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Fast ascending rock outfit YOU ME AT SIX have confirmed details of their biggest headline tour to date which concludes with a show at London's Brixton Academy. Tickets for the tour - set for March 2010 - will be made available through an innovative 48 hour presale scheme that will rewa Last chatter by jack s | 8 Comments | ‘Acoustic At Olympic Studios’ album released 16th November In
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One of the last albums ever recorded at London’s renowned Olympic Studios (where The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and The Who have all recorded), ‘Acoustic At Olympic Studios’ finds Asobi Seksu’s core duo—vocalist Yuki Chikudate and guitarist James Hanna—affording listeners a fresh ta Last chatter by jack s | 5 Comments | In
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Toronto's song-sculptor and shape-shifting performer Slim Twig is capping off a hectic year by releasing the second volume of his Spit It Twig! Mixtape series before heading out on a string of North American dates. This follows the release of Slim Twig's debut album Contempt! on Paper Bag Record | "Winter Vacation" Featured As Top Tune Of The Day On KCRW Daytrotter Session Out Now & Debut Paper Magazine Tour Blog Digital EP New So In
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Despite their clandestine and controversial beginnings (two band members were teachers and two were students at the same high school), The Subjects have managed to carve a name for themselves that sounds more like "Rushmore" than "School of Rock." Back in 2002, guitarist Joe Smith a | plus tour news and Weed Money Man! In
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Singer/Songwriter Brett Dennen and New York based Brazilian ex-pats Forro in the Dark collaborated in studio to record new Brazilian flavored versions of hit songs from his 2007 album Hope for the Hopeless and a new track called “Joan of Arc”.
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Anti-Records is proud to announce tour dates for Alec Ounsworth, whose new album, Mo Beauty, was just released. Starting with four shows opening for Cold War Kids, Flashy Python, featuring Ounsworth, Matt Sutton, Peter Modavis, Brian Ashby and Jonas Oesterle, will be playing songs from Mo Beaut | In
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A high profile line-up from some of London’s most implausible DJs surely promises to surprise, entertain and amuse the most dubious of anticipations. Hot Chip (Alexis Taylor) video director Rollo Jackson and Czech honcho DJ Tuco bring a slab of party favorites with a modern slant to T | In
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Off the heels of their long-awaited debut album "Truth Serum" the Icelandic electro-house quartet, know around the world as Steed Lord, are proud to announce "The Truth Serum Remix Project" available exclusively on Beatport on November 3rd. The record will be available on iTunes the followi | In
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Cold Cave have some November US Tour Dates, including some notable shows opening for Sonic Youth!
Love Comes Close has just been reissued by Matador Records!
NEW MP3 for "Theme From Tomorrowland" off the Death Comes Close limited edition 12" available here: Matador Records | Matablog
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As previously reported, Annie’s long-awaited new album, Don’t Stop, is being released November 17th on Smalltown Supersound. A totally independent and self-created artist, Norway’s Annie Lilia Berge Strand is a rare popstar – one who has written and created her own album – as well as personal | In
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Miracles do happen: seven years after the announcement of their creative break (which came much too early and lasted much too long), the original members of prog rock supergroup Transatlantic – Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings), Pete Trewavas (Marillion), Neal Morse (ex-Spock’s Beard) and Mi | In
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After releasing “Ki” in May 2009 it is time for the 2nd installment of the series of four albums under the moniker DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT. Again, a different collection of session musicians are involved who were chosen based on what the theme of the album is and the vibe that the album | In
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After releasing “Ki” in May 2009 it is time for the 2nd installment of the series of four albums under the moniker DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT. Again, a different collection of session musicians are involved who were chosen based on what the theme of the album is and the vibe that the album | 3 More NYC Shows Added!! Piano's Show Nov. 9th & Bruar Falls Show Nov. 11th & Cake Shop Show Nov. 12th In
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The Answering Machine have been hailed as Manchester’s ‘most likely to..’ since their fledgling introduction back in Autumn 2006. Back then the band were a fresh-faced trio, armed solely with a canon of jittery, indie-pop gold and a drum machine. Forming out of all-night parties and gigs on | In
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Musicians love to say that every song tells a story, but they are usually tight-lipped about the story behind the song. Was it really scribbled on a napkin? What love interest was the real inspiration? If we knew the real story behind our favorite songs, would we ever listen to them the same w | DANCE4LIFE CHARITY AUCTION! In
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Being a superstar DJ and travelling the world, it could be difficult to imagine a life that is clouded by HIV and AIDS. Not so for Dutch house supremo Fedde le Grand, who through his work with the international charity dance4life has been closely involved with spreading the message of education a | In
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Out on November 27th is the newest Helalyn Flowers album "Stitches Of Eden". The release comes after the "Spacefloor Romance" EP which reveals a positive artistic approach far away from doldrums of death, suffering and self-infliction as the band puts it.
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2009 has been quite a year for THE XCERTS. It all kicked off with the release of their amazingly anthemic single 'Crisis In The Slow Lane' which The Observer called a 'classic piece of air-punching melancholia'. This was swiftly followed with the release of the band's eagerly awaited Da | RELEASE DATE: 30TH NOVEMBER 2009 In
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Pinch's massive vocal anthem 'Get Up', featuring Massive Attack collaborator Yolanda, gets a long awaited single release on 30th November. Supported by such luminaries as Skream, Kode 9 and Mary Anne Hobbs; the single is backed with top draw remixes by RSD, Guido, Ja | Album 'About love' to follow in 2010 In
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As one of the first signings of NYLON Records in the USA, appearances on Gossip Girl and recent support slots for Little Boots, you know Plastiscines are just going to work it. Prior to conquering the City of Angels, this all-girl ROCK band won over their native France, having received Last chatter by jack s | 1 Comments | In
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LOQUACIOUS singer-songwriter and online reality show star KATIE V has announced two live dates in London in support of the release of her debut EP Songs From Under The Covers.
The leading lady of groundbreaking web series Green-Eyed World will perform at The Fly in New Oxford Street a | In
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Since last witnessing our favourite professor take a facelong plunge down a slope of breasty moguls, in technicolour animalation, Ape School’s Michael Johnson has enlisted star pupils for their interpretations of the subject matter at hand. Gold stars go out to the baker’s half-dozen of th |
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