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Tania Bowers aka Via Tania has been on many-a-radar for sometime now, since her first "edition" of Moon Sweet Moon began to circulate amongst fans and the media earlier this year. Without an official release, raving reviews began tumbling in and hardcore fans recruited, thanks to word of mouth a  |
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Because The Independent Music Awards is all about championing Indie bands, we are continually enhancing all facets of The IMA program.
So in addition to an incredible line-up of judges and new program partnerships that will help us present The 9th IMA winners to more than
50 million new fan |
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Brand New are gearing up for the release of their new full-length album, Daisy, out September 22nd, featuring the first single "At The Bottom." The album, which promises to be another boundry breaking assault, is the follow-up to The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, an album that earn |
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Yorkshire punk-rock upstarts, The Cribs, will release the digital version of their brand-new album, Ignore the Ignorant, on September 8th, 2009. The album has already received huge praise in the UK, earning positive reviews in many prominent publications, including MOJO, UNCUT, Q, NME and THE FL | Out on September 21st on Bieler Bros. Records
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What exactly is it about Skindred that makes them so unique, so unto themselves both musically and spiritually? Is it their origins on the mean streets of Newport, South Wales? Is it their dancehall roots? Is it their punk, DIY ethic? Drum and bass combined with metallic riffing? Anyone wh |
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Norfolk & Western has just finished their new album, Dinero Severo (recorded both in Portland's Type Foundry studio, owned by Norfolk's Adam Selzer, and in Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain) and the band is now streaming the record in its entirety for a limited time on their website, :: Norfolk a |
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Matador Records recently released Julian Plenti ...Is Skyscraper, the debut album from Julian Plenti and true to his word, he's bringing the live show to Europe this December (details below) and tickets for all shows are now on sale.
Julian Plenti European Tour December 2009
1st - Dublin Academ | SEPTEMBER 28TH ON SOMETHING IN CONSTRUCTION
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The Gay Blades are back in the UK for a third time this year, as part of a brief European festival tour, rolling straight off the back of a month long headline US jaunt.
Having won over the Essex massive at V Festival this summer with their staple hi octane live performance, the band will |
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RANDOM HAND from Keighley in West Yorkshire are tearing up the UK scene, exploding across the nation's dancefloors with their ferocious in your face ska-punk-metal mashup. Drawing influences from four very different but totally compatible individuals, hooked on the buzz th |
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Hard Drugs is an indie rock opera that trusts in spectacular songs rather than an elaborate stage production to tell a twisted story that could only happen in Terminal City. Aline is a prostitute looking for love. Lloyd is a drug dealer seeking passion. The two find each other, falling madl |
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Having completed a full UK tour with labelmates Gojira as special guests earlier this year, Hertfordshire bruisers The Eyes Of A Traitor have announced a series of shows as opener to Emmure and Caliban this November. The band have also put a brand new unreleased track entitled “Nothing to Offer” | In its Entirety on MySpace Music Now
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Kansas City, MO favorites The Get Up Kids are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the release of their momentous album "Something To Write Home About" in style. Today MySpace Music premieres the Live DVD of their Liberty Hall performance in Lawrence, KS in March 2008. The DVD will stream in i |
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Miss Derringer would be the soundtrack to a roller coaster ride in the tiny town that Beetlejuice pops out of. If Beetlejuice was made in 2009 and his merry townsfolk were the members that surround frontwoman Liz McGrath. Their album, Winter Hill was released on July 14th via Nickle and Di |
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Internationally renown rock group KARMA TO BURN comprising William Mecum, Richard Mullins, and Rob Oswald (who have written and performed Karma To Burn's #1 Mega Hit "Twenty", and top singles "30" and "34") are pleased to announce that they have signed on with Napalm Records.
The band h |
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The Video for 'Nothin' but A Nosebleed' from London's own The Rotted is sitting pretty at number 3 in the Metal Hammer War Battle chart on Scuzz TV and can be either on Scuzz tv itself or at the bands own youtube page: YouTube - therotted's Channel
Directed by Ash Pears & Richy Lloyd for ASH T | out 28th Sept + live dates
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Full Time Hobby’s latest signing The Leisure Society are set to release their new single ‘Save It For Someone Who Cares’ on the 28th September. There will be plenty of opportunities to witness their intoxicating symphonic pop played live throughout September and October on the followi | + new live dates inc Offset and Artrocker New Blood tour
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Visceral no wave trio An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump are set to play a series of live dates this Autumn, kicking off with an appearance at Offset this Saturday and including a couple of dates for the Artrocker/Schuh New Blood tour. Heralded by The Guardian as ‘the most thrilling band’ | via SDWPLY
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Brooklyn resident, Gary War is a one-man phantasmagoria of swooshing spectral pysch pop haze. With his debut album, New Raytheonport, (Shdwply Records) he spins gaseous cobwebs of bubblegum and pinches from the dense, pyschedelic mass of the '70s FM sound to create the a platform for New Wei | via One Four Seven Records
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Having released records for almost 10 years under the band name Pedro the Lion – DavidBazan, decided to go it alone in 2005. A brave decision – PtL’s fanbase was reverent and hardcore, some saw the movement away from the Pedro moniker as a betrayal.
However, Bazan comes back stronger than ev | via Care In the Community
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Shop is a selection of songs documenting Lark’s progression since their inception: from when artist Karl Bielik wrote and recorded 14 songs on a 4-track back in 2006 to the expanded cohesive and unpretentious sextet - Diane Bielik (keyboards), Karl Bielik (vocals), Annie Davey (percussion/ guitar |
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Grammy-nominated Bay Area metal titans, MACHINE HEAD have finally confirmed a UK headline run in support of current album, ‘The Blackening’.
The tour, dubbed ‘The Black Procession’ will include a full supporting bill featuring labelmates, Hatebreed (whose eponymous new album hits stores on 5 | “…Sail The Rough Sea” out on Dead Planet Records
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Integrity, graft and independence are all vital watchwords for The Worldonfire as they strive to deliver their freewheeling collision of genres to its widest audience yet. Yet ambition is nothing without talent and, as their upcoming album ‘…Sail The Rough Sea’ demonstrates, the Harlow quintet ha |
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