesday 15 June 2011 - London Koko [...]
The Pigeon Detectives have announced shows for March and April. Tickets go on sale Friday (4 February) at 9 AM. The Yorkshire band will be releasing their next album, 'Up, Guards And At' Em!', on the 4th of April. Monday 28th March 2011 - Middlesbrough Empire Tuesday 29th March 2011 - Glasgow ABC Wednesday 30th March 2011 - Manchester Ritz Thursday 31st March 2011 - Liverpool Academy Saturday 2nd April 2011 - Birmingham Institute [...]
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