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New Model Army announce the release of album ‘Between Dog and Wolf’ and...
New Model Army announce the release of album ‘Between Dog and Wolf’ and European tour New Model Army, have announced the title of their hotly anticipated 12th Studio album. The self-produced set was...
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Kate Bush pens open letter to contestant on The Voice
We may not watch The Voice, finding it far too hokey even with Tom Jones on it but who are we to argue with the great Kate Bush who has penned a letter of support to one of the contestants…. Read the...
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UK Subs : Nice n Sleazy punk festival : live review
UK Subs Nice n Sleazy Festival Morecambe May 25th 2013 Onstage there is a genuine legend, the closest that the punk scene comes to those stories of blues men who defied everything to carve out a space...
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Stone Roses – we look at their maverick ex manager Gareth Evans
Tap tap tap’. There it was again, the tapping on the window. It was ten o clock at night in our semi squalid, shared band house in West Didsbury with the painted dolls hanging off the roof and the...
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new book about how America fell in love with the Clash : reviewed by...
I worked for the Clash as backline roadie for seven years, and thought I knew where all the bodies were buried. But thirty years after The Clash played their last gig with Mick Jones at the US...
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Terraneo Festival, Croatia announce line-up inc The Prodigy, Wu Tang Clan &...
Terraneo Festival, Croatia announces line-up Due to the somewhat inclement British weather it’s not un-common for UK festival goers to travel abroad; current favourites for UK travellers are Exit...
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The Coffins ‘Bob’s Shed’ – album review
The Coffins ‘Bob’s Shed’ (Newtown Products) CD/DL Available now There’s something strange brewing in the subterranean venues of Glasgow. Imagine a dark, thunderous night. The sky is slashed with...
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The Breeders ‘LSXX Last Splash’ 20th Anniversary Edition – album review
The Breeders ‘LSXX Last Splash’ 20th Anniversary Edition (4AD) 3CD/DL/7 disc Vinyl Available now Has it really been twenty years? Twenty years since it seemed the whole world was enthralled with all...
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Clock DVA announce release of ‘Post-Sign’ album…
Industrial pioneers Clock DVA have announced the release of a new album ‘Post-Sign’ – the album marks the first release of new DVA material since the single ‘Eternity’ was released back in 1993. ‘Post...
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John Fairhurst ‘Hungry Blues EP’ – review
John Fairhurst ‘Hungry Blues EP’ CD/DL Available now John Fairhurst’s relentless and seemingly endless international touring schedules prove him to be first and foremost a live performer. Raised in...
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New Artist of the Day: Z-Star
With three album behind her Zee Gachette can hardly be considered a ‘new artist’ but with a new EP from her current band Z-Star we think her seductive vocal wrapped around a chunky soul groove deserve...
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Mark Smith from The Fall bemoans the the state of ‘modern music’ in interview
The Fall have just released a fab new album and Mark Smith has done a couple of interviews. In the Independent newspaper he bemoans modern music… ‘“Even pop, rock, it’s all very miserable right...
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The Child Of Lov: The Child Of Lov – album review
The Child of Lov – The Child of Lov (Double Six Records) DL/LP/CD Available now 8/10 Netherlands’ nomad The Child of Lov releases his eponymous debut album with a little help from Blur chameleon Damon...
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Primitive Race – Industrial ‘super-group’ launch crowd funding – you get a...
“We are a Primitive Race and now you can proudly display our human devolution! Meanwhile we’ll continue making the soundtrack.” Primitive Race is a new new industrial project featuring Chris Vrenna,...
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ABC – saving new music?
Our man Keith Goldhanger finds himself at an ABC gig in Norwich and realises that however much he hated them in the ’80s they might just be the saviour of new music now. What have I ? What have I ?...
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Will Liam Gallagher become a judge on X Factor?
The rumours are flying on the Internet which means they must be true, sort of. The talk is that Liam Gallagher has been asked to be a judge on the X Factor. Last year they asked Noel who turned...
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Stone Roses ‘Made Of Stone’ : film review
When in October 2011 the seminal British guitar band the Stone Roses announced their reformation, acclaimed director of ‘This is England’ and ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’ Shane Meadows was asked by Ian Brown to...
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The Stone Rose in the Big Top: Glasgow Green June 9th 1990
The Stone Rose in the Big Top: Glasgow Green June 9th 1990 The Stone Roses highly anticipated Glasgow Green 2013 gig is now only days away. There won’t be any new tracks – if we are to believe John...
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The Undertones: Wolverhampton 26th May 2013 – live review
The Undertones Wolverhampton Slade Rooms Sunday May 26th 2013 Words: Chard How lucky we were that Derry’s finest chose to bring their storming brand of bittersweet melodic punk to the Black Country...
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Spear Of Destiny: Crewe 10th May – live review
Spear Of Destiny The Box, Crewe Friday 10th May 2013 This was an unexpected and unplanned gig for me, but I was so pleased I went along to the first night of Spear’s annual Westworld event in Crewe....
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